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Box WSC004

 Container

Contains 6 Collections and/or Records:

Correspondence (photocopies)

 File — Box: WSC004, Folder: 1
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 to...
Dates: 1861-1887

Telegram (with related document)

 File — Box: WSC004, Folder: 2
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 to...
Dates: 1861-1887

Records of military service (photocopies)

 File — Box: WSC004, Folder: 3
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 to...
Dates: 1861-1887

Newspaper clippings - Obituaries

 File — Box: WSC004, Folder: 4
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 to...
Dates: 1861-1887

Photographs

 File — Box: WSC004, Folder: 5
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 to...
Dates: 1861-1887

Sales Inventory

 File — Box: WSC004, Folder: W0167.1
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.
Dates: 1845 January 1