United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives, Confederate
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 43 Collections and/or Records:
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