Guide to the Robert McMillan Letter MSS.1955
McMillan, Robert
- Publication:
W.S. Hoole Special Collections Library, The University of Alabama
Mary Harmon Bryant Hall
April 2008
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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Robert McMillan Letter
- Unit ID:
MSS.1955
- Repository:
W.S. Hoole Special Collections Library, The University of Alabama
- Quantity:
0.1 Linear feet (1 letter, 1 page)
- Dates:
1861
- Abstract:
An 1861 letter to Governor Joseph E. Brown of Georgia from Robert McMillan discussing the organization of ten companies from Georgia, as well as copies of two additional letters written on the same piece of paper; one written by McMillan and the other by an unknown author, written to Senator Ira Foster.
Scope and Contents note
This collection consists of a letter to Governor Joseph E. Brown of Georgia from Robert McMillan discussing the organization of ten companies from Georgia. Two additional letters are added to the first letter. One letter is also written by McMillan and discusses the need for guns for practice. The other is written by an unknown author and written to Senator Ira Foster. All letters are written on one piece of paper.
- Processing Information:
Processed by
Faith White, 2007
- Preferred Citation:
Preferred Citation
Robert McMillan Letter, W.S. Hoole Special Collections Library, The University of Alabama.
- Acquisition Information:
Provenance
gift of Wade Hall, 2004
Biographical/Historical note
Robert McMillan was commanding colonel of Cobb's Brigade during the Civil War.
Letter Box SC0001 Folder 1955.1
Letter from Robert McMillan to Governor Joseph E. Brown, Georgia, August 12, 1861 http://purl.lib.ua.edu/20612