Box 679
Container
Contains 12 Results:
Newspaper clippings, 1879-1947
File — Box: 679, Folder: 1
Identifier: Series 1
Series Description
From the Series:
The papers of Josiah Gorgas include his personal correspondence to his wife Amelia Gayle Gorgas, to their son William Crawford Gorgas, to others, from Jefferson Davis, and from others; his diary, scrapbook, and sketches from his European travels and from his military service during the Mexican War; his 1857-1878 diary; his correspondence and writings concerning his work as Chief of the Confederate Ordnance Bureau; a few items pertaining to his presidency of the Brierfield Iron Works; and...
Dates:
1820-1920
Letters to Thomas L. Bayne for his A Sketch of the Life of General Josiah Gorgas, 1884
File — Box: 679, Folder: 2
Identifier: Series 1
Series Description
From the Series:
The papers of Josiah Gorgas include his personal correspondence to his wife Amelia Gayle Gorgas, to their son William Crawford Gorgas, to others, from Jefferson Davis, and from others; his diary, scrapbook, and sketches from his European travels and from his military service during the Mexican War; his 1857-1878 diary; his correspondence and writings concerning his work as Chief of the Confederate Ordnance Bureau; a few items pertaining to his presidency of the Brierfield Iron Works; and...
Dates:
1820-1920
Thomas L. Bayne's "A Sketch of the Life of General Josiah Gorgas"
File — Box: 679, Folder: 3
Identifier: Series 1
Series Description
From the Series:
The papers of Josiah Gorgas include his personal correspondence to his wife Amelia Gayle Gorgas, to their son William Crawford Gorgas, to others, from Jefferson Davis, and from others; his diary, scrapbook, and sketches from his European travels and from his military service during the Mexican War; his 1857-1878 diary; his correspondence and writings concerning his work as Chief of the Confederate Ordnance Bureau; a few items pertaining to his presidency of the Brierfield Iron Works; and...
Dates:
1820-1920
Typescript of Folder 3
File — Box: 679, Folder: 4
Identifier: Series 1
Series Description
From the Series:
The papers of Josiah Gorgas include his personal correspondence to his wife Amelia Gayle Gorgas, to their son William Crawford Gorgas, to others, from Jefferson Davis, and from others; his diary, scrapbook, and sketches from his European travels and from his military service during the Mexican War; his 1857-1878 diary; his correspondence and writings concerning his work as Chief of the Confederate Ordnance Bureau; a few items pertaining to his presidency of the Brierfield Iron Works; and...
Dates:
1820-1920
Thomas L. Bayne's A Sketch of the Life of General Josiah Gorgas, Folder 1 of 2
File — Box: 679, Folder: 5
Identifier: Series 1
Series Description
From the Series:
The papers of Josiah Gorgas include his personal correspondence to his wife Amelia Gayle Gorgas, to their son William Crawford Gorgas, to others, from Jefferson Davis, and from others; his diary, scrapbook, and sketches from his European travels and from his military service during the Mexican War; his 1857-1878 diary; his correspondence and writings concerning his work as Chief of the Confederate Ordnance Bureau; a few items pertaining to his presidency of the Brierfield Iron Works; and...
Dates:
1820-1920
Wm. LeRoy Broun, "Confederate Ordnance During the War," Journal of the United States Artillery, 11:1 (January - February 1898): 1-13
File — Box: 679, Folder: 7
Identifier: Series 1
Series Description
From the Series:
The papers of Josiah Gorgas include his personal correspondence to his wife Amelia Gayle Gorgas, to their son William Crawford Gorgas, to others, from Jefferson Davis, and from others; his diary, scrapbook, and sketches from his European travels and from his military service during the Mexican War; his 1857-1878 diary; his correspondence and writings concerning his work as Chief of the Confederate Ordnance Bureau; a few items pertaining to his presidency of the Brierfield Iron Works; and...
Dates:
1820-1920
Anna Brown, "Life of General Josiah Gorgas" Folder 1 of 2
File — Box: 679, Folder: 8
Identifier: Series 1
Series Description
From the Series:
The papers of Josiah Gorgas include his personal correspondence to his wife Amelia Gayle Gorgas, to their son William Crawford Gorgas, to others, from Jefferson Davis, and from others; his diary, scrapbook, and sketches from his European travels and from his military service during the Mexican War; his 1857-1878 diary; his correspondence and writings concerning his work as Chief of the Confederate Ordnance Bureau; a few items pertaining to his presidency of the Brierfield Iron Works; and...
Dates:
1820-1920
John M. Gibson, "The Miracle Man of the Confederacy," South Atlantic Quarterly, 43:1 (January 1944): 52-62
File — Box: 679, Folder: 10
Identifier: Series 1
Series Description
From the Series:
The papers of Josiah Gorgas include his personal correspondence to his wife Amelia Gayle Gorgas, to their son William Crawford Gorgas, to others, from Jefferson Davis, and from others; his diary, scrapbook, and sketches from his European travels and from his military service during the Mexican War; his 1857-1878 diary; his correspondence and writings concerning his work as Chief of the Confederate Ordnance Bureau; a few items pertaining to his presidency of the Brierfield Iron Works; and...
Dates:
1820-1920
J.W. Mallet, "Work of the Ordnance Bureau of the War Department of the Confederate States, 1861-65," Alumni Bulletin of the University of Virginia, 3:2 (April 1910): 162-70 and 3:4 (August 1910): 387-96; and Southern Historical Society Papers, 37 (January-December 1909): 1-16
File — Box: 679, Folder: 11
Identifier: Series 1
Series Description
From the Series:
The papers of Josiah Gorgas include his personal correspondence to his wife Amelia Gayle Gorgas, to their son William Crawford Gorgas, to others, from Jefferson Davis, and from others; his diary, scrapbook, and sketches from his European travels and from his military service during the Mexican War; his 1857-1878 diary; his correspondence and writings concerning his work as Chief of the Confederate Ordnance Bureau; a few items pertaining to his presidency of the Brierfield Iron Works; and...
Dates:
1820-1920
"Obstacles Faced by Confederacy Shown By Notes," Times-Picayune, May 31, 1937
File — Box: 679, Folder: 12
Identifier: Series 1
Series Description
From the Series:
The papers of Josiah Gorgas include his personal correspondence to his wife Amelia Gayle Gorgas, to their son William Crawford Gorgas, to others, from Jefferson Davis, and from others; his diary, scrapbook, and sketches from his European travels and from his military service during the Mexican War; his 1857-1878 diary; his correspondence and writings concerning his work as Chief of the Confederate Ordnance Bureau; a few items pertaining to his presidency of the Brierfield Iron Works; and...
Dates:
1820-1920
Frank E. Vandiver, reprints of four articles on Josiah Gorgas
File — Box: 679, Folder: 13
Identifier: Series 1
Series Description
From the Series:
The papers of Josiah Gorgas include his personal correspondence to his wife Amelia Gayle Gorgas, to their son William Crawford Gorgas, to others, from Jefferson Davis, and from others; his diary, scrapbook, and sketches from his European travels and from his military service during the Mexican War; his 1857-1878 diary; his correspondence and writings concerning his work as Chief of the Confederate Ordnance Bureau; a few items pertaining to his presidency of the Brierfield Iron Works; and...
Dates:
1820-1920
Miscellaneous
File — Box: 679, Folder: 14
Identifier: Series 1
Series Description
From the Series:
The papers of Josiah Gorgas include his personal correspondence to his wife Amelia Gayle Gorgas, to their son William Crawford Gorgas, to others, from Jefferson Davis, and from others; his diary, scrapbook, and sketches from his European travels and from his military service during the Mexican War; his 1857-1878 diary; his correspondence and writings concerning his work as Chief of the Confederate Ordnance Bureau; a few items pertaining to his presidency of the Brierfield Iron Works; and...
Dates:
1820-1920