Swords -- Confederate States of America
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Jacob Faser letters
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0506
Overview
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.
Dates:
1861 - 1865
Newspaper articles on Confederate artifacts, 1940-1978
File — Box WSC002: [1006241709], Folder: W0150.09
Scope and Contents
Of these two articles from Birmingham, Alabama, newspapers, one describes Confederate First Lady Varina Davis's jewelry that is on display at the White House of the Confederacy in Montgomery, Alabama; several of the pieces are photographed. The other is a letter to the editor debunking the romantic story of General Robert E. Lee's surrendering his sword to General Ulysses S. Grant at Appomatox, Virginia. The writer ends with a quote from General Grant, written years later, that states "The...
Dates:
1940-1978