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A Guide to the Civil War Miscellany,
1855-1894
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Title |
Civil War Miscellany,
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Dates: |
1855-1894. |
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Abstract |
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. |
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Accession No. |
66-054; 82-352; 87-036; 91-067; 91-179;
92-146; 2009-261 |
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Extent |
10 in.; manuscript,
typescript, printed, photographic. |
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Repository |
Dolph
Briscoe Center for American History, The University of Texas at
Austin |
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.
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Subjects (Persons) |
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Bragg, Braxton,
1817-1876 |
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Cecil, William |
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Forrest, Nathan Bedford,
1821-1877. |
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Gray, George
H. |
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Johnston, Albert Sidney,
1803-1862 |
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Terrel, John
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Brown, Thomas -- Photographs. |
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Subjects (Organizations) |
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United States. Army. Quartermaster Corps -- History -- Civil
War, 1861-1865. |
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Subjects |
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Ordnance -- Photographs. |
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Soldiers -- United States -- Archives. |
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Soldiers -- United States -- Correspondence -- Civil War,
1861-1865. |
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Inventory |
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Discharge: |
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Allen, Stephen, in Houston,
1865 |
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Correspondence: |
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Armistead, George, from sister in Texas,
1864 |
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Atkins, Seth, Camp Gano, 1864 to Mary A. Ross, Bell
County, Texas |
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Austin, Texas, unidentified correspondence
1863 |
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Besser, Charles, from wife,
describing conditions in Mississippi 1861,
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Bonner, M. (W.) H., to W. L. Gammage,
1863 |
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Boyce, William,
to
mother from Washington, Arkansas 1862, |
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Brent, George W.,
discussing quartermaster problems in the West 1865,
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Brown, Thomas, Governor of Florida,
1866 |
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Brownsville, Texas, camp near los Indolous,
unidentified correspondence 1865,
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Camp Gano, Sevier County, Arkansas, unidentified
correspondence,
1864 |
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Clark, James, to wife from Smith County, Texas,
1864 |
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Clopton, Anthony and Clopton, H., from Brownsville,
and
Beaumont,
1863, 1865 |
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Cobb, Thomas R., Montgomery,
to
Governor Brown 1861, |
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Cramer, Charles, from Houston, Texas,
1863 |
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Divine, Patt, to wife,
1863 |
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Douglas, W. S., from Louisiana describing conditions
and activities |
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Drayton, Thomas F., from South Carolina,
1860-1861 |
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Enloe, Abraham,
from Collin County, Texas, discussing his Union
sentiments 1855-1861,
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Featherston, W. S.,
from
Alabama 1864, |
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Ferguson, S. W.,
written in South Carolina 1861,
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Forrest, Nathan B.,
1862 |
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Gandy, B. P.,
to his
sister from “Bonhum” 1864, |
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Garland, Samuel,
from
Virginia 1862, |
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Gist, William H., as Governor of South Carolina,
1860-1863 |
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Harper, William, Marine Hospital, New Orleans,
Louisiana,
to
wife 1864, |
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Helmitag (?), F. W., Mobile, Alabama,
to
officers of 2nd Alabama (?) Regiment 1861, |
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Hemphill, John,
1861 |
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Hill, A. C.,
from
Louisiana 1863, |
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Hunter, D.,
dealing with his operations in Texas 1862-1863,
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Hurley, W. W.,
concerning his operations on the Texas Coast 1863-1865,
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Bradbury, B.,
relating to the effects of the Civil War on New Orleans 1863-1865,
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Cecil, William,
muster rolls, requisition and other materials 1862-1865,
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Jackson, “Stonewall,” hair from Old Sorrel's tail,
1891 |
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Johnson, Irwin,
1861 |
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Krumbhar, W. B., orders,
one from the “Army of Texas” 1862-1864,
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Leach, William A., Manassas Junction, 1862 to Mildred
(Ellis?), and Orange County Courthouse,
to
Mildred 1864, |
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Lubbock, R. R., to wife from Richmond, Virginia,
1864 |
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McGee, Lieutenant W. S., Camp Liberty, Mississippi,
to
cousin 1864, |
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Marsh, D. W., Fredericksburg, Virginia,
1861 |
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Miles, William, to General P. G. T.
Beauregard |
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Moffatt, J. S.,
after
Lee's surrender 1865, |
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Moon, A. B., Montgomery, Alabama, 1861 to Colonel
James Crawford concerning transfer of state troops to Confederate
Army |
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Morris, R. H.,
1863 |
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Neal, William A.,
from Camp Velasco, to his wife in Navarro County, Tex. July 18, 1864,
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New London, New York,
unidentified correspondence 1862,
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Oden, Joseph and wife,
1863 |
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Olds, W. C. Goldsboro, North Carolina,
concerning Sherman's raid 1865,
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Parker, G. M., Mobile, Alabama,
to
Major F. Stewart concerning Parker's commission 1861, |
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Robinson, Alfred L,
discussing his operations on Texas Coast 1863,
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Ross, Robert,
from Texas 1863-1864,
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Smith, Georgia,
1862 |
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Smith, Thomas,
1859-1860 |
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Stuart, J. E. B.,
1863 |
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Wallis, J. E., from his wife,
1862 |
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Wallis, J. E., from his wife,
1862 |
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Ward, I. L., Wellborn, Abs. (?), Eving Point,
Virginia,
1861 |
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Wyatt, W. H.,
1864 |
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Wymanglines, Anson,
1863 |
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Wynne, W. D.,
1861 |
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Yale, J. W.,
from
Texas 1865, |
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Correspondence: [2009-261] |
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Dana, General, General Order to, January 12, 1863 |
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Gorman, A.P., letter to, on U.S. Senate letterhead,
signed by several governors and senators, December 3, 1894 |
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Herbert, General P.O., General Order No. 11, Dept. of
Texas, February 19, 1862 |
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Johnston, Joseph E., to General John B. Gordon, U.S.
Senate, May 15, 1878 |
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Correspondence |
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Military orders |
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Financial Records (Arkansas) |
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Poem about the 12th Regiment |
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Conscription documents |
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Transportation order,
1864 |
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Affidavit re: Conscription,
1864 |
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Certificates of election for George H. Gray and John C.
Terrell,
1860-1862 |
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| 2.325/T3 |
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List of men at Camp Green,
1865 |
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| 3Y12 |
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Stereoviews of camp scenes |
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Lithograph of Thomas Brown, Governor of
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