Dissertations abstracted are: A Technical and Business Revolution: American Woolens to 1832 by Elizabeth Hitz; The Financial Panic of 1857: Two Monetary Approaches to the Economic History of the United States, 1842-59 by Edmundo Olvera Acosta; An...
Slaves; Slavery; Confederate States of America. Army -- Recruiting and enlistment; Confederate States of America. Army -- Promotions; Falconer, Howard;
Received welcome letter from home; laughed to think of Tom doing the milking now that the slaves have left; glad their home is still safe; still Adjutant General of General Posey's Brigade while still Lt. of Ordnance; waiting on General Posey's two...
Posey, Thomas, 1750-1818; Creek Indians -- Warfare; Indians of North America -- Warfare; Battles; United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783;
Wayne reports a battle between Col. Posey's battalion and a large number of Creek Indians who had combined forces with the British Army to conduct a surprise attack. The battalion held its own, and won several British trophies, mostly horses, but...
Slaves; Slavery; Rumor -- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865; Weather; Religion; Confederate States of America. Army -- Promotions;
Worried because he has had no news from home since the Federals left; recounts stories he read and heard where the Federals used churches as stables; worries that all of the houses in Holly Springs were burned and all the slaves left; mentions that...
Prisoners of war; Military deserters; United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Equipment and supplies
The letterbook contains letters from Confederate Army Lieutenant and Assistant Adjutant General Joseph C. Robert and his colleague, Colonel Edward Dillon, written from Camp Dick Garnett in the District of South West Mississippi and East Louisiana....
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...
