urn:taro:utexas.cah.00572 A Guide to the William Williston Heartsill Papers, 1863-1865, 1908-1916, 1953 Center for American History Original encoding by Jose Javier Franco Garza according to instructions in Editing TARO EAD XML Finding Aids with XMetaL May 2007 Finding aid written in English. Descriptive Summary Heartsill, W.W. (William Williston), 1839-1916 William Williston Heartsill Papers 1863-1865, 1908-1916, 1953 2 in. Center for American History, The University of Texas at Austin English Biographical Information

William Williston Heartsill (1839-1916) was born in Louisville, Tennessee. He came to Marshall, Texas, in 1859, and joined the Confederate Army in 1861. he was taken prisoner by Union soldiers at Arkansas Post, January 11, 1863, and was held at Camp Douglas, Illinois, until he was exchanged in May 1863. In the 1870s he published his diary, with photographs, as Fourteen Hundred and 91 Days in the Confederate Army. In 1881 he was elected alderman and later served as mayor of Marshall. He died in Waco, Texas, July 28, 1916.

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Diary of William Williston Heartsill documents his experiences as a Confederate soldier in Company F, 2nd Texas Regiment, Mounted Rifles, and as a prisoner of war. Included are speeches he delivered to and funeral orations he gave for Confederate veterans.

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William Williston Heartsill Papers, 1863-1865, 1908-1916, 1953, Center for American History, The University of Texas at Austin.

 Index Terms Persons: Heartsill, W.W. (William Williston), 1839-1916--Archives. Subjects: Heartsill, W.W. (William Williston), 1839-1916 Fourteen hundred and ninety -one days in the Confederate army. Confederate States of America. Army. Texas Calvary Regiment, 2nd Company F United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Personal narratives, Confederate United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Prisoners and prisons United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Veterans. Inventory 2D273 Diary, September 17, 1863 - February 12, 1865 2D273 Notes on Confederate veterans: 2D273 Patrick Cleburne 2D273 Nathan Bedford Forrest 2D273 Jonathan Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson 2D273 Theodore O'Hara 2D273 General 2D273 Notebook of remarks made upon the deaths of Confederate veterans, March 1908- July 6, 1916 2D273 Transcription of diary and notebook of remarks made upon the deaths of Confederate veterans, 1953 2D273 Transcription of notebook of remarks made upon the deaths of Confederate veterans, undated 2D273 Newspaper clippings, undated 2D273 Map of Polk County, Texas undated [photostat]