Collections | Special Collections & Archives

Susan A. Hart Palmer and Colonel Oliver Hazard Palmer Papers

Collection

Identifier: MSS-4245

Overview The collection consists primarily of correspondence between Colonel Palmer and Mrs. Palmer while Mrs. Palmer travelled Europe with her children. Of particular interest are eight letters written by Mrs. Palmer, Helen Mumford, and “Julia” from 1862-1863 during the Civil War. Susan Augusta Hart Palmer (1824-1890) and Colonel Oliver Hazard Palmer (1814-1884) lived in Rochester and New York City, New York and had four children: Susan, Alice, Annie, and Oliver. Colonel Palmer fought in the Civil...

Dates: 1860 - 1888

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

"Confederate memoirs," volumes II and III

Collection

Identifier: W-0012

Overview Unpublished typescript of the memoirs of twenty Confederate soldiers

Dates: 1861-1865

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Confederate Military History of Alabama

Collection

Identifier: W-0056

Overview Manuscript of General Joseph Wheeler's Confederate Military History of Alabama.

Dates: 1899

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Confederate States Army, Ninth Georgia Cavalry Regiment (Cobb's Legion) vouchers

Collection

Identifier: MSS-0565

Overview Vouchers issued to soldiers of the Ninth Georgia Cavalry Regiment by the Confederate States Army for pay, etc.

Dates: 1862

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Confederate States Army, Second Alabama Light Artillery Battalion, Lumsden's Battery, Muster Roll

Collection

Identifier: MSS-0885

Abstract Muster roll of Lumsden's Battery near the time of its formation in November 1861.

Dates: 1861

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Confederate States Army, Third Alabama Infantry Regiment, Company C (Swanson's Company) muster roll

Collection

Identifier: MSS-0351

Overview The muster roll of Captain William G. Swanson's Company, Company D, of the Third Alabama Infantry Regiment, 4 May 1861.

Dates: 1861 May 4

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Confederate States of America, War Department, Nitre and Mining Bureau, District 10 letter

Collection

Identifier: MSS-0350

Overview Letter dated 4 October 1864, from W.H.C. Price, Superintendent of the C.S.A. War Department's Nitre and Mining District 10, to P.J. Weaver, requesting his urgent cooperation in the manufacturing of nitre.

Dates: 1864 October 4

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Confederate stores ledger for Snyder's Bluff, Mississippi

Collection

Identifier: W-0014

Overview A handwritten ledger documenting the collection and distribution of foraged and purchased materials by Confederate officers at Snyder's Bluff, Mississippi.

Dates: 1862-1864

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Confederate States Army, Thirty-Eighth Virginia Infantry Regiment records

Collection

Identifier: MSS-0349

Overview A miscellany of materials pertaining to the 38th Virginia Infantry Regiment, including muster rolls of Company A, a special order naming hospital stewards, a certificate of disability, and a list of payment and clothing issued.

Dates: 1862-1864

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

W.H.H. Cooper furlough

Collection

Identifier: MSS-0222

Overview A furlough dated 13 December 1861, issued to W. H. H. Cooper, a private in Captain D. L. Patterson's Company, 20th Mississippi Volunteers for the period 13 December 1861 to 12 January 1862.

Dates: 1861 December 13

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Correspondence on Boston Relief Mission to Savannah, Georgia

Collection

Identifier: MSS-4269

Overview This collection contains correspondence and other documentation regarding a mission by citizens of Boston to send supplies to Savannah, Georgia, in January 1865, while the city was occupied by William Tecumseh Sherman and his Union troops during the US Civil War.

Dates: 1865

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Cowin family papers

Collection

Identifier: MSS-0364

Overview Photocopies of the diary and essays written by John H. Cowin of Green County, Alabama covering events from 22 April through 13 November 1861 as well as a smaller diary for the month of January 1863. There is also a presidential pardon and oaths of allegiance certificates for Samuel Cowin, as well as photocopies of miscellaneous documents including Alabama tax statements from 1875 and 1877 and newspaper clippings, and a Civil War era Smith and Wesson Model 2 Army revolver. Also in the...

Dates: 1861–1921

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

CSS Alabama partial muster roll

Collection

Identifier: MSS-3724

Overview Partial muster roll of the CSS Alabama.

Dates: after 1864 June 19

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

C.S.S. Tuscaloosa Logs

Collection

Identifier: MSS-0251

Overview Portions of the logs for the C.S.S. Alabama and the C.S.S. Tuscaloosa. The logs document the daily weather, longitude and latitude as well as information about engagements with enemy ships. There is also a list of ships captured by the Alabama from 5 September 1862 to 20 June 1863 and copies of the correspondence between Lieutenant John Low as captain of the C.S.S. Tuscaloosa and various authorities of the British colony of the Cape of Good Hope.

Dates: 1862–1864

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

John E. Curry collection

Collection

Identifier: MSS-0386

Overview Photocopies of letters from David H. Vinton, Assistant Quartermaster in New York, to Lieutenant Josiah Gorgas at Watervliet Arsenal, refusing to grant Gorgas’s request for supplies to be sent to Pensacola, and from University of Alabama cadet John H. Marshall in Tuscaloosa, discussing the possible role of the cadets in the defense of the state, the fainting of several cadets during a dress parade, and inquires about his family.

Dates: 1846-1864

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Curtis R. Burke journal

Collection

Identifier: W-0063

Overview Typescript of Curtis R. Burke's Civil War journal which includes daily entries from October 1862 to June 1865. Notable journal entries include descriptions of John Hunt Morgan's raid into Ohio in July 1863, and accounts of conditions in prison camps in Indiana and Illinois.

Dates: 1971

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Daniel R. Hundley Diary

Collection

Identifier: MSS-0716

Abstract Hundley's diary covers the years 1861-64. The entries discuss secession and preparations for war, wartime service, private thoughts, news from home, and other matters.

Dates: 1861 - 1864

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

David Holmes Papers

Collection

Identifier: MSS-4212

Overview Collection of two diaries, two sketchbooks, six letters, and other items created by Sergeant David Holmes (1841-1864) of the 20th Michigan Infantry. The materials provide insight into the rigors of daily life for an Civil War soldier

Dates: 1858-1864

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

William Davidson paper

Collection

Identifier: MSS-0401

Abstract A paper titled "Brigadier General James Holt Clanton, Alabama's Rash Gallant" and delivered to the Alabama Historical Association, April 17, 1959.

Dates: 1959 April 17

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Alex Van Hoose Davies family papers

Collection

Identifier: MSS-0402

Overview Photocopies of the family history of an early northwest Alabama family, one of whom became mayor of Birmingham in the 1890s. There are also some personal recollections of the Union Army raid on Tuscaloosa led by John T. Croxton in April 1865, augmented with notes by grandson Alexander Van Hoose Davies, as well as copies of memorials of various Van Hoose men, and newspaper clippings.

Dates: 1925-1980

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Jefferson Davis Papers

Collection

Identifier: MSS-0404

Abstract This is a collection of mostly personal correspondence of Jefferson Davis and his family members, in both the United States and Europe. This collection also includes three folders of photographs and other visual materials.

Dates: 1823-1917

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

E. L. Dawson letter

Collection

Identifier: MSS-0409

Abstract A letter dated 4 January 1861, certifying that there are no demands against W. L. Trenholm, quartermaster, 4th brigade.

Dates: 1861 January 4

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

John C. Deason papers

Collection

Identifier: MSS-0420

Abstract A collection of copies of Civil War muster rolls including those of the Forty-fourth Alabama Infantry Regiment, Co. B (15 March 1862), the Twentieth Alabama Infantry Regiment, Co. H (16 September 1861), the Thirty-sixth Alabama Infantry Regiment, Co. F (13 May 1862), and the First Alabama Infantry Regiment, Co. A (nd).

Dates: 1861-1862

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Donoho family papers

Collection

Identifier: MSS-3704

Overview Letters between members of a close Tuscaloosa family written primarily during the Civil War.

Dates: 1838-1914

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Douthitt scrapbook materials

Collection

Identifier: MSS-0399

Overview Material, mostly photocopies, from a nineteenth-century scrapbook. The most significant item is a pencil sketch of the Rotunda on the campus of The University of Alabama.

Dates: 1865 - 1877

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Thomas Dudley letter

Collection

Identifier: MSS-0452

Abstract A letter dated 9 July 1862, to S. Price Edwards, Collector of Customs at Liverpool, regarding a gunboat (C.S.S. Alabama) being built in the yard of Mssrs. Laird. Holograph copy.

Dates: 1862 July 9

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

H.B. Dugger scrapbook

Collection

Identifier: MSS-0453

Overview A scrapbook of essays and poems clipped from Civil War era newspapers.

Dates: 1865-1869

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Durst Family papers

Collection

Identifier: MSS-0461

Overview Letters, newspapers, and miscellaneous documents from the Durst family. There is also a World War One era panoramic photograph and United Stated Service, or Blue Star Mother's flag.

Dates: 1708-1977; Majority of material found within 1861 - 1868

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

E. W. Tarrant letters

Collection

Identifier: MSS-1383

Abstract Two letters written from Aransas Pass, Texas, to a Mrs. Brown in October 1914, containing extensive reminiscences of the Warrior Guards (Company A of the Fifth Alabama Infantry Regiment) and Fowler's Artillery Battery. Both units were organized at Tuscaloosa, Alabama.

Dates: 1914 October

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Early University of Alabama Administrative Records

Record Group

Identifier: RG-001

Overview The record group contains many early extant records of The University of Alabama and includes materials documenting a wide range of functions, persons, and aspects of the University.

Dates: 1820 - 1920

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

S.W. Eddins appointment letter

Collection

Identifier: MSS-0474

Overview Letter dated 1 September 1864 appointing S. W. Eddins of Tuscaloosa, Alabama, to the University of Alabama's Alabama Corps of Cadets.

Dates: 1864 September 1

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Edward Bressie Vaughan Papers

Collection

Identifier: MSS-2283

Overview Papers of both Edward Bressie Vaughan, Sr. and Jr. The majority of the papers are requisitions, receipts, Quartermaster stores, etc. from August through Novemeber 1862 during the Kentucky Campaign signed by or sent to Lieutenant Edward Bressie Vaughan, Jr.. Other papers include both Vaughan, Sr.'s and Jr.'s personal and business correspondence from 1832 through 1869. The collection also contains E.B. Vaughan, Sr.'s Oath of Allegiance (dated 30 June 1865) to the United Stated.

Dates: 1832 - 1867; Majority of material found in 1862 - 1862

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Edward Maffitt Anderson Photographic Album

Collection

Identifier: 2009-219

Abstract Photograph album containing forty-seven Cartes de Visite belonging to Edward Maffitt Anderson, midshipman on board the CSS Alabama.

Dates: 1864

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Edward Vernon archive of Co. F, Seventy-eighth Ohio Volunteer Infantry

Collection

Identifier: W-0157

Overview Papers documenting the history of Co. F of the Seventy-eighth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, including Company demographics and rosters, obituaries, and hand-drawn maps of the siege of Vicksburg, Mississippi, in 1863.

Dates: 1883 - 1918

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Edwin H. Abbott papers

Collection

Identifier: MSS-0001

Abstract Files relating to the "Alabama Claims" handled by this Boston attorney concerning damage inflicted by the Confederate commerce raider C.S.S. Shenandoah during the final months of the Civil War.

Dates: circa 1873-1883

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Charles Ellis diary

Collection

Identifier: MSS-2819

Overview Diary written by First Sergeant Charles Ellis of the 96th Illinois Volunteer Infantry during the Civil War. The diary contains daily notes concerning regimental duty in Huntsville, Alabama, in 1865.

Dates: 1865

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Ellsworth Hults diary

Collection

Identifier: MSS-3735

Overview The diary of the paymaster's clerk aboard the USS Galena from February through November 1864. There is also a transcription of the diary and a photograph of Admiral James Forsyth "the tallest man in the American Navy, 6 ft 6."

Dates: 1864 February - November

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Esbon C. Lambert Diary and Letters

Collection

Identifier: MSS-3924

Abstract Diary and letters from Lambert, a United States Navy landsman aboard the USS Itasca from 1863-1864, during the Battle of Mobile Bay.

Dates: 1863-1864

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Farr Family Papers

Collection

Identifier: MSS-4363

Dates: 1823-1952

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Five Certificates Attesting to the Service of African American Sailors during the Civil War

Collection

Identifier: MSS-4149

Overview The affidavits in this collection confirm the service of African American sailors during the Civil War

Dates: 1866-1869

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

William Lovelace Foster letter

Collection

Identifier: MSS-0538

Overview Typescript copies of a lengthy and detailed letter from Foster during the siege of Vicksburg, to his wife, begun before communications were cut off and continued at intervals throughout the siege (June 1863) until the city's surrender to Union forces on 4 July 1863.

Dates: 1863 June 20

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Fourth Alabama Regiment Newspaper Article Transcriptions

Collection

Identifier: MSS-1189

Overview Typewritten transcriptions of articles about the 4th Alabama Regiment. Original articles were in unnamed Huntsville, Alabama, newspapers

Dates: 1861 - 1862

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Free Military School for Applicants for Commands of Colored Troops

Collection

Identifier: MSS-4287

Overview This collection contains a twelve-page pamphlet from the Supervisory Committee for Recruiting Colored Regiments, in Philadelphia, describing the qualifications required of men applying to be officers of African American Union troops during the US Civil War.

Dates: 1863

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

William Fulton letter

Collection

Identifier: MSS-0547

Overview Typescript copy of a letter dated 12 April 1865, written by Fulton to his sister, Mrs. Theodora Fulton Pettus, describing the surrender of Mobile, Alabama, to Union forces.

Dates: 1865 April 12

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Garner family letters

Collection

Identifier: W-0030

Overview Typed transcripts of correspondence written by the extended Garner family between 1832 and 1886.

Dates: 1832-1886

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

George Doherty Johnston Papers

Collection

Identifier: MSS-4018

Overview Letters to and from this Confederate brigadier general.

Dates: 1845-1885

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

George Platt Waller papers

Collection

Identifier: W-0085

Overview Contains photographs, correspondence, and typescript speeches written by diplomat George Platt Waller. Also contains a small journal and receipts related to his father's medical practice.

Dates: 1894 - 1895; 1952 - 1961

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

George S. Smith Diary

Collection

Identifier: MSS-1607

Abstract Civil War diary of George S. Smith, sergeant in Company C of the 48th Ohio Regiment, covering his service in Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Florida, and Texas, 1863-65.

Dates: 1863 - 1865

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

George Woodard and Gene Smith letters

Collection

Identifier: W-0112

Overview Letters between Union soldier George Woodard, Company D, Eighth Wisconsin Infantry Regiment, and his fiancee Gene Smith, of Burnett, Wisconsin. Woodard served at the battle of Corinth and the Vicksburg Campaign. He died at a Memphis hospital in 1864.

Dates: 1861 - 1865

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

Marie Giles letter

Collection

Identifier: MSS-0569

Overview 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.

Dates: 1864 August 8

Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections

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