Box WSC004

Content Description From the Collection:

The collection contains the sales inventory of the estate of Thomas G. Danner. Included in the list are clocks, bide boards, books, beds, tables, and eighteen slaves. The list includes the purchaser's name and the amount paid.

Scope and Contents From the Collection: The documents in this collection (mostly photocopies) describe the military service of Reuben Oscar Reynolds of the Eleventh Mississippi Infantry Regiment. One interesting item is his telegram to Mrs. E. A. Reynolds in Columbus, Mississippi, on May 21, 1864. The message is short and meant to reassure her of his well-being. It states "I am safe. Capt. Halliday [sic] is killed." He is referring to the battle of the Wilderness of Spotsylvania, Virginia, which occurred on May 5-7, 1864, and...

Scope and Contents From the Collection: The documents in this collection (mostly photocopies) describe the military service of Reuben Oscar Reynolds of the Eleventh Mississippi Infantry Regiment. One interesting item is his telegram to Mrs. E. A. Reynolds in Columbus, Mississippi, on May 21, 1864. The message is short and meant to reassure her of his well-being. It states "I am safe. Capt. Halliday [sic] is killed." He is referring to the battle of the Wilderness of Spotsylvania, Virginia, which occurred on May 5-7, 1864, and...

Scope and Contents From the Collection: The documents in this collection (mostly photocopies) describe the military service of Reuben Oscar Reynolds of the Eleventh Mississippi Infantry Regiment. One interesting item is his telegram to Mrs. E. A. Reynolds in Columbus, Mississippi, on May 21, 1864. The message is short and meant to reassure her of his well-being. It states "I am safe. Capt. Halliday [sic] is killed." He is referring to the battle of the Wilderness of Spotsylvania, Virginia, which occurred on May 5-7, 1864, and...

Scope and Contents From the Collection: The documents in this collection (mostly photocopies) describe the military service of Reuben Oscar Reynolds of the Eleventh Mississippi Infantry Regiment. One interesting item is his telegram to Mrs. E. A. Reynolds in Columbus, Mississippi, on May 21, 1864. The message is short and meant to reassure her of his well-being. It states "I am safe. Capt. Halliday [sic] is killed." He is referring to the battle of the Wilderness of Spotsylvania, Virginia, which occurred on May 5-7, 1864, and...

Scope and Contents From the Collection: The documents in this collection (mostly photocopies) describe the military service of Reuben Oscar Reynolds of the Eleventh Mississippi Infantry Regiment. One interesting item is his telegram to Mrs. E. A. Reynolds in Columbus, Mississippi, on May 21, 1864. The message is short and meant to reassure her of his well-being. It states "I am safe. Capt. Halliday [sic] is killed." He is referring to the battle of the Wilderness of Spotsylvania, Virginia, which occurred on May 5-7, 1864, and...