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Roman, Alfred, 1824-1892. Papers of Alfred Roman, 1861-1890.

Title: Papers of Alfred Roman, 1861-1890.

Correspondence, military telegrams (in code and deciphered), reports, memoranda, and a few printed items relating almost exclusively to the military service of the Confederate general Pierre Gustave Toutant Beauregard (1818-1893), particularly to his role in the 1st Battle of Bull Run, Shiloh, and the defense of Savannah, Ga., and Petersburg, Va. A few items relate to Confederate strategic decision after the victory at Manassas, the adoption of the Confederate flag and the conflict of opinion between Jefferson Davis and Beauregard. Chiefly letters (1865- ; many in French) from Beauregard to Roman concerning Beauregard's military career, justification of his actions, and the preparation and publication of Roman's book, "General Beauregard's Military Operations" (1884). Beauregard's correspondents include Jefferson Davis, William Joseph Hardee, and John Bell Hood.

ArchivalResource: 150 items.2 containers.

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Roman, Alfred, 1824-1892. Papers, 1864-1886.

Title: Papers, 1864-1886.

Collection contains letters written in French, concerned with reminiscences of the Civil War and Roman's book, The Military Operations of General Beauregard (New York: 1883).

ArchivalResource: 39 items.

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Beauregard, G. T. (Gustave Toutant), 1818-1893. G.T. Beauregard papers, 1861-1893.

Title: G.T. Beauregard papers, 1861-1893.

Chiefly correspondence re rations for troops, and orders re troops in Tennessee, Mississippi, and other Civil War operations and items re the military career of Pierre Gustave Toutant Beauregard in the United States Army and the Confederate Army. Invitation, 28 Mar. 1861, Charleston, S.C., to D[avid] Flavel] Jamison, re South Carolina Session Convention; letter, 10 Apr. 1861, Charleston, S.C. to Gen. Ro[bert] G[ill] M[ill]s Dunovant, Sullivan's Island, S.C., re preventing arrival of Union troop reinforcements to Fort Sumter, S.C., during the night, "Capt. Hartstein is going to light up the entrance of the Harbor with floating lightwood fires." Letter, 16 May 1861, Charleston, S.C. to F[rancis] W[ilkinson] Pickens, discussing a "list of the armament of the work already constructed for the defenses" of the S.C. coast, "from North Edisto to Broad River inclusive," an outline of plans for protection of Port Royal, S.C., expressing reservations about Beaufort's defenses, but states that existing works "will answer well against any naval expedition," and offering recommendations for garrisoning coastal defense installations. Letter, 9 Jan. 1862, "Near Centreville Virginia," to John A[lfred] Calhoun, Columbia, S.C., thanking him for his assistance "in setting me right before the people and convention," re defences of Port Royal, S.C., and impact its fall could have on his reputation, offering suggestions for defences intended to delay the advance of Union troops "for several months and compelled ... [the enemy] to fit out ... an expedition which cost ... over four millions of dollars," anticipating no attacks on Charleston or Savannah given the Union's sinking of "Stone fleets" that blocked the channels, anticipating small "marauding expeditions" and "attempt[s] ... to destroy the Rail Road between Charleston and Savannah," following the failure "to pass over us 'to Richmond' ... the plan ... may now be ... to cut ... communications." Proclamation, 31 Jan. 1863, issued from "Head Quarters Naval and Land Forces, Charleston," aannouncinga victory over the U.S. fleet by Confederate "Naval forces," and declaring "the blockade ... of Charleston to be raised ... after this ... day."; letter, 25 Apr. 1863, Charleston, S.C., to B. Duncan, Columbia, S.C., informing him that he did not have the authority to issue Mr. Marks a pass "which would be respected by conscript officers" and relating receipt of Lovell's correspondence, "I do not think the latter will injure him much in the estimation of all impartial minds." Letter, 22 Mar. 1863, Charleston, S.C., to Rev. Tho[mas] Symth, Charleston, S.C., crediting the Confederate military successes as equally due to both the "assistance & encouragement derived from the clergy & the Ladies as to the ability of our Generals & valor of our troops" and predicting that the end of "the bloody Drama of the Revolution" is near; later papers of 1880s discuss Civil War remembrances of the evacuation of Charleston, S.C., and Beauregard's economic circumstances. Letter, 25 July 1863, to Major Harris, with directions for locating "Rains' torpedos" [land mines] at Battery Wagner. Letter, 30 Nov. 1863, Summerville, S.C., from "Mr. Browning," reviewing a dispute with Capt. Zimmerman Davis about the impressment of Browning's horses for artillery service; letter, 14 Dec. 1864, Fort Sumter, Capt. T.A. Huguenin, to Col. A. Roman, report on conduct of Gen. [Roswell S.] Ripley while on a visit to the Fort. Two related letters discussing the deployment slave labor for construction of defenses, a plan unpopular among many citizens: letter, 27 Oct 1863, Columbia, S.C., from Gov. M.L. Bonham, and letter, 31 Oct. 1863, Charleston, S.C., from Col. D[avid] B[ullock] Harris to Gen. Thomas Jordan, discussing the "Negro Labor question" and complaints of "So many prominent and patriotic men" re impressment of slave labor, directed to Col. Harris with signed endorsements by Beauregard "for his information & action, also for ... remarks as will enable [me] to issue ... orders to correct ... the evils complained of ... Morris Island and Sumter were lost partly for the want of Slave Labor ... the City of Charleston may be lost also ... but negroes ... must be returned ... unless retained with the approval of their owners"; reporting on the number of slaves needed to complete the "works in progress, erect new ... and repair ... old ones ... "; suggesting changes in impressment procedures, with Beauregard's signed endorsement, " ... returned to ... Gov'r. Bonham for his information - the recommendation of Col Harris is approved ..." Letterpress copy of letter, 10 June 1872, New Orleans, La., to Gen. J[eremy] F[rancis] Gilmer of Savannah, Ga., requesting Gilmer to support Beauregard's recollection and writings re his activities in planning the defenses of Ft. Sumter in the summer of 1863, following a recent challenge to the veracity of those events by R[obert] B[arnwell] Rhett, Jr.; Beauregard recalls "the vital necessity of holding those ruins [i.e. Ft. Sumter] to the very last, until at least the inner harbour defenses should be completed, armed & equipped," followed by a detailed account of the situation within the Fort at that time. Resolution, 10 May 1893, re the creation of a bust in memory of P.G.T. Beauregard; and undated manuscript, Charleston, S.C., sent to P.G.T. Beauregard's family, re receipt of a sword signed by William A. Courtenay, William Porcher Miles, and others; and printed article, 1961, "The Beginnings of the Civil War," discussing the affair at Fort Sumter and Beauregard's part in it, including his General Order No. 14 of 11 Apr. 1861 and its significance as a military document.

ArchivalResource: 41 items.

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Roman, Alfred, 1824-1892. Alfred Roman papers, 1864-1890.

Title: Alfred Roman papers, 1864-1890.

The Alfred Roman Papers contain photostatic copies of military reports (1864-1865) and French language letters with typewritten English translations from Alfred Roman to P.G.T. Beauregard discussing the writing, publishing, and subsequent criticism of Roman's biography Beauregard(1872-1887). A microfilm copy of volumes 1-2 of the Roman Papers in the Library of Congress is also included.

ArchivalResource: 55 items.1 microfilm reel.

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American and English literary and historical papers collected by Atcheson L. Hench, 1782-1966

Title: American and English Literary and Historical Papers Collected by Atcheson L. Hench 1782-1966.

Material collected by Hench, some as an autograph collection and others for use in his classes at the University of Virginia with examples of various periods. Modern autographs collected by Hench include letters by associates of Edgar Allan Poe; Civil War letters; papers relating to Virginia history; correspondence of writers and politicians, particularly from the Victorian era; and other miscellaneous correspondence with literary or histocial interest. John Randolph of Roanoke to Mr. Skinner on binding a paper, 1819, with a cut signature of Thomas Mann Randolph and to Stephen Van Rensselaer asking him to dinner with Harmanus Bleecker, n.y. Thomas Mann Randolph, Sr., to Cohen isaacs & Co. and others orders cotton and wool cards and other goods, sends a letter of introduction and discusses the settling of his debt. Thomas Mann Randolph, Jr., to Robert Brent and Henry Remsen seeks military compensation and conveys good news about the opening of the University of Virginia and appraisers for his estate. Anna Cora Ogden Mowatt Ritchie writes to Mr. and Mrs. James Thomas Fields and others introducing Avonia Jones, sending an autograph, changing arrangements, and signing an autograph. Amélie Rives discusses the slang word "gee" with W. T. Moore and voices concerns over errors in books to Mr. Walsh. Letters of William Cabell Rives (1793-1868) to a variety of correspondence including Thomas Aspinwall, Churchill C. Cambreleng, Corcoran & Riggs, Anna Payne Cutts, Philip Ricard Fendall, Henry S. Foote, Joseph Grinnell, Henry O. Houghton, Thomas Maury, Anna Payne, John Rutherfoord, Theodore Sedgwick, John C. Spencer, Henry St. George Tucker and Abel P. Upshur are chiefly routine notes of introduction, thanks, patronage and business. Topics of interest include his biography of James Madison, diplomacy and politics including his opinions on John Qunicy Adams, Andrew Jackson, Henry Clay and the necessity for single presidential terms. Letters of Wiliam Cabell Rives (1825-1889) to Emma Savage Rogers discuss a University of Virginia commencement day address on her husband. Wiliam Barton Rogers writes to Luthern Stearns Cushing, augusts A. Gould, Washington C. Kerr, [Clarence King?],Henry D. Rogers, Henry E. Roscoe andThomas G. Wales on routine matters, a geological map of North Carolina, directorship of the U. S. Geological Survey, University of Virginia classes, and the composition of kaolin. Thomas L. Rosser writes to John Chester Buttre on an engraving plate, and to William Crane on inducing farmers to move to Virginia. Single items of interest include a brief note from Sir James Paget; a letter from Coventry Patmore declining an invitation; a long letter from Andrew Henry Patterson to William Lloyd Garrison discussing in great detail his views on the Negro race" in the South; George C. Peery to M. E. Gilfond enclosing a letter to Sol Bloom (not present); Bishop Thomas Percy to the Rev. John Blakeway expressing hope that Napoleon will not invade his part of Ireland; Wendell Phillips returns the Macaulay item to Edwin P. Whipple; John Pickering sends James Savage a proplsed preface to Eliot's Grammar; James Madison Porter thanks George Pearson for an honorary literary society membership. Also J. W. Porter, Charlottesville, to W. P. St. John, 1890, on economic hard times caused by cheap competition from India, foreign trade deficit and cheap silver; Bryan Waller Proctor to mary Russell Mitford promising poetry and his impression of Daniel Webster; Charles Reade to [Wilkie?] Collins declining to make an appointment; Maurice Regan, 2nd Regiment Pennsylvania Heavy Artillery, to Dr. Pennock praising Thomas Leiper Kane and describing "desolation and destruction" in norther Virginia; Alfred Rives writes to Socrates Maupin to obtain a oxy-hydrogen blowpipe from the University of Virginia; A. Willis Robertson to Hench on the security along the Appalachian Trail; John Robinson to Col. W. G. Brent on clearing track in North Carolina, initialed by P.G.T. Beauregard; Alfred Roman to Roy Mason Hooe on special instructions issued by General Ruggles on conditions in New Orleans; Thomas H. Rosser telegraphs Daniel Ruggles reporting on Union troop movements and the location of John B. Villepigue at Ft. Pillow; and William M Rossetti on a subscription. The collection also contains four land grants, 1803, 1805, signed by Virginia governor John Page; a land grant to William May, Nelson County, signed by Beverly Randolph; a land grant to George Kailor, Rockingham County, signed by Thomas Mann Randolph, Jr.; receipts, Pittsburgh, for bateaus to Fort Washington (Cincinnati?) for military use, 1798; an appointment of Henry Massie to Deputy Postmaster, Charlottesville, signed by Alexander Williams Randall; a Mutual Assurance Society insurance policy signed by Edmund Randolph; an 1861 ordnance invoice signed by Daniel Ruggles; and a quarterly return of deceased solders of the 13th Maine volunteers, 1863, signed by Colonel Henry Rust, Jr.

ArchivalResource: circa 75 items.

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Harris, E. L., Mrs. Papers, 1873-1894.

Title: Papers, 1873-1894.

Collection contains correspondence relative to Harris' book trade and consists mainly of letters from the subscription book department of Harper and Brothers. There is information on the sale of Alfred Roman's MILITARY OPERATIONS OF GENERAL BEAUREGARD IN THE WAR BETWEEN THE STATES (1884) and VIRGINIA COOKERY. Collection also includes some bills and miscellany.

ArchivalResource: 150 items.

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Toombs, Robert Augustus, 1810-1885. Robert Augustus Toombs papers, 1861.

Title: Robert Augustus Toombs papers, 1861.

Chiefly records documenting expenses of Confederate commission sent to negotiate with United States government and correspondence re diplomatic ties between Confederate States of America and United States, from office of Secretary of State in Montgomery, Ala. Including letter, 3 Mar. 1861, Washington, D.C., from Martin J. Crawford, to Robert Toombs, Secretary of State, Confederate States of America, Montgomery, Ala., discussing conversations with U.S. government re Southern secession and diplomatic relations; letter, 12 Mar. 1861, from John Forsythe and Martin J. Crawford, Washington, D.C., to William H. Seward, U.S. Secretary of State, Washington, D.C., re proclamation of secession and independence for Confederacy, and request for peaceful settlement. Letter, 15 Apr. 1861, from J.J. Pickett, Washington, D.C., to Robert Toombs, re mustering of 75,000 volunteers in the ranks of U.S. Army in preparation for war; undated letter from John Forsythe, Martin J[enkins] Crawford, and A[lfred] B. Roman, Washington, D.C., to William H. Seward, Secretary of State of the U.S., Washington, D.C., re Confederate offer to negotiate peace, U.S. refusal to negotiate, end of discussions, and preparation for war. Also including undated real estate records, including questions and answers re real estate and terms of property ownership.

ArchivalResource: v.

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