Guide to the Billie ________ Letter MSS.1940
Billie
- Publication:
W.S. Hoole Special Collections Library, The University of Alabama
Mary Harmon Bryant Hall
2007
500 Hackberry Lane
Box 870266
Tuscaloosa, Alabama, 35487-0266
205.348.0500
archives@ua.edu
- Creation:
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- Language Usage:
English
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Billie ____ Letter
- Unit ID:
MSS.1940
- Repository:
W.S. Hoole Special Collections Library, The University of Alabama
- Quantity:
0.1 Linear feet (1 letter, 1 partial transcript)
- Dates:
1864 December 18
- Abstract:
Letter from Billie, a Confederate soldier stationed near Camp Petersburg, Virginia, to his sister Maggie in North Carolina, about hearing the "salute of the Yankees saluting General Sherman for landing on the coast." He also asked his sister to tell their father to hide his corn from deserters.
Scope and Contents note
This collection consists of one letter and one partial transcript written by Billie, a Confederate soldier from North Carolina, to his sister Maggie about hearing the "salute of the Yankees saluting General Sherman for landing on the coast." He also asked his sister to tell their father to hide his corn from deserters.
- Processing Information:
Processed by
Faith White and Donnelly Lancaster Walton, 2007
- Preferred Citation:
Preferred Citation
Billie ____ Letter, W.S. Hoole Special Collections Library, The University of Alabama.
- Acquisition Information:
Provenance
gift of Wade Hall, 2005
Biographical/Historical note
Billie (surname unknown) was a Confederate soldier from North Carolina who was stationed near Camp Petersburg, Virginia, in December 1864.
Letter Box SC0001 Folder 1940.1
Letter from Billie, Camp Petersburg, Virginia, to Maggie, North Carolina, December 18, 1864 http://purl.lib.ua.edu/20598