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Jamison, David Flavel, 1810-1864. David Flavel Jamison papers, 1850-1928; (bulk, 1861-1865).

Title: David Flavel Jamison papers, 1850-1928; (bulk, 1861-1865).

Including letter, 18 Jan. 1861, to Mrs. P.G. Snowden, thanking her for a flag presented by "the patriotic ladies of Charleston"; transcript, 31 Jan. 1861, Charleston, to Gen. [R.G.M.] Dunovant, contemporary copy of orders to relieve the troops at various posts around Charleston and expressing his thanks and those of the governor to the troops recently under his command; letter, 6 Mar. 1861, Charleston, to Col. Ed[ward] Manigault, ordering the guns "to Morris' Island at the Light House"; and printed manuscript, 13 Mar. 1861, Charleston, to C[hristopher] G[ustavus] Memminger, Montgomery, Ala., summoning him to a "Meeting of the Convention of the People of South Carolina." Also includes letter, 11 Jan. 1861, George W. Earle, report on bridge being constructed from Sullivans Island to Mount Pleasant; biographical sketch of Jamison, compiled by R.L. Meriwether; and volume, c. 1928, "A Sketch of General David F. Jamison" by Innis L. Jenkins.

ArchivalResource: 17 items and 1 v.

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Dunovant, Richard G. M., b. 1821. Papers, 1861.

Title: Papers, 1861.

Official papers, Jan. 2-Apr. 30, 1861, pertaining mostly to the fortification, provisioning, and garrisoning of the forts and batteries around Charleston harbor. Includes copies of general and special orders from the Adjutant and Inspector General's offices, construction reports, requisitions, and lists of officers and men. Correspondents include George T. Andrews, Ellison Capers, States Rights Gist, Maxcy Gregg, Walter Gwynn, David Flavel Jamison, David R. Jones, Stephen Dill Lee, Junior Mitchel, James Johnson Pettigrew, J.J. Pope, Jr., Roswell S. Ripley, and Francis Wilkinson.

ArchivalResource: 145 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/19536550 View

Jamison, Elizabeth Ann Carmichael Rumph, 1814-1884. Mrs. Carmichael's Tale of the War, [188u?]

Title: Mrs. Carmichael's Tale of the War, [188u?]

Undated memoir, anonymously written by Elizabeth Ann Carmichael Rumph Jamison relates her Civil War experiences, a "tale of some of the anxieties and sufferings that came to myself my family and some of my friends during the four years of our unhappy struggle." Beginning with the bombardment of Ft. Sumter, Mrs. Jamison describes friends and family volunteering for service, formation of companies, and departure of troops for Virginia. Her eldest son and her son-in-law, she records, were among the first to volunteer for Confederate military service. "We who had to stay at home and wait for news from the army had many times heavy hearts," the narrative continues. "But there was much for the mothers and mistresses on our southern plantations to do. And, it is astonishing how much was accomplished too." Soon, however, Mrs. Jamison remembered, "battles became heavier and weary waiting almost intolerable, followed." In fighting near Richmond, Va., her second son, John, was wounded in 1862. Then in May 1864, at the Battle of the Wilderness, her son-in-law, Micah Jenkins, was shot and killed. Barely four months later, her husband, David Flavel Jamison, died of yellow fever. With the approach of Sherman, the Jamisons refugeed from coastal South Carolina to the interior of the state and lived for a time with friends in the Pee Dee. Mrs. Jamison's account further details efforts of her son John to elude capture by Yankee forces near Bennettsville, S.C. Having learned of Lee's surrender and Lincoln's assassination, and being assured that Union troops had departed the area for North Carolina, Mrs. Jamison and her family began their arduous journey home to their Edisto Island plantation near Charleston. En route they dined in the burned-out city of Columbia, S.C., with a family of free African Americans. When they arrived home in late May 1865, only the chimneys and foundations of their dwelling remained. The Jamison sons set out to build a log cabin, complete with floor boards salvaged from rafts sunk in the Edisto River during the war, and, in Elizabeth Ann Jamison's own words, "thus we lived and toiled on hoping for better times."

ArchivalResource: 1 item.

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South Carolina. Convention (1860-1862). An ordinance to provide for the removal of Negroes and other property from portions of the state which may be invaded by the enemy, 1862.

Title: An ordinance to provide for the removal of Negroes and other property from portions of the state which may be invaded by the enemy, 1862.

Printed ordinance (1 folder) passed under convention president D.F. Jamison creates commissions to carry out provisions of the law in the South Carolina districts of Horry, Georgetown, Charleston, Colleton, and Beaufort.

ArchivalResource: 1 item.

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Manigault, Gabriel, 1809-1888. Gabriel Manigault papers, 1834-1873.

Title: Gabriel Manigault papers, 1834-1873.

Papers consist of correspondence (1834-1873), journals and notebooks (1836-1861), and miscellaneous items. Correspondence of 1860 includes a letter addressed to Manigault and others from Robert Toombs about secession; a letter from Maxcy Gregg about the upcoming Secession Convention; and letters from Manigault to Col. James Chesnut concerning the condition of South Carolina's armaments and the prospect of war, which Manigault considers likely: "I myself believe secession to be a peaceful right, yet am convinced that the people of the North know too well the money value of the cotton states to them to let us go without a struggle." There is also a letter of condolence from Gabriel Manigault to his brother Arthur M. Manigault concerning the death of his daugher Lina in 1860. A letter of Dec. 20,1860, addressed to "our chief magistrate," proposes a plan for taking possession of the forts in Charleston harbor, and is signed by a citizen who calls himself "Hannibal." A contemporary copy of a letter (Jan. 22, 1861) to Gen. D.F. Jamison details Manigault's recommendations for the construction of batteries at Cummings Point. Wartime letters, some written from McClellanville and Romney Plantation, concern Manigault's urgent advice about the importance of keeping Confederate forces on Morris Island, fortifications in Charleston harbor (especially at Cummings Point), the necessity of defending the Georgetown, S.C., area, his wife's activities as a refugee at Wright's Bluff (Clarendon District, S.C.), difficulties in obtaining clothing for their slaves, and Manigault's military service in the reserves in the last months of the war. A letter (Dec. 19, 1864) from Manigault at Harrietta [Plantation] states that there are hardly any men in the parish (St. James Santee) for local defense. Two postwar letters (1866, 1869) written from Yorkville, S.C., describe the dire agricultural and social conditions in the state, and mention Manigault's plans to move his family out of the country. Two journals (1836-1842, with transcription) contain entries about Manigault's daily activities as a rice planter (mostly at Ogilvie's, but also at White Oak); a trip to New York, Saratoga, and Philadelphia; the publication of a "tragedy," "The Maid of Florence"; his reading; Bible studies; interactions with plantation workers and overseers; and church attendance. Some entries concern the importance of physical exercise, and record the use of dumbbells. Manigault also sometimes mentions his personal faults and often notes a habit of idleness. A "Miller's Almanac" of 1845 contains entries from Feb. 1845 to Jan. 1846. A small notebook without covers (1856-1858) contains quotations or observations about the Roman Catholic Church and other religious topics, a few miscellaneous plantation notes, and the titles of some books. The entries in a leather bound notebook (1858-1861) are mostly accounts of expenditures, with a few miscellaneous notes and philosophical and political observations. Miscellaneous items include a license to practice law in Alabama (1833); a bill of Dr. R. [J.] Ragin for medical services for a number of slaves (named) from Mar. to Nov. 1864; a printed article (1861?) by Gabriel Manigault entitled "Sea Coast Defenses," with a diagram of a battery and glacis; and receipts, including one for food supplied to Confederate troops (Feb. 1865), a tithe of corn to the Confederate government (Jan. 1865), rent for a house in Yorkville (1866-1869), payment of tuition, and a subscription to the "Yorkville Enquirer."

ArchivalResource: ca. 90 items.

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Jenkins, Micah, 1835-1864. Micah Jenkins papers, 1854-1936.

Title: Micah Jenkins papers, 1854-1936.

Chiefly family correspondence reflecting Micah Jenkins' involvement with King's Mountain Military School and his Civil War service; including agreement, 5 Jan. 1855, York District, S.C., between Micah Jenkins and Asbury Coward, re operation of King's Mountain Military School, Yorkville, S.C.; letter, 20 Feb. 1861, Charleston, S.C., David Flavel Jamison to Maj. Micah Jenkins, re preparations for war. Letter, 14 Apr. 1861, Charleston, David F. Jamison to Caroline J. Jenkins, re surrender of Ft. Sumter; letter, 11 May 1861, Yorkville, S.C., J.M. Jamison, to his sister, Caroline J. Jenkins, re crops, tornado damage, and conditions at King's Mountain Military School. Letter, 7 July 1861, Head Qtrs., 5th Regt., S.C.V., Micah Jenkins, to Caroline Jenkins, re family news, financial conditions, and purchasing provisions for slaves; letter, 25 July 1861, Camp Pettus, Micah Jenkins, to Caroline Jenkins, re Confederate victory at Manassas, Va.; letter, 11 Nov. 1863, Sweetwater, Tenn., Head Qtrs., Hood's Division, Micah Jenkins, to Caroline Jenkins, re preparations to launch an offensive to drive the enemy out of Tennessee and the questionable loyalty of local residents. Letter, c. Nov. 1863, Charleston, S.C., John Jenkins, to Micah Jenkins, re Charleston's defenses and the unsuccessful attack on a Federal ship by the H.L. Hunley; sympathy letters, May-Sept. 1864, re Micah Jenkins' death.

ArchivalResource: 345 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/44023699 View

Jamison, David Flavel, 1810-1864. Papers, 1860-1864.

Title: Papers, 1860-1864.

Includes correspondence while Jamison was Secretary of War of South Carolina, 1861; scattered letters and papers pertaining to the South Carolina Secession Convention of which he was president, and papers related to his tenure as presiding judge of the military court of Beauregard's Corps, 1862-1864.

ArchivalResource: ca. 125 items (10 folders)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/23823463 View

Gorgas, Josiah, 1818-1883. Letter, 1861 Apr. 26, Montgomery, Ala., to Col. Edward Manigault.

Title: Letter, 1861 Apr. 26, Montgomery, Ala., to Col. Edward Manigault.

Answer to query about the supply of musket caps and request for a duplicate of Gen. [David Flavel] Jamison's "statement of material to be retained by South Carolina."

ArchivalResource: 1 item.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/35618824 View

Jamison, D. F. (David Flavel), 1810-1864. Papers, 1842-1862.

Title: Papers, 1842-1862.

Papers include letters referring to secession, the proposed attack on Fort Sumter, the future of the Confederacy, the relocation of mortar batteries on James Island, and the defense of Charleston; poetry written by Jamison, 1851; and routine material pertaining to Jamison's responsibilities as secretary of war for South Carolina.

ArchivalResource: 12 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/19851570 View