urn:taro:utexas.cah.00047 A Guide to the Civil War Miscellany, 1855-1894 Dolph Briscoe Center for American History Text converted and initial EAD tagging provided by Apex Data Services, March 2001. Finding aid written in English. July 16, 2002 Edited with XmetaL 2.0 by Kristy Sorensen, according to instructions in Editing TARO EAD XML Finding Aids with XMetaL. Tue Jul 22 15:26:30 CDT 2003 urn:taro:utexas.cah.00047 converted from EAD 1.0 to 2002 by v1to02.xsl (20030505). October 2009 Revisions by Megan Mummey. Descriptive Summary Civil War Miscellany Civil War Miscellany 1855-1894. 66-054; 82-352; 87-036; 91-067; 91-179; 92-146; 2009-261 10 in.; manuscript, typescript, printed, photographic. Dolph Briscoe Center for American History, The University of Texas at Austin This collection consists of diverse items connected in some way with the Civil War. The material concerns both Union and Confederate soldiers and has many points of origin. Predominant in the collection is a Civil War biographical file containing personal letters to and from soldiers as well as a few official letters and documents and a few papers not related to the war. Scope and Contents

Collection consists of diverse items connected in some way with the Civil War. Material concerns both Union and Confederate soldiers and has many points of origin. Predominant in the collection is a Civil War biographical file containing personal letters to and from soldiers as well as a few official letters and documents and a few papers not related to the war. Among the items included are financial records of the River and Railroad Transportation Office of the Quartermaster Department of the Union Army in Little Rock, Arkansas, including transport of troops, supplies, and refugees; diary of a Union soldier of the Fifteenth Corps; stereoviews of the siege of Port Hudson, Louisiana, May 27 to July 9, 1863; conscription and exemption documents; and Special Field Order, No. 65 (April 27, 1865), from William T. Sherman terminating the war for armies under Albert Sidney Johnston and for the country east of the Chattahoochie River. Included are correspondence, diary, military orders, requisitions, commissions, election certificates, financial records, stereoviews, and poems. Many of the items are photocopies.

 Index Terms Subjects (Persons) Bragg, Braxton, 1817-1876 Cecil, William Forrest, Nathan Bedford, 1821-1877. Gray, George H. Johnston, Albert Sidney, 1803-1862 Terrel, John C. Brown, Thomas -- Photographs. Subjects (Organizations) United States. Army. Quartermaster Corps -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865. Subjects Ordnance -- Photographs. Soldiers -- United States -- Archives. Soldiers -- United States -- Correspondence -- Civil War, 1861-1865. Places Port Hudson (La.) -- History -- Siege, 1863 -- Photographs. United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865. United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Archival resources. United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Diaries. United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Military life. United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Photographs. United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Social aspects. United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Sources. Inventory 2C447 Discharge: Allen, Stephen, in Houston, 1865 Correspondence: Armistead, George, from sister in Texas, 1864 Atkins, Seth, Camp Gano, 1864 to Mary A. Ross, Bell County, Texas Austin, Texas, unidentified correspondence 1863 Besser, Charles, from wife, 1861, describing conditions in Mississippi Bonner, M. (W.) H., to W. L. Gammage, 1863 Boyce, William, 1862, to mother from Washington, Arkansas Brent, George W., 1865, discussing quartermaster problems in the West Brown, Thomas, Governor of Florida, 1866 Brownsville, Texas, camp near los Indolous, 1865, unidentified correspondence Camp Gano, Sevier County, Arkansas, unidentified correspondence, 1864 Clark, James, to wife from Smith County, Texas, 1864 Clopton, Anthony and Clopton, H., from Brownsville, 1863, and Beaumont, 1865 Cobb, Thomas R., Montgomery, 1861, to Governor Brown Cramer, Charles, from Houston, Texas, 1863 Divine, Patt, to wife, 1863 Douglas, W. S., from Louisiana describing conditions and activities Drayton, Thomas F., from South Carolina, 1860-1861 Enloe, Abraham, 1855-1861, from Collin County, Texas, discussing his Union sentiments Featherston, W. S., 1864, from Alabama Ferguson, S. W., 1861, written in South Carolina Forrest, Nathan B., 1862 Gandy, B. P., 1864, to his sister from “Bonhum” Garland, Samuel, 1862, from Virginia Gist, William H., as Governor of South Carolina, 1860-1863 Harper, William, Marine Hospital, New Orleans, Louisiana, 1864, to wife Helmitag (?), F. W., Mobile, Alabama, 1861, to officers of 2nd Alabama (?) Regiment Hemphill, John, 1861 Hill, A. C., 1863, from Louisiana Hunter, D., 1862-1863, dealing with his operations in Texas Hurley, W. W., 1863-1865, concerning his operations on the Texas Coast Bradbury, B., 1863-1865, relating to the effects of the Civil War on New Orleans Cecil, William, 1862-1865, muster rolls, requisition and other materials Jackson, “Stonewall,” hair from Old Sorrel's tail, 1891 Johnson, Irwin, 1861 Krumbhar, W. B., orders, 1862-1864, one from the “Army of Texas” Leach, William A., Manassas Junction, 1862 to Mildred (Ellis?), and Orange County Courthouse, 1864, to Mildred Lubbock, R. R., to wife from Richmond, Virginia, 1864 McGee, Lieutenant W. S., Camp Liberty, Mississippi, 1864, to cousin Marsh, D. W., Fredericksburg, Virginia, 1861 Miles, William, to General P. G. T. Beauregard Moffatt, J. S., 1865, after Lee's surrender Moon, A. B., Montgomery, Alabama, 1861 to Colonel James Crawford concerning transfer of state troops to Confederate Army Morris, R. H., 1863 Neal, William A., July 18, 1864, from Camp Velasco, to his wife in Navarro County, Tex. New London, New York, 1862, unidentified correspondence Oden, Joseph and wife, 1863 Olds, W. C. Goldsboro, North Carolina, 1865, concerning Sherman's raid Parker, G. M., Mobile, Alabama, 1861, to Major F. Stewart concerning Parker's commission Robinson, Alfred L, 1863, discussing his operations on Texas Coast Ross, Robert, 1863-1864, from Texas Smith, Georgia, 1862 Smith, Thomas, 1859-1860 Stuart, J. E. B., 1863 Wallis, J. E., from his wife, 1862 Wallis, J. E., from his wife, 1862 Ward, I. L., Wellborn, Abs. (?), Eving Point, Virginia, 1861 Wyatt, W. H., 1864 Wymanglines, Anson, 1863 Wynne, W. D., 1861 Yale, J. W., 1865, from Texas Correspondence: [2009-261] Dana, General, General Order to, January 12, 1863 Gorman, A.P., letter to, on U.S. Senate letterhead, signed by several governors and senators, December 3, 1894 Herbert, General P.O., General Order No. 11, Dept. of Texas, February 19, 1862 Johnston, Joseph E., to General John B. Gordon, U.S. Senate, May 15, 1878 2N237 Correspondence Military orders Financial Records (Arkansas) Poem about the 12th Regiment Conscription documents 3S167 Transportation order, 1864 Affidavit re: Conscription, 1864 Certificates of election for George H. Gray and John C. Terrell, 1860-1862 2.325/T3 List of men at Camp Green, 1865 3Y12 Stereoviews of camp scenes Lithograph of Thomas Brown, Governor of Florida