Vicksburg (Miss.) -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:
DuBose family collection
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS1020
Scope and Content
This collection contains the personal and professional papers of the DuBose family and the historical Civil War items they collected. The personal papers pertain to geneaology, correspondence, and DuBose Jr.'s military service in the United States Navy. Also included are manuscripts and presentations written by members of the DuBose family as well as many collected from others about the Civil War.These papers document the DuBose family's interest in the Civil War. There is...
Dates:
1782-2001, undated
George Hewitt Daniel civil war correspondence
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS85f
Scope and Contents of the Records
This collection contains five letters written by George Hewitt Daniel to his daughters, Emmaret and Virginia. These letters were written between January 24, 1862 and July 3, 1864 both before and during Daniel’s service in the 8th Georgia Infantry (St. Guards) Company I. Adj. The first letter in the collection was written prior to Daniel’s enlistment and includes details on his visit to the battlefield during the battle of Chickasaw Bayou2. With this letter he also includes a copy of the...
Dates:
1862-1864
Raleigh and Frances Edge Farmer papers
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS706f
Scope and Content
This collection consists of the July 2, 1863 edition of the Daily Citizen, published in Vicksburg, Mississippi, and printed on wallpaper. Also included are correspondence pertaining to the newspaper from the Mississippi Department of Archives and History, additional newspaper clippings, and information from the Library of Congress pertaining to the use of wallpaper in southern newspaper printing.
Dates:
1863-1948
William M. Standard papers
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS1031
Scope and Content
This collection consists of diaries; correspondence; military records and certificates; newspaper clippings; land deeds; and ephemera pertaining to William M. Standard. The collection also contains a school essay written by Standard's great-great-grandson, Ron Currens, and a 1961 map of Civil War battlefields on which Currens marked the route his ancestor followed during the war. Of particular interest are over 200 letters exchanged between Standard and his wife, Jane, as well...
Dates:
1846-1970, undated