Confederate States of America. Army -- Social conditions; Confederate States of America. Army -- Equipment; Confederate States of America. Army -- Leaves and furloughs; Health; Smallpox; Rumor -- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865;
Jonathan discussing his health and that of the company; conditions at camp, including easy access to food and water; rumor of a possible furlough for 1 of 20 men; prices of food supplies; rumors of home events and laments not hearing from the women...
States' rights (American politics); Southern States -- Identity; Parties;
Albert, from home, writing to his friend detailing his social life and longing for youthful happiness. Also discusses State's Right, Southern identity and concern over the possibility of the North pushing the troops back to Grenada.
Slavery; Slaves; Child rearing; Southern States -- Identity; Plantation life; Gerdine, Thomas Cobb;
Roxana writes of her baby Tom Cobb Gerdine; Tom's nurse (slave) and the differences between ""northern"" and ""southern"" children; their sister Lucy Chapin (who came to teach at the Lucy Cobb Institute in January 1859; William L.C. Gerdine's...
Roxana writes of their sister Lucy's spending habits while she visited up north; she mentions ""Lizzie""(possibly her step-daughter Elizabeth Gerdine, later Mrs. William Sykes); mentions slaves in household; Thanksgiving and food for the holiday;...
Cobb, Thomas Read Rootes, 1823-1862; Mount Holyoke Female Seminary; Lumpkin, Joseph Henry, 1799-1867;
Roxana writes of Mt. Holyoke; hearing from mutual acquaintances in Washington, [GA]; her wish that her sisters (Lucy and Emily) could be with her down South; stories about her step-children; T.R.R. Cobb's opinion of her; and the opinion of Judge...
Slavery; Slaves; Secession; Toombs, Robert Augustus, 1810-1885; Religion; Families; Mount Holyoke Female Seminary;
Roxana writes about the beauty of Washington, GA; in-depth talk of slavery; feelings of guilt; talk of the union and possible secession; Senator Robert Toombs; a local Baptist revival meeting; her sister Lucy attending Mt. Holyoke 'Seminary'; her...
Goldstein, Kenneth S., 1927-1995; Folk music -- Newfoundland and Labrador; Folk music -- Great Britain; Folk music -- United States; Ballads; Bawdy songs
Goldstein, Kenneth S., 1927-1995; Folk music -- Newfoundland and Labrador; Folk music -- Great Britain; Folk music -- United States; Ballads; Bawdy songs
Goldstein, Kenneth S., 1927-1995; Folk music -- Newfoundland and Labrador; Folk music -- Great Britain; Folk music -- United States; Ballads; Bawdy songs
Goldstein, Kenneth S., 1927-1995; Folk music -- Newfoundland and Labrador; Folk music -- Great Britain; Folk music -- United States; Ballads; Bawdy songs
Goldstein, Kenneth S., 1927-1995; Folk music -- Newfoundland and Labrador; Folk music -- Great Britain; Folk music -- United States; Ballads; Bawdy songs
Goldstein, Kenneth S., 1927-1995; Folk music -- Newfoundland and Labrador; Folk music -- Great Britain; Folk music -- United States; Ballads; Bawdy songs
Goldstein, Kenneth S., 1927-1995; Folk music -- Newfoundland and Labrador; Folk music -- Great Britain; Folk music -- United States; Ballads; Bawdy songs