Guide to the William R. Hughes letters MSS.0714
Hughes, William r
- Publication:
W.S. Hoole Special Collections Library, The University of Alabama
Mary Harmon Bryant Hall
December 2009
500 Hackberry Lane
Box 870266
Tuscaloosa, Alabama, 35487-0266
205.348.0500
archives@ua.edu
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William R. Hughes letters
- Unit ID:
MSS.0714
- Repository:
W.S. Hoole Special Collections Library, The University of Alabama
- Quantity:
0.1 Linear feet (11 letters, 26 pages)
- Dates:
1862-1864
- Abstract:
Letters from Chattanooga, Tennessee; Meridian, Mississippi; and Richmond, Virginia, primarily to his wife in Northport, Alabama, and also to his mother and other family members during the Civil War. The letters include news of family and friends, accounts of camp life, and other matters.
Scope and Contents note
Letters from Chattanooga, Tennessee; Meridian, Mississippi; and Richmond, Virginia, primarily to his wife in Northport, Alabama, and also to his mother and other family members during the Civil War. The letters include news of family and friends, accounts of camp life, and other matters.
- Acquisition Information:
Immediate Source of Acquisition note
unknown
- Processing Information:
Processing Information note
Revised by Donnelly Lancaster Walton, December 2009
- Preferred Citation:
Preferred Citation
William R. Hughes letters, W.S. Hoole Special Collections Library, The University of Alabama.
Biographical/Historical note
Confederate soldier from Tuscaloosa County, Alabama. He served in the Forty-First Alabama Infantry Regiment during the Civil War.
William R. Hughes letters Box SC0004 Folder 714.01
Letter from William R. Hughes, camp near Chattanooga, Tennessee, to Sarah A. Hughes, Northport, Alabama, August 5, 1862 http://purl.lib.ua.edu/20447
Letter from William R. Hughes, camp near Chattanooga, Tennessee, to "Mother," August 5, 1862 http://purl.lib.ua.edu/20448
Letter from William R. Hughes, Petersburg, Virginia, to Sarah A. Hughes, Northport, Alabama, November 5, 1864 http://purl.lib.ua.edu/20449
Letter from William R. Hughes, Chattanooga, Tennessee, to Sarah A. Hughes, Northport, Alabama, November 30, 1862 http://purl.lib.ua.edu/20450
Letter from William R. Hughes, Meridian, Mississippi, to Sarah A. Hughes, Northport, Alabama, June 1, 1863 http://purl.lib.ua.edu/20451
Letter from William R. Hughes to Sarah A. Hughes, Northport, Alabama, June 6, 1864 http://purl.lib.ua.edu/20452
Letter from William R. Hughes, Petersburg, Virginia, to Sarah A. Hughes, Northport, Alabama, August 3, 1864 http://purl.lib.ua.edu/20453
Letter from William R. Hughes, Petersburg, Virginia, to Amelia Dorcas Hughes, August 10, 1864 http://purl.lib.ua.edu/20454
Letter from William R. Hughes, Petersburg, Virginia, to Sergeant Wilson P. Pool, August 16, 1864 http://purl.lib.ua.edu/20455
Letter from William R. Hughes, Petersburg, Virginia, to Sarah A. Hughes, Northport, Alabama, November 6, 1864 http://purl.lib.ua.edu/20456
Letter from William R. Hughes, Jackson County, Alabama, to Sarah A. Hughes, Northport, Alabama, December 10, 1864 http://purl.lib.ua.edu/20457