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Will "Dr. Wild Willie" Moore
Moore, Will "Dr. Wild Willie"
Sacramento Blues Festival
Blues Photograph Collection

Building a Nuclear Weapons-Free World
Nuclear disarmament; Disarmament;
Bobbie Wren Banks, a training specialist with Women's Action for a New Direction, discusses the "fourth wave" in the nuclear disarmament movement. Recorded October 27, 2008 as part of the "Brown Bag Lecture Series" of the University of...
Presidential Debate Collection

J.W. Henderson to Sarah A.M. Henderson (October 1862)
Homefront; Confederate States of America. Army -- Leaves and furloughs;
Henderson's concern for his family's wellbeing; his regret for her having camp-mange in Northern Mississippi; his desire for a furlough;
Civil War Archive (University of Mississippi)

Roxana Chapin Gerdine to Emily McKinstry Chapin (1859 March 6)
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...
Civil War Archive (University of Mississippi)

Roxana Chapin Gerdine to Emily McKinstry Chapin (1860-1861 December 16)
Secession; Homefront; Cobb, Thomas Read Rootes, 1823-1862; Gerdine, Thomas Cobb; Southern States -- Identity; Railroads; Communication;
Roxana writes of talk of secession; their step-mother Sarah Chapin; T.R.R. Cobb; Tom Cobb Gerdine; the feelings of southerners via the north; her desire to obtain reliable northern news; talks of the new railroad through West Point; and writes of...
Civil War Archive (University of Mississippi)

Roxana Chapin Gerdine to Emily McKinstry Chapin (1863 December 13)
Homefront; Death; Families; Communication;
Roxana writes about her extreme sadness over the death of her three year old daughter,""Pet,)(Emma Sarah Chapin Gerdine); mentions not receiving any mail from the family; and the difficulty of getting greenbacks
Civil War Archive (University of Mississippi)

Roxana Chapin Gerdine to Emily McKinstry Chapin (1865-1878 January 14)
Inheritance and succession; Assets (Accounting); Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877);
In this letter Roxana discusses family business matters; she responds to the family's question regarding how much she spent on Lucy's doctors and burial; division of assets; their ""Mother""(step-mother Sarah); mentions how the South was not...
Civil War Archive (University of Mississippi)

William I. Berryman to Sallie Jones (20 December 1861)
Newspapers; Music; Christmas; Families; Friendship;
William finds a copy of a newspaper that has an account of Sallie's concert and wishes her a pleasant christmas.
Civil War Archive (University of Mississippi)

Jesse L. Henderson Diary
Confederate States of America. Army -- Social conditions; Troop movements; Atlanta (Ga.); Atlanta Campaign, 1864; Nashville, Battle of, Nashville, Tenn., 1864; Franklin, Battle of, Franklin, Tenn., 1864; Military maneuvers; Field orders; Guard...
Civil War diary of Rev. Jesse L. Henderson of Chiwapa, Pontotoc County, Mississippi. Henderson served in the Confederate Army, 41st Mississippi Infantry Regiment, for 3 years. This diary was kept in 1864 and covers the defense of Atlanta and the...
Civil War Archive (University of Mississippi)

J.W. Henderson to Sarah A.M. Henderson (21 June 1862)
Confederate States of America. Army -- Social conditions; Confederate States of America. Army -- Leaves and furloughs; Rumor -- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865; Homefront; Health;
Henderson writes concerning his attempts to send a letter to Sarah; possible health exemption for his brother James; his inability to obtain a furlough but desires James take his place for two weeks; the Union advancement near Oxford and the rumor...
Civil War Archive (University of Mississippi)

J.W. Henderson to Sarah A.M. Henderson (24 July 1862)
Confederate States of America. Army -- Leaves and furloughs; Confederate States of America. Army -- Social conditions; Rumor -- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865; Health; Troop movements;
Henderson discusses the arrival of his relief soldier; the regiment's rumored next move; his health;
Civil War Archive (University of Mississippi)

J.W. Henderson to Sarah A.M. Henderson (30 July 1862)
Rumor -- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865; Troop movements; Confederate States of America. Army -- Social conditions; Women; Health;
Henderson discusses the possible next move for his regiment toward Mobile or Chattanooga; the women surrounding the Tupelo campsite, particularly the Irish women with the Louisiana regiment; his health
Civil War Archive (University of Mississippi)

J.W. Henderson to Sarah A.M. Henderson (7 August 1862)
Troop movements; Health; Confederate States of America. Army -- Social conditions; Confederate States of America. Army -- Salaries, etc.; Crops;
Henderson describes his trip to Mobile and the forthcoming trip to Chattanooga; his bowel issues and medicine (opium); available food; payment & money; cotton prices;
Civil War Archive (University of Mississippi)

J.W. Henderson to Sarah A.M. Henderson (23 August 1862)
Buell, Don Carlos, 1818-1898; Confederate States of America. Army -- Equipment; Birth; Families;
Henderson discusses the birth of his daughter; a possible impending fight with Buell; his need for boots
Civil War Archive (University of Mississippi)

J.W. Henderson to Sarah A.M. Henderson (28 August 1862)
Buell, Don Carlos, 1818-1898; Kirby-Smith, Edmund, 1824-1893; Health; Rumor -- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865;
Henderson discusses Gen. Kirby-Smith (C.S.A.)'s capturing equipment & rumor that Gen. Buell (Union)'s troops possible capture; health of the troops;
Civil War Archive (University of Mississippi)

J.W. Henderson to Sarah A.M. Henderson (7 September 1862)
Troop movements; Confederate States of America. Army -- Social conditions; Kirby-Smith, Edmund, 1824-1893; United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Prisoners and prisons; Health;
Henderson describes their march to Sparta; rumor of the Union retreat; a battle in which Gen. Kirby-Smith captured 3000 Union troops; Confederate victories in Virginia; his health
Civil War Archive (University of Mississippi)

J.W. Henderson to Sarah A.M. Henderson (25 October 1862)
Perryville, Battle of, Perryville, Ky., 1862; Death; Health; Confederate States of America. Army -- Social conditions; Confederate States of America. Army -- Equipment; Soldiers -- Wounds and injuries;
Henderson discusses his march through Kentucky, including the Battle of Perryville ; details the deaths of two members of his regiment, Bud Brassel and William Nesbit; his health; supply prices
Civil War Archive (University of Mississippi)

J.W. Henderson to Sarah A.M. Henderson (19 November 1862)
Health; Hospitals; Confederate States of America. Army -- Social conditions; Confederate States of America. Army -- Leaves and furloughs; Weather; Rumor -- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865;
Henderson writes from the Newsome Hospital. Describes the conditions in the hospital; his inability to obtain a furlough; the impending Winter;
Civil War Archive (University of Mississippi)

J.W. Henderson to Sarah A.M. Henderson (28 November 1862)
Health; Smallpox; Hospitals; Confederate States of America. Army -- Social conditions;
Henderson discusses being appointed as clerk & steward of a new hospital in Georgia; pay benefit of working in the hospital; news of smallpox;
Civil War Archive (University of Mississippi)

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