Mississippi -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:
George Woodard and Gene Smith letters
Collection
Identifier: W-0112
Abstract
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
Townsend Heaton letters
Collection
Identifier: W-0091
Abstract
Letters written by Dr. Townsend Heaton, a member of the 70th Ohio Volunteer Infantry during the Civil War
Dates:
1861-1864
Levi G. Heck Letters
Collection
Identifier: MSS-4832
Scope and Contents
This collection comprises two four-page handwritten letters authored by Levi G. Heck, a Union officer who served in both the 52nd Illinois Volunteer Infantry Regiment and the 127th United States Colored Troops (USCT) during the American Civil War. The first letter, dated June 21, 1863, was written from Corinth, Mississippi, during the siege of Vicksburg. In it, Heck discusses the relative calm within his regiment and reports on cavalry efforts in western Tennessee that resulted in the...
Dates:
1864
The Daily Citizen newspaper
Collection
Identifier: MSS-3556
Abstract
The last issue of this Vicksburg, Mississippi, newspaper printed on July 2, 1863.
Dates:
1863 July 2