Roderick Perry papers

Collection

Collection number: ahc.mss806

Scope and Content

This collection contains letters written by Roderick Perry and his family and friends of Warsaw, Kentucky. Also included are letters to soldiers requesting help from Kate Perry, Perry's adjutant handbook, and business cards of merchants supplying goods to prisioners of war.

Dates

1841 - 1926

Creator

Perry, Roderick (Person)

Conditions Governing Access

This collection is open for research.

Conditions Governing Reproduction and Use

Unpublished manuscripts are protected by copyright. All requests to publish, quote, or reproduce must be submitted through the Kenan Research Center.

Administrative/Biographical History

Roderick Perry was of Warsaw, Gallatin County, Kentucky. He fought in the Confederate Army with the 9th Regiment Tennessee Calvary and was an adjutant to Colonel Biddle. He was twice a prisoner of war being held at Alton, Illinois and at Camp Chase, Columbus, Ohio. He was wonded in the Battle of Atlanta and was hospitalized in Hood's Hospital in Oxford, Georgia. Kate Perry, sister of Roderick, worked at supplying prisoners' of war with necessities such as clothing. Additional biographical information about Roderick Perry has not been determined.