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Marie Giles letter
Letter dated 8 August 1864 to her cousin, a soldier in the Confederate Army, discussing interruptions in railroad service, provisions for the army, and poor people at home.
Bird Griffin papers
Personal papers, mostly involving the activities of this Perry County farmer and justice of the peace.
Vernon Grosse collection
Collection of pre- and post- Civil War letters and genealogies (all photocopies), as well as minutes for the New River Baptist Church, in Fayette County, Alabama, from 1826-1911.
H. C. Harris letter
Letter dated 2 November 1862, from Camp Forney, near Mobile, to his sister in Livingston, Alabama, discussing going into winter quarters, decrying the army and the plight of the common soldier, and vehemently expressing his wish for a substitute to take his place in the army during the Civil War.
Mary M. Hallowell letters
Letters written to Mary Hallowell from various government officials in Washington, DC, Pennsylvania, and Rhode Island, regarding her request for help for "refugees" from Tennessee during and immediately after the Civil War. These refugees were Tennessee residents who had remained loyal to the Union and had moved farther north during the War.
W. F. Hanby pension application
Application, dated 8 July 1907, filed in Jefferson County, Alabama, for a Confederate veterans' pension.
Hansford D. Norrell Papers
Hansford D. Norrell was a courier for the Confederate States of America during the Civil War, transporting currency between Richmond, Virginia, and other Southern locations. This collection contains correspondence, receipts, newspaper clippings, and other materials documenting Norrell's activities on behalf of the Confederate government from 1861-1865.
Harris family papers
Includes typewritten copies of letters written between James William and Robert Harris, both serving in the Confederate States Army, and their family in Marengo County, Alabama.
Richard Norfleet Harris papers
Miscellaneous papers related to Confederate military service, including a pension application and muster roll of Capt. Lovelace's Company of Light Artillery.
W. Stuart Harris papers
Papers and manuscript drafts of this Alabama author.
Townsend Heaton letters
Letters written by Dr. Townsend Heaton, a member of the 70th Ohio Volunteer Infantry during the Civil War
Henry De Lamar Clayton Sr. papers
The personal, legal, military, and administrative papers, of this Alabama politician, Confederate general, and University of Alabama president.
Henry L. Stone Papers
This collections contains correspondence and special orders received by Henry L. Stone during his time in the Union army. Of note are materials concerning his appointment to the United States Colored Troops in 1865 and a letter of introduction to General Ambrose Burnside in 1863.
Henry Timrod papers
This collection contains letters, some of them Civil War related, and poems to Rachel Lyons, of Columbia, South Carolina, primarily from the period 1861-1863.
Henry Tutwiler papers
Contains three notebooks: an account book recording tuition payments at Greensboro Academy; a second account book documenting Henry Tutwiler's personal expenses; and a commonplace book containing book reviews, weather reports, and very brief entries about the Civil War.
Henry W. Reese Jr. papers
Contains a letter by Reece describing his arrival in Vicksburg; a letter from William Garrard to H. F. Reese about his brother Henry; and a paper written by H. F. Reese about his brother's life.
Hestor L. Stevens Letters
The collection consists of twelve letters written by Hestor L. Stevens (1803-1864), a representative from Michigan, detailing his law business in Washington, DC, during the election of 1860 and the beginning of the Civil War.
Alfred Hoke papers
A tax-in-kind form for the estimate and assessment of agricultural products
Holliman and Stewart families letters
Civil War letters and miscellaneous documents of James Franklin Holliman and William Stewart, to and from their families between 1862-1911.
Glenn House papers
Materials from the book arts project of Hamilton M. Woodon's 1863 poem Chicamauga.
Sarah Huey, United Daughters of the Confederacy Collection
Sheet music, programs, and letters from various individuals with the UDC
Joseph S. Huhn Diary
Pocket diary of Civil War Union soldier, Joseph S. Huhn of Company "F" of the Ohio 114th Infantry, documenting daily activities between 1 January and 21 August 1865. The remainder of the diary is miscellaneous information and a series of exam questions.
Robert W. Hunter Field Order
Field orders for a strategic withdrawal from Major Robert W. Hunter / AAAG (C.S.A.) at General Edward Johnson's headquarters to Colonel B.T. Johnson of Jones' Brigade
"In Honor of the Cadets who Loyally and Courageously defended Tuscaloosa during Croxton's raid April 4th, 1865, and all those University Students who served" Print
Framed print listing the names of the University of Alabama Cadets who were part of the defense of Tuscaloosa in 1865.
J. J. Magee diary
Civil War diary of Captain J. J. Magee of Company D, Eighth Alabama Infantry.
J. K. Wright Letter
A letter dated 26 January 1865, to a friend, B. F. Brown, in Nashville, written by a soldier in the 4th Alabama Cavalry while in prison hospital in Delaware. Discusses taking the loyalty oath to end his imprisonment.
J. R. John Letters
Typescript copies of 1863 letters, written from Selma to Alabama Governor John Gill Shorter, concerning John's efforts to stop cadets from leaving the University to fight in the Civil War, and on preparations for the defense of Tuscaloosa.
Thomas K. Jackson letters
Letters written during his career in the Confederate Army as well as a letter of amnesty on his behalf from J. Longstreet to Ulysses S. Grant
Jacob Faser letters
Letters written from Mobile, Alabama, where Faser was working as a sword maker, to his wife in Macon, Mississippi, dealing mainly with personal news and information on the prices of available goods.
James A. Goble diary
Civil War diary of a soldier in the First Alabama Infantry who was born in New York and later lived in Auburn, Alabama, before moving to Chelsea, Massachusetts.
James A. Henderson Papers
Writings of James A. Henderson of the Twelveth Iowa Volunteer Infantry Regiment while stationed at Centre, Alabama, in December 1865.
James Austin Anderson papers
A collection of copies of newspaper clippings and information about Tuscaloosa, Alabama, and its people.
James Boykin papers
Papers of an important Dallas County, Alabama, planter family, including correspondence, household and plantation records, materials regarding James Boykin’s cavalry unit during the Civil War, and papers of Boykin's descendants down to the mid-twentieth century.
James Chamberlin letters
Letters written to his mother and brother while serving with the 52nd Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteers in the Peninsular Campaign and the Charleston Expedition
James J. White regimental history of the Liberty Hall Volunteers
Notebook containing a roster and brief history of Company I of the Fourth Virginia Volunteer Infantry, a regiment formed by students enrolled at Washington College (later Washington and Lee University).
John Horry Dent, Jr., Letters
John S. McGraw Letters
Letters from this soldier in the 57th Indiana Volunteers, stationed near Huntsville, Alabama, to his wife and daughter in Richmond, Indiana, January 1 to March 29, 1865. They describe winter quarters and the city of Huntsville after it had been partially burned.
Jones and Callaway Family Papers
Family papers containing letters, a farm journal, and writings of members of the Jones and Callaway families in Georgia, Alabama, and Florida
Joseph Jermain Slocum Letters
Five letters written by this Union officer serving in Nashville and Franklin, Tennessee, and Huntsville, Alabama.
Joseph Murrell letterbook
Letterbook containing the correspondence of Mobile cotton broker Joseph Murrell, dated from June to October 1861.
Keyes Family papers
A collection of correspondence, diaries, biographical notes, scrapbooks, photographs, memorabilia and other papers. It concerns the emigration of the family of John Washington Keyes and his wife Julia Hentz Keyes to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, after the Civil War, and their subsequent travel all over the world.
King family papers
Includes the papers of the King family of Perry County, Alabama, who owned plantations and other businesses.
Porter King papers
Contains personal materials of this Civil War veteran. King was a member of the Marion Light Infantry.
Chauncey Leonard Letter
Letter from an African American U. S. Army chaplain during the Civil War to the father of one of the soldiers at the hospital in Alexandria, Virginia
Letters to Lemuel P. Foss
This collection contains letters sent to Lemuel P. Foss, a Union soldier during the US Civil War, from his family and friends in New Hampshire.
Letters to Marquis de Lafayette Lane
This collection contains letters sent to Maine native Marquis de Lafayette Lane while he served as US consul to Veracruz, Mexico, a post he held from 1862-1867.
Cabot Lull papers
Correspondence, financial records, legal documents and to a lesser extent newspaper clippings, photographs and various miscellaneous material relating to personal, business, political, and official matters of this former blockade runner and Elmore County merchant and probate judge.
Lumsden's Battery battle flag, Alabama Light Artillery, Confederate States Army
Battle flag of Lumsden's Battery, Company "F", 2nd Light Artillery Battalion.
Macon and Miles Abernathy papers
This collection consists Abernathy family correspondence discussing the outbreak of the Civil War and the return of Macon, a University of Alabama student, to his hometown of Jacksonville, Alabama, to enlist in a local company. Also contains an 1878 obituary of Macon's father, Major Miles W. Abernathy.
Martin Luther Stansel Letter
A letter dated 27 April 1863, to his wife, Olivia, written from Manchester, Tennessee. It discusses camp news, rumors of enemy movements, Stansel's wound, and eye surgery on his horse.