Manuscripts Division

Civil War

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Abbott (Liberty C.) Family Papers. Acc. No. 1. 1859 – 1930 (Bulk Dates: 1883-1926). 5.75 cu. ft.

The Liberty C. Abbott Family Papers include the papers of Liberty C. Abbott (1836-1894), an official and plantation owner of Howard, Mississippi, his wife Maria Abbott (1830-1912), his daughter Birdie Jones Gearhart (1869-1946), and his brother F. Marion Abbott (1844-1908), Mississippi state senator and railroad president. The papers contain correspondence, ledgers and account books, legal documents, diaries, newspaper clippings, photographs, and miscellany.

Adams (Wirt) Cavalry Regiment Roster.

Roll, minutes, letters of 1st Mississippi Cavalry Regiment, Company E, 1863-1865; clippings, 1981, poster, 1989.

Agnew (S.A.) Collection.

Diary (1851-1902) of Samuel Andrew Agnew, a Presbyterian minister in North Mississippi, includes his observations of activities and events during the Civil War, including and account of the Battle of Brice's Crossroads. Microfilm.

Alabama Civil War Letters.

Four Civil War letters (1863) from Choctaw County and Burton Creek Hills; Writers include B.F. Seals, Nancy Peteet, Jesse Seale and J.A. Ware.

Armstrong (J. Trooper) Family Papers.

Family papers include letters (1861, 1864) of Capt. J. Trooper Armstrong of the 9th Arkansas Regiment to his wife Matilda P. "Ladie" Green Armstrong. Microfilm

Ashley Family Collection.

Includes war tax receipts of Hansford Wilson family of Copiah County, 1865

Augustus (W.B.) Papers.

Draft of the Resolution Concerning Secession, undated. Augustus of the 41st Mississippi Infantry Regiment later served as a trustee of Mississippi A&M College

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Ballard (Michael B.) Papers.

Research materials for and manuscripts of Ballard's books A Long Shadow: Jefferson Davis and the Confederacy, Landscapes of Battle, Pemberton and materials concerning the Battle of Corinth, Civil War battlefields, Jefferson Davis, John C. Pemberton

Barnette Civil War Letter.

Letter of T.J.C. Harmann of the 40th Mississippi Infantry Regiment, Company E, writing from Meridian, Mississippi, 1862

Bell (Rachel) Letter.

Letter describing the Civil War situation in Tippah County, Mississippi, 1862. Transcriptions available

Buckley Civil War Letters.

R.E. Buckley of the 36th Mississippi Infantry Regiment, Company I (Stephens Guards) to his mother in Lake, Mississippi from Mississippi and Georgia, 1863-1864. Transcriptions available

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Cain (Cyril and Annie Gray) Papers.

Papers of the Cains, educators and historical writers, include rosters of Civil War soldiers from Jackson and George County, Mississippi and other records of the Civil War relating to the Cains' family research

Calhoun-Kincannon-Orr Family Papers.

Papers of related families of Lee, Pontotoc, Lafayette and Lowndes County Mississippi include Mrs. Jane Stuart Calhoun's claim against the United States government for materials confiscated in the War

Campbell (C.H. "Sgt.") Letter.

Letter from Sgt. C.H. Campbell, 13th Regiment, Mississippi Volunteers, (Minute Men of Attala), from near Leesburg, Virginia, November 12, 1861 to "Dear Parents" concerns fighting, the company and its leadership, weather conditions, picket duty. Transcription available

Capps (George F.) Letters

Includes three letters written during the Civil War from George F. Capps of the 42nd Alabama Infantry, Company H to wife Martha O., from Columbus and Mobile, 1862. Microfilm. Transcriptions available

Carpenter Miscellaneous Collection.

Walter Baker diary and letter from Sallie Dobson to Baker, 1863; letters concerning diary, 1958; miscellaneous accounts of Civil War battles, 1913-1925

Clay (Tacitus T.) Letters.

Letters of Clay of the Texas Brigade, Company I (Hood's Brigade) to his family of Independence, Texas, from Civil War sites in Virginia and elsewhere. Transcriptions available

Coyne (Marshall B.) Collection.

Includes letter to Jefferson Davis from J. M. Taylor, 1864

Crigler (Tom White) Collection

Letter of J. M. Porter to J. E. Hagood concerns W. B. Presley, 1864; Confederate States receipt for corn purchased from J. M. Tate of Brooksville, 1864; Confederate newspaper, The Countryman, 1862

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Dabney Collection.

Includes ledger with list of men passing through Vicksburg, 1862-1863

Derry (Horace) Diary

Diary of Derry, a native of Quincy, Massachusetts, of the U.S. Army, 20th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment, Company D, concerns routine matters in Virginia during the Peninsula Campaign

Dockery (William Alfred) Family Papers. Acc. No. 507. 1881-1980 (Bulk Dates: 1887-1906). 1 cu. ft.

The William Alfred Dockery Family Papers comprise primarily correspondence of the family of William A. Dockery (1865-1936), owner of the Dockery plantation in Mississippi.

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Edwards (Edward D.) Family Papers.

Papers includes 2 Civil War letters of Knight Edwards (1844-1863), 4th Mississippi Infantry Regiment, Company E (Stephens Guards) to his mother (1863) from Vicksburg, where he was buried after the war; list of damages done to the Edward property in Choctaw County (now Webster) by Grierson's forces, 1864

Eldredge Papers.

Letters to H. A. Magruder of the Madison Lt. Artillery from his sister at Sharon, Mississippi (1861), and from R. T. Cheek, Madison Lt. Artillery (1864); J. Montgomery to his father A.V. Montgomery in Madison County, Mississippi, 1864

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Fontaine (Edward) Papers.

Papers include journals and family correspondence of Fontaine, quartermaster and chaplain of the 18th Mississippi Infantry Regiment, Company K (Burt Rifles). Also includes photographs, writings and newspaper clippings concerning Lamar Fontaine of the same Civil War unit, and diary of Lemuella Brickell Fontaine, 1859-1864. Microfilm

Forrest (Nathan Bedford) - Jackson Papers.

Photocopies of records held by the Chicago Historical Society concerning the activities of Forrest's Cavalry Corps in Mississippi and Tennessee include dispatches and accounts, 1862-1864.

Forrest (Nathan Bedford) - Way Papers

Photocopies of records held by Duke University concerning Forrest's Cavalry Corps include official communications, 1864-1865, and Forrest letter to Andrew Johnson, 1866

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Galbraith (Kitty) Collection.

Quartermaster account book of Captain J. H. Stevenson, 1865; copies of letters of Mrs. C.M. Stacy of West Point, Mississippi and her son James, 1861-1865 (Hamner letters) concern war activities around West Point, Mississippi

Gardner Collection.

Collection includes letter of S. M. Thornton of the 31st Mississippi Infantry Regiment, Company B, from a camp near Edwards Depot to his wife, Mrs. S. F. Thornton, 1863

Garmon (John Harkey) Family Papers.

Includes materials concerning the military service of John Harkey Garmon, 2nd Lt., 1st (Johnston's) Mississippi Infantry, Company I: photocopies of military record and photographs of Garmon and display at Ft. Donelson; "Plan of the Military prison situated on Johnson's Island in the Bay of Sandusky, Ohio, the place of confinement for Confederate State's Officers captured by the U.S. Army, 1862", drawn by Capt. J.T. Hogan, Topographical Engineer, C.S.A., Jeff Thompson's Division

Graham (W.C.) Miscellaneous Papers.

Muster roll of 2nd Mississippi Cavalry Reserves Regiment, Company F; payroll and discharge of Graham, May 16, 1865

Grieder (Theodore) Collection.

Collection contains 168 Civil War broadside songsheets published in the North

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Halbert (Mabel) Collection.

Collection includes copies of service record of W.G. Halbert of the 2nd Mississippi Cavalry Regiment, Company C, and of Lt. Montgomery M. Rowan of the 24th Mississippi Infantry Regiment, Company D (Caledonia Rifles)

Hammett Papers.

Materials collected by Hammett include: Roster of the Jefferson Flying Artillery Battery, l4th Mississippi Artillery Battalion; commission of John F. Boothe, 2nd Mississippi Infantry Regiment, Company E (Calhoun Rifles); rolls of the 12th Mississippi Infantry Regiment, Company A (Charlie Clark Rifles); narrative and roster of the 19th Mississippi Infantry Regiment, Company D (Thomas Hinds Guards); records of the J.J. Whitney Camp, Confederate Veterans (Jefferson County, Mississippi), 1890-1920; narrative concerning Jefferson County companies in the Civil War. Microfilm

Hancock (Thomas P.) Papers.

25 letters of soldiers App W. Hancock of the 19th Mississippi Infantry Regiment, Company I (Marshall County) and Thomas P. Hancock, 42nd Mississippi Infantry Regiment, Company D. to Mary Ann (Mollie) Hancock and other family members in Tate and Marshall County, Mississippi, from Virginia and North Carolina, 1861-1863. Microfilm

Hays-Ray-Webb Collection.

Family papers include letters of (Anderson) Jack(son) Boyd, 13th MS infantry, Co. I (Minute Men of Attala), John Gordon D. (Gordon) Boyd, Co. E, 12th Texas Infantry Regiment (Young=s Regiment), James M. Boyd (Co.D, 40th Mississippi Infantry) and family members. Robert R. Boyd, 13th MS Infantry Co. I (Minute Men or Attala), wounded and disabled at Malvern Hill, is represented in letters to him and in the subject content of other letters. Also included in the diary of Sophie Boyd Hays are 40 pages written from 1861-1862 from LaGrange, Tennessee. Includes circular (1863) and business records, 1861-1865

Henkel (James Oscar "J. 0. Jr.") Papers.

History of 11th Mississippi Infantry Regiment, Company E (Prairie Guards) in which Oktibbeha Countians Albert G. Henkel and Jonathan Henkel served; tintype taken at Manassas and other Civil War photographs

Henry (Marcus) Manuscript.

Account of 23rd Mississippi Infantry Regiment, Company I (Plentitude Invincibles) in battles at Dover and Ft. Henry, including activities of N.B. Forrest

Hester Papers.

Two letters of John M. Wood to his wife from Fort Donelson and Port Hudson, Louisiana, 1862

Hill Family Papers

Diary, 1865 and 5 letters (1862-1865) of Charles W. Hill of the US. Army, 115th Illinois Regiment, Company A; newspaper articles concerning Hill's Civil War experiences

Hirsh (Isaac E.) Papers.

Manuscript history by Alice Hirsh concerning activities of the 22nd Mississippi Infantry Regiment, Company G (Black Hawk Rifles)

Hobbs Family Papers.

Digitized Items
Letters among family members (1861-1863), tell of conditions during the war in Jackson, Mississippi and Salem, North Carolina. Originals and microfilm

Hoffa Papers.

Papers of the Hoffa family include 1861 and 1862 letters of Charles Bell of an unknown unit to Melchior Hoffa; 2 letters from unknown correspondents, one from near Osyka, Mississippi, 1862 and one from a member of the Washington Artillery from Chattanooga, Tennessee, 1863; 2 civilian letters of Frances Harrison, 1864-1865

Holloman (Thomas Whitten) Collection

5 letters written by D. M. (Daniel M.) Whitten of the 17th Mississippi Infantry Regiment, Company H (Panola Vindicators) to his family from Virginia, 1861-1862. Originals, preservation photocopies and transcripts

Honnoll (Avie) Papers

29 letters to family members including letters of T.E. McMacken of the 24th Mississippi Infantry Regiment, Company D (Caledonia Rifles) from Tupelo, Nashville, Shelbyville and Georgia; John N. Dale, Dan Dale and D.H. Carter of unknown units stationed in Florida, Tennessee and Georgia; W.B. Honnoll (24th Infantry, Co. D), from Tennessee, Georgia, and Ways Bluff, Mississippi. Microfilm

Horn Collection.

Some 40 Civil War letters of soldiers and family members are included in this collection of the Hunter, Womack, Crawford, and Sims family group of Chickasaw, Scott, Carroll and Attala County, Mississippi, Talbot County, Georgia and other locations. Mississippi units represented include the 15th Infantry, l7th Infantry Regiment, Company H and the 30th Regiment. Microfilm, printed copies and transcriptions

Hutchinson Papers.

J.W. Leonard letter (1862) from Knoxville concerns death of John C. Curtright of the 41st Georgia Infantry Regiment, Company E (Evans Guards) at Perryville. Microfilm

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Johnson (John Lipscomb) Papers.

Johnson served as a Chaplain in the 17th Virginia Infantry Regiment. Papers include letters relating to Johnson's book "The university memorial; biographical sketches of alumni of the University of Virginia who fell in the great war"

Johnston (Richard W.) Letters.

Includes post-war letters of William T. Sherman to Lillie Johnston, 1872-1882

Jolly Papers.

Amnesty oath of Richard Williams, 1865

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Kimbrough Family Papers.

Papers include post-Civil War materials concerning Varina Howell Davis, the activities of Mrs. A.C. Mc Kimbrough with the United Daughters of the Confederacy, and materials about Beauvoir. Also included is Joseph Ingram's book listing the killed and wounded in the 1st Mississippi Infantry, March 25, 1863. Microfilm and selected originals

Kincannon (Vann) Letters.

Letters, 1861 and 1864, from Colonel Swepson Taylor, Woodlawn, Mississippi to
C.W. Williams, Rienzi, Mississippi and letter of William Taylor to his father from Atlanta, Georgia

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LaCavera Collection.

Clipping, speech and other materials concerning Andersonville prison and Captain Henry
Wirz, the prison superintendent, who was executed after the Civil War

Last Volley at Appomattox Court House and the Apple Tree.

Typescript history written by C.W. Babbit of the Ist Regiment, Engineer Troops, Army of Northern Virginia, concerns Lee's surrender at the close of the war

Lenoir Plantation Records. 1792-2001 (Bulk Dates: 1850-1930). 8.5 cu. ft.

The Lenoir Plantation Records include the records of the extended family and children of planters William T. Lenoir (1811-1860) and Mary E. Blanchard Lenoir (1810-1894) of Prairie (Muldon), Monroe County, Mississippi. The records contain personal and business correspondence, receipts and invoices, land deeds, plats and other legal documents, newspaper clippings, school yearbooks, maps, photographs, artifacts, and miscellany.

Levy Family Papers.

Papers include letter of Sam Reid of the 11th Mississippi Infantry Regiment, Company H (Chickasaw Guards) from the Harper's Ferry area (1861), undated fragment concerning Bragg's army and family matters and 8 letters of family members (1863- 1865) describing conditions around Okolona and West Point, Mississippi and other matters

Livaudais, E.E.

"Civil War Adventures", a reminiscence written in 1869 "from memoranda kept in camp", and covering the experiences of E.E. Livaudais of the Orleans Guards, Company B, during the years 1862-1864. Includes French original version and typed translation. Microfilm

Longest (Doy) Collection.

Includes 4 framed limited edition Conrad Wise Chapman prints: "White Point Battery, Charleston, December 24, 1863"; "Charleston Bay and City", undated; "Battery Rutledge, Dec. 3, 1863"; "Evening Gun, Fort Sumter", undated

Lynch (James D.) Papers.

Papers contain 13 Civil War letters of Lynch (1836-1903), Confederate Army Officer of the 12th Mississippi Infantry Regiment, Company I (Armstead's Regiment); memoir of George Ellsworth (known as "Morgan's Lightning") of Co. A, 2nd Kentucky Cavalry, telegraph operator on John Morgan's raid

Lyon Family Papers.

Papers include journals of Presbyterian Minister James Adair Lyon; volume 4 includes the Civil War years. Family letters also include one letter of Mary Lyon to her brother, 1861. Microfilm

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McRae (Sallie B.) Diary

Diary of McRae of Mudville, Kemper County, Mississippi for January-June 1862

McReynolds Papers.

Loyalty oath, military pass, school contract, business records of the McReynolds Family of Oktibbeha County Mississippi, 1862-1865

Malloy Papers.

Papers of Columbus, Mississippi family include letter of Samuel M. Smith and N.B.M. from Corinth, 1861 to "Doc" (Malloy?)

Marshall (John H.) Letters.

23 letters of John H. Marshall, 1862-1865, of the 41st Mississippi Infantry Regiment, Company L (Okolona Guards) to his wife, Ellen Jane Sanders Marshall living near Nettleton (Monroe County) Mississippi describing campaigns in Tennessee, Georgia, Mississippi and Alabama. Microfilm

Martin (H.T.) Papers.

Letters from James M. Beachum, 2nd Mississippi Infantry Regiment, Company C (Town Creek Riflemen) from Virginia, 1863; A. L. Galloway, 10th Mississippi Regiment, Company B; George Martin of the 2nd Mississippi Infantry Regiment, no company listed, 1864; D. Beachurn of the 12th Mississippi Cavalry Regiment, Ferguson's Brigade, 1864; letter of Bones Hughes of the 27th Alabama Infantry Regiment, Buford's Brigade, 1863

Martin (J.M.) Letters.

Letter of J.M. Martin (1863), from Rome, Georgia

McCormick (Thomas R.) Manuscript.

Reminiscence of McCormick of 27th Mississippi Infantry Regiment, Company H (Jasper
Blues)

Memoirs of the War Between the States.

Reminiscence of Martin Wells Andrews, soldier from Cherry Creek, Mississippi in Pontotoc County of the 2nd Mississippi Infantry Regiment, Company I (Cherry Creek Rifles) as told to Icie A. Moore

Music Collection

Sheet music collection includes: General Beauregard's Grand March (1861); Confederates' Grand March (1861); Jefferson Davis Grand March (1861); The Bonnie Blue Flag (1861); Carrie Bell (1861); The Drummer Boy of Shiloh (1863); Weeping, Sad and Lonely (1863); Richard on the "James" and Bingen on the Rhine (1864); Take Me Home (1864); Sounds from the Ringing Rocks (1864); Vicksburg Schottische (1865); Save My Mother's Picture (1865). Personal music albums contain some other Civil War music (title list only).

Mobley (Joab) Family Papers. Acc. No. 495. 1851-1886 and undated. .6 cu. ft.

The Joab Mobley Family Papers include two letters (1851), three muster rolls and one historic roll from Company K of the First Mississippi Cavalry (1863-1865 and undated), a publication on predestination (1886), and Drake’s American Receipt Book (a booklet of recipes for cooking and medicine, circa 1866).

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Nash (Steve) and Willie Nash Taylor Collection.

Includes the roll of Company E, Wirt Adams Regiment, Confederate Army; Civil War medals of Wiley N. Nash

Nash (Wiley Norris) Papers.

Receipts, letters, photographs and other materials concerning Addison Harvey, Harvey's Scouts and the memorials to them at Canton, Mississippi, 1880s to 1980

Neilson (Lillian) Collection.

Publications concerning the 14th Mississippi Infantry Regiment, Company K (Columbus Riflemen) and the Confederate Veterans

Nelson (L.E.) Collection.

Certificate of exemption from duty for George Smythe, clergyman of the Christian Church and lawyer of Jackson, Mississippi (1864) and letter to Governor John J. Pettus concerning same, 1863. Microfilm

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Oakley (John) Family Papers.

Papers include 35 letters of Alex Feemster, an arsenal worker at Selma, Alabama and his wife Martha A. Feemster of Bigbee Bottom, Mississippi and other family members, 1862-1864. Originals and microfilm

Osband (E.D.) Civil War Letter.

1863 letter of Colonel Osband, Ist Mississippi Cavalry to General James B. McPherson

Oswalt Letters.

Letters (1861-1863) of Henry Oswalt of the 27th Mississippi Infantry Regiment, Company Oktibbeha Riflemen) and his wife Pamela A. of Oktibbeha county, from Atlanta and Mississippi

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Parker Letters.

Letters of W.O. McCall of the 28th Mississippi Cavalry Regiment; Edward Jones from Lowry Station, Georgia; D. G. (?) Hildebrand of the 46th Mississippi Infantry Regiment, Company E. and others, 1863-1864

Patterson Letters.

Letter from Martha 1. Gamewell of Jackson, Tennessee informing Lt. Patterson of the death and burial of his brother, 1863

Perry (John Ben, Jr.) Manuscript.

"Yankee Invaders Capture Grenada", manuscript article by Perry, 1966

Peyton Family Papers.

Includes the 1863 discharge of James B. Brewster, Pvt. 44th Regiment, Co. D (Sullivan's); 1863 letter of William Carr, 4th Battalion, Co. K, Massachusetts Volunteers from Berwick City, Louisiana concerning the Louisiana campaign and preparations for Vicksburg.

Porter (Albert Quincy) Civil War Diary.

Diary of Porter, regimental fifer with 22nd Mississippi Infantry Regiment, Company D (Rodney Guards) describes a Confederate hospital in Montgomery, Alabama and battles around Resaca, Kennesaw Mountain, and Marietta, Georgia, and the last months of the war in North Carolina and South Carolina, 1864-1865

Pridmore (F.) Civil War Letters.

41 letters of Sgt. F. Pridmore, 41st Alabama Infantry Regiment, Company K, 1862-1865 describe troop movements, army conditions, etc. in Tennessee, Mississippi and Virginia. Microfilm, print-outs and transcriptions

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Rambo (Mary C.) Papers.

Letter of E.A. Beasley to his wife Mary Beasley, 1862; permit, Mary Beasley, 1864

Randolph-Sherman Papers.

Letters of George W. Sherman from Greensboro, Alabama, 1861 and from unnamed location (1865) to wife and sons in Columbus, Mississippi. Microfilm

Ratcliffe Collection.

Letters and narrative (1861-1865) concerning Samuel Rankin Latta and family of Dyersburg, Tennessee, from Tennessee (including one from Shiloh), Mississippi and other Civil War sites

Raymond (Henry Rodney) Papers.

Letters of Presbyterian minister Raymond written to his wife while ministering to the troops in Dalton and Atlanta, Georgia, 1864; military exemptions for same, 1864

Raymond (S.P.) Letters.

1861 letter from Raymond of the 41st Mississippi Infantry Regiment, Company E (Verona Rifles), an ambulance driver who was killed at Battle of Atlanta and letter from soldier who re-buried him, 1866

Rice (Nannie Herndon) Family Papers.

Papers of the family of Arthur Hopkins Rice and descendants include the following Civil War materials: letters of the Rice, Hopkins and Walker families of Alabama and Oktibbeha County, Mississippi, giving war news and family news; letters from A.B. Parks, plantation manager to Mrs. Augusta Rice, giving news of crops and slaves; 18 letters from Major John Walker of the 20th Division Headquarters Staff, Army of Tennessee, to his wife Maria Walker (1861-1863), discussing war and personal news, including mentions of his slave Richmond who is with him; letters of General Braxton Bragg to John and Maria Walker; two letters of William Leigh Hopkins, 1st Lt. on Staff, from Camp Walls (1864); letter of William Memorable Walker from Fort Morgan, Mobile Bay (1864?); journal of supply records of the Army of Tennessee kept by Major John J. Walker; certificates for deposits of woolen socks for troops; military pass, 1864; handwritten press report by (?) Loomis on South-Western Telegraph stationary, Richmond, July 7, 1862; note signed by Captain William C. Winston of the Tennessee Lt. Artillery; "Revised list of members of Salem Church", Oktibbeha County (lists slave members), 1863

Rollins (Bertie Shaw) Papers.

Correspondence of the Shaw family of Monroe County with extended family of Butlers and others from Virginia, Tennessee, and other locations

Ross (Emmett L.) Papers.

Includes diary of Emmett L. Ross of the 20th Louisiana Infantry Regiment recorded in a diary taken from a Union soldier, letters written from camp, hospital and battle, company muster roll, drawing of the C.S.S. Ram, war poetry written by Emmett Ross. Also contains letters of: A.P. Carruth of Company K., 10th Alabama Infantry Regiment; A.C. Bell, 38th Georgia Infantry Regiment from Bunker Hill, Virginia; Private J F. (John) Bell of the 43rd Georgia Infantry Regiment, Company E; Bill Jones of the 56th Georgia Infantry Regiment; letter of Monterez Cain of an unknown regiment. Civilian letters include those of Sophie Collins, who became a refuge in Mississippi and Louisiana. Microfilm and originals, for the most part

Rvan (M.A.) Manuscript.

"Experience of a Confederate Soldier in Camp and Prison in the Civil War", a reminiscence by Ryan of the 14th Mississippi Infantry Regiment, Company B

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Saggus (James S.) Collection.

49 articles on the Civil War written for the Jackson newspaper in 1965

Sanders, Lee and Sargent Families Papers. Acc. No. 574. 1850-2001 (Bulk Dates: 1860-1992). 6.8 cu. ft.

The Sanders, Lee and Sargent Families Papers contain the papers of three Mississippi families related by marriage. The papers include correspondence, certificates and diplomas, deeds, newspaper clippings, genealogical material, publications, photographs, and artifacts.

Scarbrough (James) Papers.

Collection of the Scarbrough family of Webster County, Mississippi includes war tax receipts, exemption certificates, furlough papers and Civil War business papers. Confederate units concerned include the 24th Mississippi Infantry Regiment, Company C (Dowd Rebels) and the Mississippi Cavalry Regiment, 8th, Company E (Lowndes County, Miss.)

Shaw (Thompson B.)-McCallum Papers.

Papers of the Shaw family of Jefferson County include Confederate currency, published Civil War maps, military exemption of William Shaw

Shaw (Thompson B.)-McKell Papers.

Papers of the Shaw family of Jefferson County include letters of Albert Shaw to his mother Mrs. Thompson B. Shaw from his Copiah County plantation (1861-1863), and family business records for the period. Microfilm

Shields and Jennings Family Papers.

Letter of surgeon William F. Shields of the 11th Mississippi Infantry Regiment, Company E (Prairie Guards) near McLelland's Headquarters, 1862

Shingleur (J.A.) Letters.

16 letters written by J. A. Shingleur, Assistant to General French, to his wife in Georgia from Virginia, North Carolina, Georgia, Alabama and Mississippi

Simmons Family Papers.

Two 1862 letters between Sally and G.W. Simmons; war poetry, undated

Sledge, George Diary

1863-1864 diary of Sledge, member of Stanford's Battery, Mississippi Light Artillery

Sons of Confederate Veterans, Choctaw Grays Camp, Records.

Records from the Choctaw Grays division of the Sons of Confederate Veterans, 1996. Included are membership applications, publications, VHS cassette, genealogical materials from some Confederate soldiers' families. The Choctaw Grays are now disbanded

Sparkman (Jesse R.) Civil War Diary.

Diary of Sparkman of Jeff Davis Legion, Company C, Mississippi Cavalry (Southern Guards), 1861-1865

Sparks (Randy) Collection.

Letter of surgeon Thomas Whitesides of the 10th Mississippi Infantry Regiment, Old Company B (Ben Bullard Rifles) to his commander Captain J.G. Bullard asking for a discharge

Starling (William) Papers.

Contains Mississippi River levee system engineer Starling's commission in the Kentucky Volunteer Militia and muster rolls of Kentucky State Guards; also includes disciplinary paper for Thomas F. Murdoch of the 13th Regiment Ohio Infantry, Company B. Microfilmed scrapbook of the Starling family includes newspaper clippings and Civil War letters.

Stephens (H.A.) Letter.

Letter (1862) of Hubert Alonzo Stephens of the 11th Mississippi Infantry Regiment, Company H (Chickasaw Guards) to his parents. Stephens died at Petersburg

Stiles (Raymond) Family Papers.

Business records and war tax receipts of the Curry family of Starkville, 1861-1865; letter to Sally Curry from unknown person in West Point, Mississippi

Stubbs, B.H. Collection.

Materials of the Burnside family of Lake Burnside, Neshoba County (Miss.) include letter to A.W. Burnside from unnamed brother, Harper's Ferry, Virginia, June 12, 1861; Confederate Annals, June, 1883

Swann-Cavett Family Papers.

Framed commission of Noxubee Countian Emmet Duvergne Cavett showing service in the 19th Mississippi Infantry, Company A and articles about the Civil War by Cavett, known as "Big Bud", 1904-1915

Sykes (A.J.) Papers.

Letters between A.J. Sykes, 56th Alabama Infantry Regiment to his wife in Aberdeen from Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia, 1865

Sykes (William E.) Papers.

76 letters of William E. Sykes, 43rd Mississippi Infantry Regiment from Northeast Mississippi, Tennessee, Georgia to his wife, Augusta Murdock Sykes of Columbus, 1861-1864; resolution of Company upon Sykes death, 1864 and letters among Sykes family members and friends; business papers from the war period. (Microfilm)

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Thomas (Isham W.) Letters.

9 letters (1862-1864) of Isham W. Thomas of Stanford's Battery, Mississippi Light Artillery, from Mississippi, Tennessee, Alabama and Georgia. Microfilm

Thornton Collection.

Collection of the Thornton Family includes 7 Civil War letters of Solomon M. Thornton of the 31st Mississippi Infantry, Company B from Mississippi and Alabama; letters of S. R. (Samuel R.) Thornton, Perrin's Battalion, Company B from Morton, Mississippi (1863) and with the Army of Tennessee(1864); letter to Jinny Thornton from an unknown correspondent (1863)

Thornton (Mary) Collection.

Letters and military papers of Merry B. Harris commander of 12th Mississippi Infantry Regiment, Company D (Pettus Relief)

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United Confederate Veterans, Oktibbeha Camp No. 1311, Records.

Checks, letters, records, and a ledger from the United Confederate Veterans Oktibbeha Camp No. 1311. The financial records of the group and dues paid by members from 1909 until 1919. Also includes a brochure about the Pension Laws of Mississippi in 1926.

United Daughters of the Confederacy, Lyda C. Moore Chapter (Lula, Miss.) Scrapbooks.

United Daughters of the Confederacy, Putnam Darden Chapter (Starkville, Miss.) Records.

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Wallace (Thomas D.) Civil War Diary.

Account written by Wallace of the 13th Mississippi Infantry Regiment, Company B (Winston Guards) from 1861­-1862, written in localities from Mississippi to Virginia, and containing a list of deaths, desertions and discharges

Ward (Rufus) Collection.

Materials of the Sykes and Billups families include letters, business papers and military papers concerning the service of Thomas B. Sykes of the 20th Mississippi Infantry Regiment, Company B (Hamilton Guards); Thomas Carleton Billups of the 44th Mississippi Infantry Regiment, Company A (Tombigbee Rangers) and Captain William H. Sims. Originals and microfilm.

Weissinger Family Correspondence.

Contains letters of A.J. Weissinger of the 4th Mississippi Infantry Regiment, Company(Stephens Guards to his family from Camp Chase, Ohio, poem written for Weissinger by a fellow soldier, and letters from others to his family, 1862-1865. Microfilm

West (John S.) Letter.

Letter of John S. West from Iuka to his brother and sister, 1862. West, a 16-year old soldier, was killed 10 days later

Whitehead (Alan) Collection.

Pamphlet about dedication of the S.D. Lee statue at Vicksburg and photograph of Lee

Wier (T.C.) Family Letters.

10 Civil War letters: 5 from J. Benson Wier, possibly with the 2nd Tennessee (Ashby's) Cavalry, Company A., to his sister and mother, 1861-1863; 2 from Thomas C. Wier, Chaplain, 37th Mississippi Regiment, Company B, to his wife and children, 1864; 1 from "Sister" to "Dear Ellen", 1862; one letter from William W. Wier to his brother "Doc", Dabney S. Wier at Camp Chase prison as he was captured at Fort Donaldson, Tenn. Dabney was a member of "Enterprise Guards", 14th Miss. Regt.; one letter from Abbey Wier to William Wier, 1861

Wier (T.C.) Family Papers

Five letters of Surgeon J. Benson Wier from Fort Pillow and Morgan's Brigade Hospital, Tennessee, 1861-1863; diary of J. Benson Wier (1861-1863) and funeral eulogy, 1863

Wilbourn (R.E.) Collection.

Contains diary and message book kept by Wilbourn, Chief Signal Officer, CSA Army, 13th Signal Corps, 1864-1865; Wilbourne letter, 1863 concerning the wounding of Stonewall Jackson and 1960 letters concerning the letter

Wilkins (Thomas J.) Diary.

Diary of Wilkins of the Ilth Mississippi Infantry Regiment, Company E (Prairie Guards). who enlisted from Brooksville, Mississippi and was a prisoner at the time of the writing of the diary in 1864

Williams (Daniel) Family Papers. Acc. No. 20. 1823-1966 (Bulk Dates: 1870-1914). .66 cu. ft.

The Daniel Williams Family Papers document the history of the family from 1823 to 1966, most notably Campbell “Cammie” Williams and his brother, Mims Williams. The papers consist of correspondence, Civil War tax documents, bills and account statements, contracts, newspaper clippings, genealogical material, essays, poetry, cards, and miscellany.

Wilson (John H.) Civil War Experience.

Reminiscences concerning the Civil War experience of Wilson of the Ist Mississippi Infantry Regiment, Company G (Dave Rogers Rifles)

Winston County Enumeration of Confederate Soldiers and Widows, 1907.

Wright Civil War (and other) Papers.

Letter of R.C. Cunningham from Mobile (1862), and R.D. Home from Jackson, 1863; permits, receipts, passes of Mrs. Mary Wright from Jackson and Vicksburg, 1863-1864

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Young (Thomas) Papers.

Confederate States of America currency (1862) and loan sheet for $100 in coupon form
(1861)

Young (William Humphreys) Letters.

27 typescript letters of Young, Lieutenant of the 5th Mississippi Cavalry Regiment, Company B and his wife in Carroll County, Mississippi from Grenada, Greenwood, North Mississippi, and Camp Chase, Ohio, 1862-1865. Young died in prison in 1865.

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