Guide to the William Jesse Robinett Papers MSS.1624
- Author:
Finding aid prepared by R. Rumstay
- Publication:
W.S. Hoole Special Collections Library, The University of Alabama
Mary Harmon Bryant Hall
March 2008
500 Hackberry Lane
Box 870266
Tuscaloosa, Alabama, 35487-0266
205.348.0500
archives@bama.ua.edu
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- Language Usage:
English
- Description Rules:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
William Jesse Robinett papers
- Unit ID:
MSS.1624
- Repository:
W.S. Hoole Special Collections Library, The University of Alabama
- Quantity:
0.1 Linear feet 1 item, 5 pieces
- Dates:
1957
- Abstract:
This collection consists of a handwritten original paper and typescript copy. It contains the names of family members and stories about the family's experience during Rousseau's Raid, July 10-22, 1864, in which a Union Army force raided from Decatur, Alabama, to the southward.
Scope and Contents note
This collection consists of a handwritten original paper and typescript copy. It contains the names of family members and stories about the family's experience during Rousseau's Raid, July 10-22, 1864, in which a Union Army force raided from Decatur, Alabama, to the southward. These include accounts of hiding mules to avoid their seizure, a "Yankee trick" for stealing honey, and saving the house from being burned by using a Masonic distress sign.
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- Preferred Citation:
Preferred Citation
William Jesse Robinett papers, W.S. Hoole Special Collections Library, The University of Alabama.
- Acquisition Information:
Provenance
Gift of James F. Jackson, 2003