urn:taro:uh.sc.00049 Lenny Abercrombie Letter, 1858 July 21, 2006 Encoded in XMetal 2 by Amelia Abreu and Rebecca Russell according to instructions in TARO 2 EAD 2002 Editing Instructions. Finding aid written in English. Descriptive Summary Abercrombie, Lenny Lenny Abercrombie Letter,1858 Letter from Lenny Abercrombie, written from Rutersville, Texas, to Mrs. Abercrombie, Waverly, Texas. September 26, 1858. Describes training at Texas Military Institute. 1 item 1969-001 Special Collections, University of Houston Libraries Historical Note

According to letter annotations, Lenny Abrercrombie was a Confederate soldier killed in the Battle of Seven Pines at age 15. If correct, this letter was written when Abercrombie was 11 years old, while a student at the Texas Monumental and Military Institute in Rutersville, Texas. In the letter addressed to his mother, Abercrombie describes military training and labor conditions at the school.

Sources:

Handbook of Texas Online,"Rutersville College",

Scope and Contents

Letter from Lenny Abercrombie, written from Rutersville, Texas, to Mrs. Abercrombie, Waverly, Texas. September 26, 1858.

 Preferred Citation

Lenny Abercrombie Letter, 1858, Courtesy of Special Collections, University of Houston Libraries

 Processed by

Amelia Abreu, 2006

 Access Restrictions

Open for research.

 Acquisition

Gift of Mr. Frell Albright, December, 1976

 Use Restrictions

The material in this collection is in the public domain. However, Special Collections owns the physical items in our collections, and all reproduction restrictions apply.

Index Terms

Terms are either Library of Congress Subject Headings or taken from local sources.

 Subjects(Persons) Abercrombie, Lenny Subjects (Organizations)Rutersville CollegeTexas Military Institute Subjects United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives, Confederate Formats Correspondence Detailed Description of the Papers 1 Letter from L. Abercrombie to Mrs. Abercrombie, 1858