Parent and child; Diseases; Health; Education; Crops;
Concerning the visit of Mary's Aunt & Uncle, who falls ill while in Richland. Matthew gives news of various members of the family and discusses his crops, as well.
Parent and child; Religion; Baptists; Tuition; Education; Women in education; Church attendance;
Matthew writes of the state of education in Richland and that of his children. Also discusses religion, attendance in his church. Finally, Matthew includes a note to Mr. Wear concerning Mary's tuition.
Cross-cousin marriage; Brothers and sisters; Families; Man-woman relationships; Marriage;
Mary Gage writing to her brother, Jeremiah, concerning his disapproval of her marrying their cousin, whom she loves greatly. Also discusses the health of the family.
Brothers and sisters; Man-woman relationships; Crops; Families; Parties; Graduation (School);
Letter written on the back of the UM Commencement party invitation, inviting his sister to the celebration. Also discusses their father's crops and Jeremiah's interest in Miss. Vinge.
Mary writing to her brother concerning the Yellow Fever outbreak in Mobile. Also discusses various business matters, including her father's cotton crop, and Matt's financial matters.
Details various family members' activities & Anna's recent tragedies, probably illness and death of family members; also concerns the correspondant's daughter's position as principal of the school on the Vanderbilt's Bilmore estate.
Death; Confederate States of America. Army. Mississippi Infantry Regiment, 11th. Company A; Soldiers -- Wounds and injuries; University of Mississippi -- Students; Gage, Jeremiah; Gage, Matthew, III;
Details the various Gage brothers' service to the War, particularly Jeremiah, with whom Lipsey served.
Wills; Inheritance and succession; Assets (Accounting);
Regarding father's will and it being different that the writer had thought. The author of the letter notes that all that has been willed to them is now William's
Slavery; Slaves; Lumpkin, Joseph Henry, 1799-1867; Plantation life; Gerdine, Thomas Cobb; Travel;
Roxana writes about the move from Athens, GA to the Mississippi plantation outside of West Point; behavior of slaves; possibility of traveling north next summer; Tom Cobb Gerdine's boyhood antics; their father's resemblance to John P. Calhoun; and...
Roxana writes about a Ku Klux Klan incident and lynching at Macon, GA which involved her step-grand-daughter Ella. She describes the repercussions felt from this incident in West Point, MS. She talks about how white men view southern white women in...
Rumor -- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865; Confederate States of America. Army -- Leaves and furloughs; Soldiers -- Wounds and injuries; Health;
Discussing his recovering health, Confederate advances to within sight of Washington, DC, heavy losses in Lofton’s brigade, and his doubt for the possibility of a furlough.
Confederate States of America. Army -- Leaves and furloughs; Health; Soldiers -- Wounds and injuries; Confederate States of America. Army. Mississippi Infantry Regiment, 11th. Company A;
Discussing his recent serious illness, his hopes for a furlough home to visit, battles, figures on killed and wounded, Sherman, and the University Greys.