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United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Sources

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 8 Collections and/or Records:

Carolyn Reeves Ericson Research Collection

 Collection
Identifier: A-0099
Scope and Contents

The collection contains research materials used for six of Ericson's books; Nacogdoches Fires and Firemen (1976), The People of Nacogdoches County in the Civil War (1980), Panola County, Texas in the Civil War (2001), Sabine County, Texas in the Civil War (2001), and San Augustine County, Texas in the Civil War (2002).

Dates: 1783-1988

Civil War Collection

 Collection
Identifier: A-0166
Scope and Contents

This collection has a mix of Southern correspondence, newspaper articles, rosters, orders, war tax receipts, and other papers and documents relating to the Civil War. There are originals, typed transcriptions, and photocopies in the collection.

Dates: 1860-1972; Event: Addendum donated 10/13/1931; Event: Addendum donated 6/21/1963; Event: Addendum donated c.1963-1964; Event: Addendum donated 11/15/1968

Henry Brewer Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: A-0011
Scope and Contents

The Henry Brewer Family Papers consist of business and family correspondence; land grant and title papers; deeds, field notes, and plats; tax receipts; accounts, promissory notes and receipts; resolutions; Baptist Church session minutes and other publications; the Brewer Family Bible [too fragile to handle]; and genealogical materials.

Dates: 1820-1987; Event: Donated in 1963

Henry Parks Garrison Letters

 Collection
Identifier: A-0057
Scope and Contents Typescripts of correspondence between Garrison and family members during his Confederate military service. Includes material on politics, camp conditions, social life, combat, inflation, and family matters. His letters encompass the years of 1860 to 1863 and relate to his family the details of army life, battles he fought during the Civil War, and the hardships suffered by the Confederate troops. The letters convey his hopes for a quick end to the rebellion and that the...
Dates: 1860-1863

Lelia Berryman Crain Collection

 Collection
Identifier: A-0276
Dates: 1860-1924; Event: Donated 10/4/2011; Event: Addendum donated 2/19/2020

Meroney Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: A-0020
Scope and Contents

The papers in this collection consist of letters and other writings of members of the Meroney family. Of special interest are the Civil War letters. All the documents in the collection are original, accompanied by a typed transcription.

Dates: 1846-1865

Orton Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: A-0023
Scope and Contents

The letters and business papers included in the Orton Family Papers concern mostly the Sidney Maury Orton family. In addition, many letters concern the Mt. Enterprise Male and Female Academy, where Sidney and Louisa's children attended school. Many of the letters in the collection have typed transcripts.

Dates: 1833-1889

Stephen W. Blount and Benjamin F. Price Collection

 Collection
Identifier: A-0329
Content Description

Letters, photographs, land documents, and other legal and personal documents

Dates: Donated 4/7/2018