American Civil
War (continued, page 2)
Harper Family
Papers,
1856-1863
(AR 118)
Papers of Robert Withers
Harper and his wife, Laura Worthington Harper,
residents of Arkansas. Robert Harper served in the
Confederate Army and was commissioned a major. In
1862, he was made a colonel of the Churchill Brigade,
First Mounted Rifles, Arkansas. During the War he
participated in at least six battles: Oak Hill,
Missouri; Elk Horn, Arkansas; Farmington, Mississippi;
Richmond, Kentucky; Murfreesboro, Tennessee; and
Chicamauga, Tennessee. Robert hoped he would be
transferred to Stonewall Jackson's unit, but on
September 20, 1863, he was killed during the battle of
Chicamauga. This collection contains letters written by
Robert and Laura Harper to Dr. Levin and Anna (Harper)
Wailes of Natchez, Mississippi. The letters date
from 1856-1863 and tell of family matters, business
affairs, and survival during the Civil War.
Size: 2 reels microfilm
Herbert, Hillary
A.
History of the
8th Alabama Volunteer Infantry Regiment, CSA Scrapbook,
circa 1905
(AR 855)
This history is one of a
series of historical sketches of Alabama Confederate
units prepared under the direction of Thomas M. Owen,
director of the Alabama Department of Archives and
History.
Size: 1 reel microfilm
Jeter, Sarah
Matilda Clayton
Diary and
Correspondence, 1860-1864
(AR 281)
Sarah Jeter was a
30-year-old woman, married to Richard Cone Jeter and
living near Opelika, Alabama when she began this diary
on January 1, 1860. Her daily entries continued through
April 29, 1863 and provide a glimpse of life in eastern
Alabama at the beginning of the Civil War. The
collection also includes five letters, dated July to
September 1864, written by John W. Bradshaw to members
of his family while serving as a lieutenant in an
Alabama cavalry unit.
Size: 1 box
Johnston, George
H.
Papers, 1863
(AR 225)
This collection contains
official and personal correspondence, bound volumes of
General Orders, correspondence from Brigadier General
Henry M. Nagler, and newspaper clippings relating to
George Johnston. As a Captain in Company E. 1st
Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry, Johnston was
stationed at Hilton Head, South Carolina. One letter in
this collection details the battle of First Bull Run.
Size: 1 reel microfilm
Jollee, M. B.
Bound Volume,
1863-1864
(AR 276)
This manuscript is
entitled “Abstracts of Reports of the Office of
M. B. Jollee, Quartermaster Corps, Confederate States
of America, 1863-1864.” Jollee’s area of
responsibility included Jefferson County, Alabama.
Size: 1 volume
Kelly, Samuel
Camp
Diary, 1862-1865
(AR 1403)
This diary chronicles
the activities of Kelly, a native of Alabama, as an
officer in the Confederate army.
Size: 1 box
Manly, Basil and
R. Fuller Manly
Correspondence,
1861-1867
(AR 77)
These letters report
news of the interest to this family and news of the
Civil War.
Size: 1 box
Martin, Fred R.
Scrapbooks on
Americana
(AR 452)
These scrapbooks contain
newspaper clippings, photographs and memorabilia on a
wide variety of topics, especially Alabama, the South
and the Civil War.
Size: 34 volumes
McAdory, I. W.
Papers
(AR 1515)
I. W. McAdory served as
an officer in the 28th Alabama Regiment of the
Confederate army. This collection contains primarily
muster rolls for that unit and the 24th Alabama
Regiment.
Size: 1 box
McGrady, C. N.
Papers,
1865-1956
(AR 211)
This collection contains
personal financial records, legal documents,
Confederate veteran records and photographs. The bulk
of the material dates from the period 1870 to 1910.
Size: 1 box
McLaren, John F.
Letters,
1862-1864
(AR 851)
McLaren served as a
volunteer chaplain with the 39th Pennsylvania Regiment
during the Civil War. This collection contains letters
that he wrote to his wife and children. Most of the
letters, written from camps throughout northern
Virginia, deal with home matters, but some describe
troop movements.
Size: 1 box
McLaurine,
George T.
Diary and
Account Book, 1863-1865
(AR 1514)
This small diary
chronicles the experiences of one Confederate soldier,
giving details of marches in days and mileage, records
of debts, and the words to three songs: "I Got
Drunk Again," "Who Will Care For Momma,"
and "Pt. Lookout." McLaurine was
captured in 1863 at the battle of Point Lookout in Pt.
Lookout, Maryland. He later writes he was
exchanged in July 1865, three months after the
Confederate surrender at Appomattox.
Size: 1 volume
McMullan, Sophia
Papers,
1861-1866
(AR 384)
This collection includes
letters from two Confederate soldiers and three letters
written by McMullan to her cousin in Mississippi. One
letter was removed from the body of a Union soldier and
sent to McMullan.
Size: 1 box
McQuigg, Jessee
Correspondence,
1863-1865
(AR 612)
A native of Missouri,
McQuigg served in the Confederate army. The
correspondence, covering the period February 5, 1863 to
July 23, 1865, includes 18 letters McQuigg wrote to his
sister, Sallie. The letters provide descriptions
of battles, troop movements, and the overall conditions
of the troops. McQuigg fought in the battles of
Corinth, Vicksburg, Kennesaw Mountain and Atlanta. He
was treated for the wounds he received in Atlanta at a
hospital in Selma, Alabama, and stayed with a woman
named Mrs. Howard for a period of about two months
while he was on furlough because of his wounds.
Size: 1 box
Mims Family
Papers,
1832-1979
(AR 326)
This collection includes
family correspondence, financial records, and a few
miscellaneous items relating to the Mims family. The
largest body of documents in the collection is William
Jemison Mims’ letters home from the Civil War to
his wife Kate (Kathleen DeJarnette Mims) who lived with
their children on a farm near Elyton, Alabama. They
give Jemison’s personal impressions of the war
and contain poignant reference to his separation from
his loved ones and home. An earlier group of letters
was written when Jemison left his Alabama home at age
sixteen to attend college in Virginia, and during his
subsequent years of study and preparation to become a
lawyer at the University of Alabama, the University of
Georgia and during his apprenticeship at Marion,
Alabama. A still earlier group of letters includes one
from the great-great grand-mother of the collection
donor, dated March 9, 1832. Family letters and
documents from the post-Civil War years describe the
lives of the Mimes and DeJarnette as they rebuilt their
lives and reared their children. There are a few
twentieth century documents, principally concerning the
immediate family of Dr. Glover Moore. The descriptive
inventory which follows provides more specific
information about the items of the collection.
Size: 2 boxes
