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Contains 9 Results:
Box 1
Box — Box: 1
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
This collection consists of typescript copies of Civil War letters between John C. Birdwell and wife Adaline Birdwell. A farmer, John Birdwell included instructions for running the farm in his absence. Her letters report the progress of crops and livestock. Both recount their hardships during the war as well as news of family and friends. John C. Birdwell describes Confederate camp conditions depicting disease epidemics, food, music, gambling, funerals, weather, and ragged condition of the...
Dates:
1862; Event: Donated in 1960
Found in:
East Texas Research Center
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John C. Birdwell Letters
Letters between John C. and Adaline Birdwell re: farming, the Civil War, conscription, the fall of New Orleans, camp life, family matters, and health (written from Louisiana, Arkansas, and Nacogdoches Co.) (7 items), 4/1862, 5/1862, undated
File — Box: 1, Folder: 1
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
This collection consists of typescript copies of Civil War letters between John C. Birdwell and wife Adaline Birdwell. A farmer, John Birdwell included instructions for running the farm in his absence. Her letters report the progress of crops and livestock. Both recount their hardships during the war as well as news of family and friends. John C. Birdwell describes Confederate camp conditions depicting disease epidemics, food, music, gambling, funerals, weather, and ragged condition of the...
Dates:
4/1862, 5/1862, undated
Letters between John C. Birdwell and Adaline Birdwell and Mrs. N.O. Brewer re: war deprivations and depredations, farming, health, and family matters (written from Nacogdoches Co. and Arkansas) (6 items), 6/1862
File — Box: 1, Folder: 2
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
This collection consists of typescript copies of Civil War letters between John C. Birdwell and wife Adaline Birdwell. A farmer, John Birdwell included instructions for running the farm in his absence. Her letters report the progress of crops and livestock. Both recount their hardships during the war as well as news of family and friends. John C. Birdwell describes Confederate camp conditions depicting disease epidemics, food, music, gambling, funerals, weather, and ragged condition of the...
Dates:
6/1862
Letters from John C. Birdwell to Adaline Birdwell and his father Allen Birdwell re: farm, war, camp life, need for clothes and shoes, and military funerals (mostly from Camp Hope, Arkansas) (8 items), 7/1862-9/1862
File — Box: 1, Folder: 3
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
This collection consists of typescript copies of Civil War letters between John C. Birdwell and wife Adaline Birdwell. A farmer, John Birdwell included instructions for running the farm in his absence. Her letters report the progress of crops and livestock. Both recount their hardships during the war as well as news of family and friends. John C. Birdwell describes Confederate camp conditions depicting disease epidemics, food, music, gambling, funerals, weather, and ragged condition of the...
Dates:
7/1862-9/1862
Letters from John C. Birdwell to Adaline Birdwell re: camp life, marching, mail service problems, war, and Southern politics (written mostly from Camp Hope and Camp Nelson, Arkansas) (6 items), 10/1862
File — Box: 1, Folder: 4
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
This collection consists of typescript copies of Civil War letters between John C. Birdwell and wife Adaline Birdwell. A farmer, John Birdwell included instructions for running the farm in his absence. Her letters report the progress of crops and livestock. Both recount their hardships during the war as well as news of family and friends. John C. Birdwell describes Confederate camp conditions depicting disease epidemics, food, music, gambling, funerals, weather, and ragged condition of the...
Dates:
10/1862
Letters from John C. Birdwell to Adaline Birdwell re: war, mail, migration to Texas, camp life, and weather (written mostly from Camp Nelson, Arkansas) (8 items), 11/1862
File — Box: 1, Folder: 5
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
This collection consists of typescript copies of Civil War letters between John C. Birdwell and wife Adaline Birdwell. A farmer, John Birdwell included instructions for running the farm in his absence. Her letters report the progress of crops and livestock. Both recount their hardships during the war as well as news of family and friends. John C. Birdwell describes Confederate camp conditions depicting disease epidemics, food, music, gambling, funerals, weather, and ragged condition of the...
Dates:
11/1862
Letters from John C. Birdwell to Adaline Birdwell re: war, slaveholders and slaves, camp life, and weather (written from from Arkansas Post) (5 items), 12/1862
File — Box: 1, Folder: 6
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
This collection consists of typescript copies of Civil War letters between John C. Birdwell and wife Adaline Birdwell. A farmer, John Birdwell included instructions for running the farm in his absence. Her letters report the progress of crops and livestock. Both recount their hardships during the war as well as news of family and friends. John C. Birdwell describes Confederate camp conditions depicting disease epidemics, food, music, gambling, funerals, weather, and ragged condition of the...
Dates:
12/1862
Physical description of John C. Birdwell by Capt. Joseph H. Bruton (1 item), 8/4/1863
File — Box: 1, Folder: 7
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
This collection consists of typescript copies of Civil War letters between John C. Birdwell and wife Adaline Birdwell. A farmer, John Birdwell included instructions for running the farm in his absence. Her letters report the progress of crops and livestock. Both recount their hardships during the war as well as news of family and friends. John C. Birdwell describes Confederate camp conditions depicting disease epidemics, food, music, gambling, funerals, weather, and ragged condition of the...
Dates:
8/4/1863
Biographical and genealogical materials (7 items), 1850-1980
File — Box: 1, Folder: 8
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
This collection consists of typescript copies of Civil War letters between John C. Birdwell and wife Adaline Birdwell. A farmer, John Birdwell included instructions for running the farm in his absence. Her letters report the progress of crops and livestock. Both recount their hardships during the war as well as news of family and friends. John C. Birdwell describes Confederate camp conditions depicting disease epidemics, food, music, gambling, funerals, weather, and ragged condition of the...
Dates:
1850-1980