Guide to "The Year of Secession, 1861" Civil War Letters collection MSS.0305

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Year of Secession, 1861 Civil War Letters collection

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Publication:

W.S. Hoole Special Collections Library, The University of Alabama

Mary Harmon Bryant Hall
500 Hackberry Lane
Box 870266
Tuscaloosa, Alabama, 35487-0266
205.348.0500
archives@ua.edu

February 2009

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December 2012

Unit ID:: MSS.0305

Repository:: W.S. Hoole Special Collections Library, The University of Alabama

Quantity:: 0.05 Linear feet (16 items; photocopies)

Dates:: 1861

Abstract:: Photocopies of sixteen letters written during the first year of the Civil War, and includes letters from William J. Hardee, Joseph E. Johnston, and Robert A. Toombs among others

creator: Brown, Joseph E., (Joseph Emerson), 1821-1894

creator: Browne, William M., (William Montague), 1823-1883

creator: Cole, Archie H.

creator: Ellis, John Willis, 1820-1861

creator: Floyd, John B., (John Buchanan), 1806-1863

creator: Hardee, William Joseph, 1815-1873

creator: Johnston, Joseph E. (Joseph Eggleston), 1807-1891

creator: Mallory, Stephen R., (Stephen Russell), 1813-1873

creator: Memminger, C. G., (Christopher Gustavus), 1803-1888

creator: Smith, Gustavus Woodson, 1822-1896

creator: Toombs, Robert Augustus, 1810-1885

Scope and Contents note

The collection contains photocopies of sixteen letters written during the first year of the Civil War, and includes letters from William J. Hardee, Joseph E. Johnston, and Robert A. Toombs, among several others. Many of the letters have been transcribed and are attached.

Preferred Citation:

Preferred Citation note

The Year of Secession, 1861 Civil War letter collection, W.S. Hoole Special Collections Library, The University of Alabama

Acquisition Information:

Immediate Source of Acquisition note

unknown

Access Restrictions:

Conditions Governing Access note

None

Usage Restrictions:

Conditions Governing Use note

None

Processing Information:

Processed by

A. Gilbert, 2009; updated by Martha Bace, 2012

Source(s)

Civil War (localbroad)

Letters (correspondence) (aat)

United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Personal narratives (lcsh)

Letters Box 284