Confederate States of America -- History

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

Scope and Contents This collection contains an exceptionally rare lithograph depicting the Confederate encampment at Camp Taylor, near Lindsey's Station on the Virginia Central Railroad during the winter of 1863. The lithograph, possibly created in the field, provides a detailed view of the winter quarters of John Garnett's Light Artillery Battalion, which comprised Virginia and Louisiana artillery units. The scene features a well-organized camp with log cabins, horse sheds, and tents, alongside soldiers...

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Unpublished typescript of the memoirs of twenty Confederate soldiers

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

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

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Documents discussing the C.S.S Alabama digital project.

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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.

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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.

Scope and Contents This collection consists of a two-leaf manuscript document created in Petersburg, Virginia, in 1864. It includes a petition, a writ of Habeas Corpus, and a $100 bond filed by Calvin Ford for the return of Elvira, his enslaved servant, who had been convicted of attempting to poison Ford and his family. The petition challenges the legality of Elvira’s conviction on the grounds that the court's verdict was rendered by a mere majority, rather than a unanimous decision, thus rendering the...

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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

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A small pamphlet describing the rooms and articles in them of Jefferson Davis's First White House of the Confederacy in Montgomery, Alabama.

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Records of the United Confederate Veterans Camp W. J. Hardee, in Birmingham, Alabama, between 1906 and 1919.

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A letter dated 8 February 1832 to Jonathan Rutherford. Discusses "our own Virginia," Revis's health, his views of the political situation, slavery and "Cousin Emily" (apparently Rutherford's wife).

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Statement dated 18 March 1878 concerning the actions of General John T. Croxton's Union Army forces in seizing Tuscaloosa, Alabama, April 1865.

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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.