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United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives, Confederate

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 44 Collections and/or Records:

William B. Stanley Civil War letters

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS336f
Scope and Content

This collection contains typed transcriptions of letters written by W. B. Stanley of the 22nd Georgia Regiment (Henry Volunteers) who lived in Henry County south of Atlanta.

Dates: 1862-1863

William N. Mattison Civil War correspondence

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS680f
Scope and Content The collection consists of letters from William N. Mattison to his wife. The letters describe the hard living conditions of the soldiers, the battle locations of their regiment, and his task of recovering soldiers from hospitals and returning them to the regiments. His regiment moved often. His letters indicate that he was stationed at Camp Hampton Rickean; Camp Wappoo, South Carolina; Marietta, Georgia; Corinth, Mississippi; West Point, Mississippi; Sattillo, Mississippi; near Harrison,...
Dates: 1861-1864

Wimberly-Peters Family Papers

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS3
Scope and Content

These are the personal and business papers of the Wimberly and Peters families, 1818-1951.

Dates: 1818-1951

Zachariah A. Rice correspondence and military commission

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS604
Scope and Content This collection contains 63 letters and Zachariah A. Rice’s military commission to the rank of Major. The letters were written mostly from Zachariah to his wife living in Atlanta, Georgia; however some of her replies are included. Rice primarily wrote from Camp Marion in Virginia, but other locations include Richmond and Petersburg, Virginia and Camp Randolph, North Carolina. He describes the life of an officer in the Confederate army, including living conditions and duties. He warns his...
Dates: 1861-1862