Guide to the Thomas P. Clinton letters MSS.0319
Clinton, Thomas P.
- Publication:
W.S. Hoole Special Collections Library, The University of Alabama
Mary Harmon Bryant Hall
January 2009
500 Hackberry Lane
Box 870266
Tuscaloosa, Alabama, 35487-0266
205.348.0500
archives@ua.edu
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Thomas P. Clinton letters
- Unit ID:
MSS.0319
- Repository:
W.S. Hoole Special Collections Library, The University of Alabama
- Quantity:
0.05 Linear feet (3 items)
- Dates:
Unknown
- Abstract:
Letters about the burning of the University of Alabama, April 1865, which Clinton witnessed as a young boy.
Scope and Contents note
The collections contains letters about the burning of the University of Alabama, April 1865, which Clinton witnessed as a young boy. Also included is a paper on transportation in Tuscaloosa.
- Acquisition Information:
Provenance
Gift of Hudson Strode, 1977
- Preferred Citation:
Preferred Citation note
Thomas P. Clinton letters, W.S. Hoole Special Collections Library, The University of Alabama
Biographical/Historical note
Thomas P. Clinton was a young boy in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, in April 1865, and was a witness to the burning of the University of Alabama campus on 4 April 1865 by Brigadier General John T. Croxton and 1,500 seasoned cavalrymen.
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unknown; updated by C. Doughty, 2009; updated by Martha Bace, 2012
Source(s)
Clinton, Thomas P., 1860- (local)
Alabama--History--Civil War, 1861-1865 (lcsh)
Civil War (localbroad)
Letters (correspondence) (aat)
Transportation--Alabama (lcsh)
Tuscaloosa (Ala.) (lcsh)
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Destruction and pillage (lcsh)
University of Alabama (localbroad)
University of Alabama--History--19th century (lcsh)
Letters Box 194