Minor, Philip

Papers, 1858-1899

(AR 145)

This collection contains sixteen letters, most written by Philip Minor of Greene County, Alabama to his wife, Eliza, during his service in the Confederate Army.

Size: 1 reel microfilm

Murphy, Virgil S.

Autograph Album, 1865

(AR 1707)

Colonel Virgil S. Murphy of Montgomery, Alabama served with the Seventeenth Alabama Infantry, Confederate forces, during the American Civil War. Murphy was captured by Union forces at the age of twenty-eight at the Battle of Franklin, Tennessee. He was held prisoner at Johnson Island (Ohio), on Lake Erie. This small volume contains autographs of Confederate soldiers, accompanied by each man's hometown and state, and sometimes rank or unit. These were apparently men held as prisoners at Johnson Island with Murphy. The volume also contains two poems (transcribed below), a pencil sketch of the prison and other material.

Size: 1 volume

Neves Family

Papers, 1857-1878

(AR 105)

This collection contains photocopies of letters written by members of the Neves family, most written during the Civil War.

Size: 1 box

Oliver, William G.

Papers

(AR 341)

Prior to the Civil War, William Oliver and his wife Susan lived in Coosa County, Alabama. Oliver joined the 34th Alabama Infantry and saw action is Tennessee and Georgia. During his military service Oliver regularly corresponded with his wife. After 1871, the Olivers relocated to Birmingham where he served as marshal and worked in real estate.

Size: 1 box

Parsons Family

Papers, 1864-1923

(AR 586)

This collection includes correspondence of Sarah E. Parsons and her husband W. A. Parsons, who served in the Civil War in the 12th Alabama Infantry Regiment and was killed in October 1864 at the Battle of Cedar Creek in Virginia. Six letters written to Sarah from her husband appear to date from 1864. The collection also contains letters written by John M. Huey.

Size: 1 reel microfilm

Parsons and Toole Family

Papers

(AR 1240)

Size: 1 box

Parsons, William

Papers, 1849-1936

(AR 889)

Size: 1 box

Pope, Henry C.

Civil War Scrapbook

(AR 409)

Henry Pope was a resident of Port Gibson, Mississippi and, later, Birmingham, Alabama. This scrapbook contains newspaper accounts of Civil War battles and related events. Most of the newspaper articles date from the Civil War period.

Size: 1 reel microfilm

Porter, Mitchell T.

Muster Rolls, 1861-1862

(AR 421)

This collection contains two muster rolls, one for the 20th Regiment, 4th Brigade, Alabama Volunteers dated September 9, 1861 and one for the 6th Company, 14th [?] Regiment, Alabama Volunteers dated 1862. The 1862 roll is badly faded and difficult to read.

Size: 2 oversize items

Redd, Eliza Pope

Scrapbook, 1927

(AR 548)

This scrapbook contains clippings of a series of articles entitled “Battles of the Late Civil War” from the periodical The War Record.

Size: 1 reel microfilm

Reed, R. S.

Letters, 1862-1863

(AR 619)

This collection contains photocopies of five letters written by R. S. Reed to his wife Harriet for the period June 20, 1862 to December 17, 1863. Most of the letters concern events in Chattanooga, Tennessee.

Size: 1 box

Roberts, William Lewis

Scrapbook, 1862-1920

(AR 142)

William Roberts was a Civil War veteran who served in Company B, 31st Alabama Regiment. This scrapbook contains newspaper clippings relating to Nathan Bedford Forrest.

Size: 1 reel microfilm

Rucker, Edmund Winchester

Papers, 1864-1924

(AR 78)

The papers contain correspondence relating to Rucker’s service during the Civil war with Nathan Bedford Forrest and Rucker’s activities with Confederate veterans’ associations.

Size: 1 box

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