Guide to the R.M. Rucker Letter MSS.1951
Rucker, R.M.
- 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
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English
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R.M. Rucker Letter
- Unit ID:
MSS.1951
- Repository:
W.S. Hoole Special Collections Library, The University of Alabama
- Quantity:
0.1 Linear feet (1 letter, 1 page)
- Dates:
1863 March 21
- Abstract:
Letter from Confederate soldier stationed in Tullahoma, Tennessee, to his Mother in March of 1863, in which he refers to the fight at Murfreesboro and refers to Union soldiers stripping the people of their corn and stock.
Scope and Contents note
This collection consists of one letter from Confederate soldier, R.M. Rucker. Rucker wrote to his Mother in March of 1863 from Tullahoma, Tennessee. In the letter he refers to the fight at Murfreesboro and refers to Union soldiers stripping the people of their corn and stock.
Note: Envelope addressed to "Samuel R. Rucker," but the letter is addressed to "Mother."
- Processing Information:
Processed by
Faith White and Donnelly Lancaster Walton, 2007
- Preferred Citation:
Preferred Citation
R.M. Rucker Letter, W.S. Hoole Special Collections Library, The University of Alabama.
- Acquisition Information:
Provenance
gift of Wade Hall, 2004
Biographical/Historical note
R.M. Rucker was a private in the Confederate Army. In March of 1863 he was in Tullahoma, Tennessee, the headquarters for the Confederate Army of Tennessee in 1863. The Tullahoma Campaign in the summer of that year was a major turning point in the war that ultimately delivered middle Tennessee to the Union and opened the door to Atlanta.
Letter Box SC0001 Folder 1951.1
Letter from R. M. Rucker, Tullahoma, Tennessee to mother, Murfreesboro, Tennessee, March 31, 1863 http://purl.lib.ua.edu/22224