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Confederate States of America -- History

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Scope Note: https://lccn.loc.gov/sh85030843

Found in 15 Collections and/or Records:

Alabama Warriors speech text

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0053
Overview Text of a speech describing the contribution of Emma Sansom, Joseph Wheeler, Raphael Semmes, and John Pelham to Alabama history, read at the February 2, 1933, meeting of the Canebreak Rifle Guard Chapter of the United Daughters of the Confederacy.
Dates: 1933
Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections / Alabama Warriors speech text

Alice A. Lide Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0127
Abstract This collection consists of a typescript copy of a paper titled "Franklin K. Beck," by Alice A. Lide, recounting his life and accomplishments. It is based largely on secondary sources.
Dates: undated
Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections / Alice A. Lide Papers

Allen Family papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0064
Overview The business and personal papers of John G. Allen (1810- 1891) and his son Charles Edward (1860-1943), planters of Marengo County, Alabama, including Civil War letters, tenant farmer contracts, mortgages and indentures, bills and receipts, personal letters, insurance policies, and miscellaneous items relating to the family.
Dates: 1848-1906
Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections / Allen Family papers

Askew family papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0091
Overview Biographical sketch, ledger, diaries, church histories, newspaper clippings, copies of poetry and pieces written about Confederate history in Alabama, address and appointment books from this Dayton, Alabama, family.
Dates: 1844-1993
Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections / Askew family papers

Cadwallader Jones Letter

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0775
Abstract A letter dated 29 November 1862, from Orange Court House, Virginia to Jones's daughter, Fanny Iredell Erwin. It details a Confederate army march from north of Winchester to Orange Court House, and expresses delight in the scenery and admiraltion of an especially fine farm.
Dates: 1862-11-29
Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections / Cadwallader Jones Letter

"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Overview Unpublished typescript of the memoirs of twenty Confederate soldiers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 memoirs," volumes II and III

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 Military History of Alabama

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 stores ledger for Snyder's Bluff, Mississippi

C.S.S. Alabama digital collection planning material

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-3744
Overview Documents discussing the C.S.S Alabama digital project.
Dates: circa 1995
Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections / C.S.S. Alabama digital collection planning material

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 / Thomas Dudley letter

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 / Durst Family papers

Tertullus and Hiram Richardson Letter

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-1193
Abstract Letter from these brothers at a Confederate Army training camp at Talladega, Alabama, to their father. Discusses the latest news and everyday life at the camp
Dates: 1862-10
Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections / Tertullus and Hiram Richardson Letter

The First White House Association of Montgomery, Alabama, pamphlet

 File — Box WSC002: [1006241709], Folder: W0150.07
Scope and Contents A small pamphlet describing the rooms and articles in them of Jefferson Davis's First White House of the Confederacy in Montgomery, Alabama.
Dates: 1860 - 2007
Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections / W-0150, A. S. Williams III Americana Collection's small Civil War manuscript collections

United Confederate Veterans Camp W. J. Hardee, No. 39, Birmingham, Alabama, records

 Collection
Identifier: W-0048
Overview Records of the United Confederate Veterans Camp W. J. Hardee, in Birmingham, Alabama, between 1906 and 1919.
Dates: 1906-1919
Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections / United Confederate Veterans Camp W. J. Hardee, No. 39, Birmingham, Alabama, records

William K. Bachman ordnance return and muster roll

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0101
Abstract Monthly return of ordnance and ordnance stores received and expended during the month of November 1864; muster roll of Bachman's company of the German Artillery Regiment of Hampton's Legion, August 31-October 31, 1864.
Dates: 1864
Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections / William K. Bachman ordnance return and muster roll