United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives, Confederate
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 6 Collections and/or Records:
Elijah Webb Brown Papers
Collection — Box 1
Identifier: Mss-0131
Scope and Contents
The papers include 14 letters from Elijah Webb Brown to his wife written during his service in the Confederate Army from 1861-1864 and one letter written in 1880. In addition, there are three other letters from family members and the United Daughters of the Confederacy certificate of Eula Brown Hart, which explains the participation of Elijah Webb Brown and other family members in the Civil War. Also included are fragments of rough draft of family history and a paper written by great...
Dates:
1856-1964; 1861 - 1864
Ella Lorton Lee Journal
Collection — Box 1
Identifier: Mss-0320
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of a bound journal kept by Ella Lorton Lee from April 1, 1865 until December 31, 1892. It was written in what might have been a law student's journal (her brother's name appears on the cover page). The entries appear on pages 25 through 73, with pages 63 through 66 having been cut out. Lee discussed religious topics, her childhood visits to Florida, the end of the Civil War and what became of Pendleton and the surrounding area under "Yankee" occupation, and her social...
Dates:
1865 - 1932; 1865 - 1876
Furman Family Collection
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: Mss-0270
Scope and Contents
This collection contains photocopies of a January 25, 1895 letter from Furman, Jr. at Clemson College to "Aunt Dora" concerning school and family news; January 31, 1896 news, including firings of and salary reductions for professors at the College (which include his father, Charles Manning Furman, Professor of English). There is one photocopy of an envelope addressed to Ann E. Furman, Yamasse, South Carolina and postmarked November 8, 1894. In addition, there is a photocopy of a...
Dates:
1894-1896, circa 1925
Sarah de St. Julien Walker Goodwyn Papers
Collection
Identifier: Mss-0407
Abstract
The collection can be used for research on courtship in the nineteenth century, the activities of the Sixth South Carolina Cavalry Regiment during 1864-early 1865, and for the siege of Petersburg, VA during the Civil War, particularly the battles of Boydton Plank Road, the Crater, Ream’s Station, and Trevilian Station.The Papers contain correspondence, financial notes, a summons, and a thesis with the bulk of the material documenting P. W. Goodwyn’s courtship of Sarah de St....
Dates:
1861, 1864-1865, 1867-1869, 1871, 1891, 1993 and undated
John D. Twiggs Papers
Collection
Identifier: Mss-0405
Abstract
The John D. Twiggs Papers are a resource for researching military life in the Civil War era and the activities of the 1st South Carolina Cavalry Regiment, particularly the Battles of Fredericksburg (1862), Second Brandy Station (1863), Culpeper Court House (1863), and Chapman’s Fort (1864), as well as the fighting that took place during the Bristoe campaign in Virginia in October-November 1863.The collection consists of an account, correspondence, a color photograph, a printed...
Dates:
1860, 1862-1864 and undated
William Waddell and Sarah Elizabeth Mills Martin Family Papers
Collection — Box 1-2
Identifier: Mss-0248
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of originals and copies of accounts, correspondence, deeds, a discharge, envelopes, Martin family genealogies, legal documents, lists, mortgages, notes, plats, promissory notes, receipts, land titles, transcripts, and other material relating to the activities of the Martin family for the period 1852-1925. The bulk of the collection consists of correspondence between members of the Martin family -- particularly between William and his wife, Sarah -- and with others...
Dates:
1852-1925, undated