Confederate States of America. Army -- Equipment; Troop movements; Gaines' Mill, Battle of, Va, 1862; Seven Days' Battles, Va., 1862;
Concerning near constant marching; need for water and long lines; went to visit Gaines Mill; Seven Days Battle; Union General John Pope; maps of Virginia; worries about home
Guard duty; Religion; Confederate States of America. Army -- Social conditions; Falkner, William C. (William Clark), 1825-1889; Confederate States of America. Army. Mississippi Infantry Regiment, 11th. Company A; Slaves; Slavery;
Hope for peace but peace "with honor;" increased picket guards; camp life and drilling of companies; foraging; religion in camp; slave sent to him; their new house; Colonel Falkner; University Greys; prices in town
Confederate States of America. Army -- Recruiting and enlistment; Sins; Alcohol; Gambling;
Mother begs Will not to gamble or drink; worries about camp life; father writes about his enjoyment of Will's letters home; mentions several friends and family; talks about a young man who ran away to Pensacola against his parent's wishes
Education; University of Mississippi -- Students; Health; Grading and marking (Students); Families; Weather;
Wishes for more letters from home and worries that something is wrong since he had not heard anything lately. Talks about examinations in his classes and again asks for summer clothing to be sent as the weather is warm; mentions needing more money...
Religion; Marriage; Watson, John W. C.; Troop movements; Southern States -- Identity;
Rejects idea of marriage for the present; his duties are to God, his country, and his immediate family; will stay in Virginia to fight; J.W.C. Watson; travel down to Richmond; Butler's famous canal at Dutch Gap; brass band serenaded the President;...
Lamar, L. Q. C. (Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus), 1825-1893; Christmas; Marriage; Man-woman relationships; Troop movements; Religion;
Describes his Christmas in Virginia; wanting to marry quite a bit and hoping to get mother's permission; possibility of transfer down to Mississippi; expedition down in southern Virginia and raiding; L.Q.C. Lamar; religion; having to close due to...
Virginia Military Institute; Health; Weather; Confederate States of America. Army -- Social conditions; Marriage; Falconer, Kinloch, 1838-1878; Man-woman relationships; Smith, Franklin Millington; Nelson, J. H. (John Henry), b. ca. 1810; Nelson,...
Mentions Tom and his illness; possibility of Tom's going to school; Virginia Military Institute; Abraham Lincoln and election; prospects for peace; possibility of Will's marrying; winter quarters and return from the trenches; ladies returning to...
Bombardment; Early, Jubal Anderson, 1816-1894; Confederate States of America. Army -- Equipment; Confederate States of America. Army -- Social conditions; Peel, Albert L.; Wilderness, Battle of the, Va., 1864; Spotsylvania Court House, Battle of,...
Mentions what it was like to life amongst the shelling of Petersburg; mentions Jubal Early's assault into Maryland; mentions food shortage; writes about home; encloses a photograph picked up at the Wilderness and a piece of a tree cut down by...
Troop movements; Rumor -- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865; Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson), 1822-1885; Burnside, Ambrose Everett, 1824-1881; Parties;
Notes the movements of General Grant and Ambrose Everett Burnside; feels that another big battle is imminent; had not a chance to see his friends in the 17th Mississippi as their camp was several miles distant; gives an account of the Grand...
Confederate States of America. Army -- Equipment; Confederate States of America. Army -- Social conditions; Davis, Varina, 1826-1906; Mississippi;
Describes buying new clothes and equipment; describes his tent accommodations; describes attending the President's last grand reception and speaking in detail with Mrs. Davis about the condition of the people in Mississippi; describes a lot of...
Confederate States of America. Army -- Leaves and furloughs; Confederate States of America. Army -- Equipment; Death; Govan, Andrew R.;
Glad to have received word from home; distraught over the death of Andrew Govan; intention to obtain a "Leave of Absence" if possible in January so that he could return home for a visit; lists needed clothes and says if he returns home on furlough...
Lee, Robert E. (Robert Edward), 1807-1870; Stearns, William Forbes (1817-1867); Confederate States of America. Army -- Promotions; Man-woman relationships; Rumor -- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865;
Worries that he has not heard from home for a while; going into winter quarters; the successor for General Posey has not yet been decided; reading quite a lot now; calling on acquaintances in the vicinity of Orange and has made several lady...
Posey, Carnot, 1813-1863; Soldiers -- Wounds and injuries; Death; Church attendance; Religion; Watson, John W. C.; Lee, Robert E. (Robert Edward), 1807-1870;
Telling her the news that General Posey has died from his wounds; attended church in the village of Orange where General Lee attended also; notes that the Brigade is now commanded by Col. Nathaniel Harrison Harris of Vicksburg who was Colonel of...
Unsure if his letters are reaching home; still looking for his missing trunk; mentions being back at Orange C.H. because of some troop movement; hopes not to have to march as they have set up a nice winter quarters; asks about several friends;...
Religion; Church attendance; Lee, Robert E. (Robert Edward), 1807-1870; Confederate States of America. Army -- Leaves and furloughs; Money; Homesickness;
Religion and attending church with General Lee and others; new system of furlough so there is a possibility of his coming home but it is very slim as he has little money to make the trip; generally misses his family and home in this letter
Troop movements; Military retreats; Religion; Church attendance; Lee, Robert E. (Robert Edward), 1807-1870; Marriage;
Talks about the retreat to Orange C.H.; attends church with General Lee; provisions taken from Pennsylvania; marriage of one of his lady friends, Lutie Dickson
Gettysburg, Battle of, Gettysburg, Pa., 1863; Soldiers -- Wounds and injuries; Religion; Rumor -- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865; Troop movements; Vicksburg (Miss.) -- History -- Siege, 1863; Confederate States of America. Army --...
Describes his march into Maryland and Pennsylvania; General Lee's orders to respect private property were enforced; Battle of Gettysburg description; list of dead and wounded; uncertain about future but puts his trust in God- especially as...
