Guide to the John L. Boatwright letters MSS.1645
Boatwright, John L.
- Publication:
W.S. Hoole Special Collections Library, The University of Alabama
Mary Harmon Bryant Hall
June 2010
500 Hackberry Lane
Box 870266
Tuscaloosa, Alabama, 35487-0266
205.348.0500
archives@ua.edu
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- Language Usage:
English
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John L. Boatwright letters
- Unit ID:
MSS.1645
- Repository:
W.S. Hoole Special Collections Library, The University of Alabama
- Quantity:
0.1 Linear feet (12 letters and envelopes)
- Dates:
1863-64
- Abstract:
Twelve letters from John L. Boatwright, Confederate Army ordnance office, to his wife, 22 December 1863-14 May 1864.
Scope and Contents note
This collection consists of twelve letters from Boatwright, an Ordnance officer in the Confederate Army, stationed at Savannah Georgia, to his wife in Columbia, South Carolina, although the letters suggest that the Boatwrights were from Virginia. The earliest letter is dated 22 December 1863, the last 14 May 1864. The contents are largely personal; Boatwright was deeply devoted to his wife and in virtually every letter states how much he misses her. The strain of separation was doubtless increased by Mrs. Boatwright's pregnancy (see in particular letter of 1 May 1864). Occasionally Boatwright mentions the situation at Savannah and the course of the war; on 26 April 1864, for example, he alludes to the Army's financial straits. The letter of the following day states that "we are making the grandest of efforts in the world to frustrate the plans of the Yankees this spring" and that "Every Regiment from this place except one has been ordered to the front." There is also a fragment of a letter, possibly to Boatwright, from a J. W. Magill, referring to ammunition, no date.
- Processing Information:
Processed by
Donnelly Lancaster/John Beeler, 2005
- Preferred Citation:
Preferred Citation
John L. Boatwright Letters, W.S. Hoole Special Collections Library, The University of Alabama.
- Acquisition Information:
Provenance
Gift of Wade Hall, 2004
Biographical/Historical note
Confederate Army ordnance office stationed in Savannah, Georgia at the time these letters were written, 1863-64.
Letters Box 6476 Folder 2
Letter from John L. Boatwright, Savannah, Georgia, to his wife, Columbia, South Carolina, December 22, 1863 http://purl.lib.ua.edu/20751
Letter from John L. Boatwright, Savannah, Georgia, to his wife, Columbia, South Carolina, December 23, 1863 http://purl.lib.ua.edu/20752
Letter from John L. Boatwright, Savannah, Georgia, to his wife, Columbia, South Carolina, January 1, 1864 http://purl.lib.ua.edu/20753
Letter from John L. Boatwright, Savannah, Georgia, to his wife, Columbia, South Carolina, January 6, 1864 http://purl.lib.ua.edu/20754
Letter from John L. Boatwright, Savannah, Georgia, to his wife, Columbia, South Carolina, February 27, 1864 http://purl.lib.ua.edu/20755
Letter from John L. Boatwright, Savannah, Georgia, to his wife, Columbia, South Carolina, April 26, 1864 http://purl.lib.ua.edu/20756
Letter from John L. Boatwright, Savannah, Georgia, to his wife, Columbia, South Carolina, April 27, 1864 http://purl.lib.ua.edu/20757
Letter from John L. Boatwright, Savannah, Georgia, to his wife, Columbia, South Carolina, April 29, 1864 http://purl.lib.ua.edu/20758
Letter from John L. Boatwright, Savannah, Georgia, to his wife, Columbia, South Carolina, May 1, 1864 http://purl.lib.ua.edu/20759
Letter from John L. Boatwright, Savannah, Georgia, to his wife, Columbia, South Carolina, May 2, 1864 http://purl.lib.ua.edu/20760
Letter from John L. Boatwright, Savannah, Georgia, to his wife, Columbia, South Carolina http://purl.lib.ua.edu/20761
Letter from John L. Boatwright, Savannah, Georgia, to his wife, Columbia, South Carolina http://purl.lib.ua.edu/20762
Fragment of a letter, possibly to Boatwright, from a J. W. Magill, referring to ammunition, no date http://purl.lib.ua.edu/20763