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Descriptive Summary

Historical Note

Scope and Contents

Restrictions

Index Terms

Administrative Information

Description of Series

University of Houston Libraries, Special Collections

Lenny Abercrombie Letter, 1858



Descriptive Summary

Creator:Abercrombie, Lenny
Title:Lenny Abercrombie Letter,
Dates:1858
Abstract:Letter from Lenny Abercrombie, written from Rutersville, Texas, to Mrs. Abercrombie, Waverly, Texas. September 26, 1858. Describes training at Texas Military Institute.
Identification:1969-001
Quantity:1 item
Repository: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",

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Scope and Contents

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

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Restrictions

Access Restrictions

Open for research.

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.

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Index Terms

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

Subjects(Persons)

Abercrombie, Lenny

Subjects (Organizations)

Rutersville College
Texas Military Institute

Subjects

United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives, Confederate

Formats

Correspondence

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Administrative Information

Preferred Citation

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

Acquisition

Gift of Mr. Frell Albright, December, 1976

Processed by

Amelia Abreu, 2006

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Detailed Description of the Papers

 
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1Letter from L. Abercrombie to Mrs. Abercrombie, 1858

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