Recollections of Anderson, South Carolina in 1865
Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: Mss-0335
The collection contains one folder containing a three page letter from Alice B[urriss] O'Neal to her cousin. It is undated but describes events that happened on May 1, 1865, when as a school girl she witnessed the "Yankees" coming to Anderson and confronting her Uncle Thomas and Cousin John Burriss, both Confederate veterans. There is also a two page narrative of recollections of May 1st from Lula W. Allen in which she recalled school closing early and that horses were confiscated from both her father and brother.
While the upcountry of South Carolina had been spared fighting during the Civil War, during the spring of 1865 Union troops and bummers entered towns and villages confiscating material and searching for Confederate officials. On May 1, 1865, Northern troops were in Anderson, South Carolina. Lula W. Allen, born 1855, and Alice B[urriss] O'Neal, born 1854, recalled incidents of the that day.
0.1 Cubic Feet
English
Arranged chronologically.
Donated by Mrs. George Muldrow Gilmore via Bessie Mell Lane in 1994, accession 94-100.
Processed by Blair Hinson in 2009.
Part of the Clemson University Libraries Special Collections and Archives Repository