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Orr, J. L. (James Lawrence), 1822-1873. J.L. Orr papers, 1850-1900; (bulk, 1850-1868).

Title: J.L. Orr papers, 1850-1900; (bulk, 1850-1868).

Correspondence, affidavits, photographs, speeches, letters of recommendation and requests for appointments, and other papers reflecting Orr's career in the U.S. and Confederate governments, which spanned antebellum, Civil War and Reconstruction years. Letter 5 May 1850, Washington, D.C., to John C. Calhoun's former secretary and biographer [Joseph A.] Scoville, re Orr's relationship with Calhoun; published texts of speeches, 1851, delivered by Orr and Andrew Pickens Butler at the Southern Rights Convention (Charleston, S.C.); letter, 27 Sept. 1853, Anderson, S.C., to [Franklin Pierce] recommending E[dward] J[ohn] Means, a nephew of Gov. [John Hugh] Means, for a pursership in the Navy; and letter, 3 May [18]58, [U.S.] House of Rep[resentative]s, to Cha[rle]s Lanman, re biographical sketch for inclusion in Lanman's Dictionary of the United States Congress, with 2 proof photographs, [1858], possibly taken by Mathew Brady. Letter, 11 Sept. 1859, Anderson, S.C., to [James Earle Hagood, Pickens, S.C.], re his inability to "remit the interest on your note," E.M. Keith's unwillingness to do so, and threatening legal action in Hagood's own court to resolve the matter; letter, 7 Feb. 1864, Richmond, Va., to [Milledge Luke] Bonham, Columbia, S.C., re report of investigation of Tilman Watson, a purchasing agent dismissed by Confederate Secretary of War James Alexander Seddon on grounds that "the actions of the agents had frequently been without & even against orders... an example should be made." Materials dating from Orr's tenure as governor include letters, 16 May 1866, to James E. Hagood, Pickens, S.C., forwarding a pardon of Cynthia Howard, sentenced to be whipped for burgulary; letter, 22 Oct. 1866, "Executive Department" Columbia, S.C., to Gov. [Charles Jones] Jenkins, Milledgeville, Ga., re extradition of a fugitive to South Carolina, the political situation and impeachment proceedings against President Andrew Johnson, "if the President stands firm the radicals will not dare to... impeach him," and a proposed constitutional amendment re taxation, "if adopted Congress being the judge will grind us to powder by unequal and unjust taxation...." Also includes letter, 30 Oct. 1866, Columbia, to C[yrus] D[avis] Melton, Winnsboro, S.C, with affidavits re murder of freedman by Henry Castles and ordering full investigation; copy of congressional act, 19 Dec. 1866, granting federal aid to establish state colleges for promoting "Agriculture and the Mechanical Arts"; and letter, 21 Aug. 1867, Anderson, S.C., "Executive Department," to Henry Hubbard, Charlestown, N.H., declining Hubbard's invitation to address Connecticut River Valley Agricultural Society, expressing approval of Hubbard's intentions to move to the South, and recommending South Carolina, "we need a new farming element in our population to get clear of the slovenly and imperfect culture necessarily incident to planting on a large scale." Collection also includes Orr's copy of William L. Hickey's Constitution of the United States ..., 4th ed., 1850, containing Orr's bookplate.

ArchivalResource: 28 items and 1 v.

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Richmond, Carleton Rubira, 1887-1975. Autograph collection, 1775-1880.

Title: Autograph collection, 1775-1880.

A small collection of autograph letters apparently collected by Carleton R. Richmond. Among the correspondents and subjects are Benedict Arnold, his military career and treason; Daniel Webster and the care of his Franklin, N.H. farm; Milledge L. Bonham, Jeb Stuart, Stonewall Jackson, and other Confederate officers regarding Confederate strategies, Union forces, and other information on the war effort.

ArchivalResource: 1 narrow box and 1 folder of photocopies.

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Frederick M. Dearborn collection of military and political Americana, Part II: The Civil War and the Confederacy, 1832-1915.

Title: Frederick M. Dearborn collection of military and political Americana, Part II: The Civil War and the Confederacy, 1832-1915.

Autograph letters and documents of officers and statesmen associated with the Confederacy in the Civil War, collected by Frederick Myers Dearborn.

ArchivalResource: 10 boxes (5 linear ft.)

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Confederate States of America Collection, 1861-1865

Title: Confederate States of America Collection 1861-1865

This collection is comprised of records and correspondence relating to the Confederacy and Confederate army.

ArchivalResource: 1.2 Linear feet; (3 boxes)

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Law, Evander McIver, 1836-1920,. Evander McIver Law papers, 1860-1864 [microfilm manuscript].

Title: Evander McIver Law papers, 1860-1864 [microfilm manuscript].

Papers, 1860-1864, collected by Confederate general Evander McIvor Law, consisting of official correspondence of Francis Wilkinson Pickens (1805-1869) and Milledge Luke Bonham (1813-1890), Confederate governors of South Carolina, with South Carolina government officials, other Confederate governors, Confederate military leaders and government officials, relating to the problems of raising and supplying troops and assuring a stable and solvent government during the disorders of war.

ArchivalResource: 479 items.

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Bonham, Milledge L. Conditions in South Carolina, April, 1865-March, 1867.

Title: Conditions in South Carolina, April, 1865-March, 1867. 1910.

ArchivalResource: 1 v.

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Smith, James R. (James Ralph), 1822-1880. James R. Smith family papers, 1832-ca. 1940.

Title: James R. Smith family papers, 1832-ca. 1940.

Consists mainly of the papers of James R. Smith, principally pertaining to his superintendency of the South Carolina State Military Works in Greenville, S.C., during and after the Civil War, and his involvement in a family estate. Papers pertaining to the S.C. State Military Works include a letter (1863) from South Carolina Gov. Milledge L. Bonham appointing Smith superintendent; a letter (1866) from Gov. James L. Orr; and other correspondence (1865-1868) concerning the dispostion of the property of the State Military Works; aned an inventory of finished and unfinished arms and ammunition in the works (11 Apr. 1865) listing items such as wagon wheels, carbines, muskets, shells, bolts, and ammunition chests. Estate records (1856-1858) pertain to the estate of George S. Oglesby, of Lee County, Ga., and include a copy of his will, correspondence concerning payments to Mrs. Ihly, and trusteeship papers. Other items include a grant (1832) of forty acres in Cherokee County, Ga., to Ephraim Ihly; genealogical information on the Smith and Ihly families and related families; and the reminiscences (ca. 1940s) of James Don Smith, (son of James R. Smith and Elizabeth Ihly) about growing up in Charleston, S.C. during the war and Reconstruction ("the blue coats were trying hard to find father and I don't know why they never arrested him"), his work at the Charleston Dry Dock and Machine Company, and other experiences. Among James R. Smith's other papers are miscellaneous items including two letters (1847) to his wife, Jane E. Ihly Smith, one from her pastor in Savannah, Ga., commending her to the pastoral care of Dr. Bachman, and another from her father-in-law sending her a Bible on her wedding day and admonishing her on the sacredness and seriousness of marriage. Other miscellaneous papers of Smith include his apprenticeship agreement (1838) with Thomas Dotterer of Charleston, S.C., in the trade of "steam engine builder and finisher"; a partnership agreement (1858) between Smith and James O. Porter for a machinist and engineering business (Smith & Porter) in Charleston; and Smith's membership certificate (1854) in the Independent Order of Odd Fellows.

ArchivalResource: 0.25 linear ft.

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Gregg, Maxcy, 1814-1862. Maxcy Gregg papers, 1835-1888.

Title: Maxcy Gregg papers, 1835-1888.

Chiefly consisting of Civil War letters from J.R. Waddy, assistant to Gen. John Clifford Pemberton, re troop movements, drawing rations, artillery pieces, and disbanding of a regiment, and journal, 1839-1860, documenting travel around S.C. for hunting, fishing, and other leisure pursuits, and for his legal practice. Letters, 8 Apr. 1861 to Maj. D.R. Jones re proposed change in method of loading rifles; receipt, 20 Apr. 1861, Charleston, S.C., for $2000 from Gov. F.W. Pickens for regimental supplies for troop movement to Norfolk or Richmond, Va.; letter, ca. 21 Apr. 1861, consisting of an engineer's report submitted by W[illia]m B. Guerard at Combahee Ferry to Gregg, provides an estimate of "the amount of excavation required to replace these works in a completely defensive attitude"; letter, 14 May 1861, to Col. Edward Manigault, requesting leave for two officers. Letter, 1 June 1861, Head Quarters, Centreville, Va., to Lt. Col. Richard Stoddert Ewell, "Commanding advanced Post of Cavalry," stating in reply to his request, that he has applied to Gen. [Milledge Luke] Bonham to send reinforcements, sending immediately "Company E, 1st S[outh] C[arolina] V[olunteers]... armed with Minnie rifle muskets" and advising that if the group does not arrive before night, "take care... that... [the troops are] not fired on as an eenemy; Letter, 14 Jan. 1862, St. Paul's Rangers, Camp Scott (Cheraw, S.C.), from Capt. E.B. Scott, re illness and the camp's need for a surgeon; letter, 4 Feb. 1862 (near Pocotaligo, S.C.) to Gov. F.W. Pickens, re his fears of what might be passed by the Convention, "I think it desirable that it should repeal the Ordinance establishing a 'Council of Safety'... & without further legislation, terminate its existence"; and letter, 23 Feb. 1862, near Pocotaligo, S.C., to F.W. Pickens, re the abandonment of Nashville, Tenn., which could result in heavy combat if Union Army advanced on Huntsville, Ala. Papers related to Gregg's death include an undated essay, "Battle of Fredericksburg" by Mrs. M.S. Whitaker, mourning the death of Gregg and others; letter, 9 Jan. 1863, Yorkville, S.C., J. Monroe Anderson, Chaplain, S[outh] C[arolina] V[olunteers], 12th Regiment, to "Misses Gregg, Care of Mrs. Nancy Thornwell," Columbia, S.C., re circumstances surrounding Gregg's death; letter, Jan. 1863, Forest Hills, Va., re death of Gregg at home of a neighbor; letter, 5 Mar. 1863, from "Personne" [presumably, F.G. De Fontaine] enclosing moss and a leaf from the spot where Gregg fell; and clippings, re Gregg's death. Earlier items include letter, 8 Dec. 1835, to the president and board of trustees of South Carolina College re withholding of Gregg's degree; two volumes, "Sporting Journal" (1839-1860), re hunting and fishing expeditions, a record of game animals taken, weather conditions and Fisher's Pond; other entries discuss a trip to the mountains, 17 July - 12 Aug. 1843; attending "the Washingtonian lecture" in Winnsboro, S.C.; mention of David Johnson; and unsuccessful efforts to convince [William Waters] Boyce to assume editorial duties at the South Carolinian [newspaper of Columbia, S.C.]; entries, 27 Oct. - 5 Nov. 1843, re hunting a fishing trip by boat to Charleston and return by railroad; funeral of Sally Preston, 9 Feb. 1845; migration of vast flocks of [passenger?] pigeons seen flying over Columbia during Feb.-Mar. 1845; purchase of domestic birds, Dec. 1846: "near Christmas I bought from a German Bird Dealer... a starling & 2 goldfinches." Later entries in the "Sporting Journal," describe Gregg's securing of a commission in the Mexican War along with "Memoranda of Sporting Incidents & Observations in my Mexican Excursion" (16 Oct. 1847-10 July 1848); other topics ddiscussedinclude attendance at court in Winnsboro, Sumter and Lexington, S.C.; attending the Southern Convention at Nashville, Tenn., during secession crisis of 1850-1851; a severe storm in Aug. 1850, "which made great havock among the trees in Columbia especially the old India Trees." Other topics documented include the political campaign of 1851; and meeting, May 1851, of delegates of Southern Rights Association in Charleston, S.C., and failure of secession movement; 20 Jan. 1858, re description of the town of Granby (Lexington County, S.C.) near Columbia,S.C., "All the houses are gone... India trees have been cut down... grave-yards of the Hane & Seibels families are close pressed by the Cotton field...."

ArchivalResource: 2 volumes.

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Wigfall, Louis Trezevant. Wigfall, Louis Trezevant Papers, 1833-1874

Title: Wigfall, Louis Trezevant Papers, 1833-1874

A secessionist and staunch believer in slavery and the chivalric code, Louis Trezevant Wigfall was active in Texas politics, taking part in the Galveston County Democratic convention, 1848, and serving in the Texas House of Representatives, 1850-1857.

ArchivalResource: 5 in.

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Autograph File, N, 1686-1975.

Title: Autograph File, N, 1686-1975.

The Autograph File is an alphabetically arranged collection of single letters, manuscripts, and drawings received from various sources at various times. Additions continue to be made.

ArchivalResource: 2.5 boxes (1.2 linear ft.)

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Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Stidham Collection. 1973 - 1973. Civil War and Reconstruction Records

Title: Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Stidham Collection. 1973 - 1973. Civil War and Reconstruction Records

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Kershaw, Joseph Brevard, 1822-1894. Joseph Brevard Kershaw papers, 1766-1931 (bulk, 1766-1888).

Title: Joseph Brevard Kershaw papers, 1766-1931 (bulk, 1766-1888).

Chiefly correspondence, papers, and records, 1766-1888 and 1915-1931 and 1960, re trade with Catawba Indians during 18th century and Civil War items re battle reports, military orders, and letters of States Rights Gist, Francis Wilkinson Pickens, Milledge Luke Bonham, James D. Nance, and Pierre Gustav Toutant Beauregard, letters, 28 July 1861 - 11 Oct. 1861, to J.B.K., re orders, battle reports, and troop movements; letter, 17 Dec. 1863, Bean's Station, Tenn., to Mrs. E[lebert] R. Bland, Edgefield, S.C., condolence on the death of her husband; letter, 25 July 1865, oath of allegiance to U.S. Government. Items of colonial and early national periods include letters, 1766-1784, of Joseph Kershaw (ca.1727-1791) re travels among Catawba Indians; Indian policies of the S.C. government; sums of money given to Catawba Indians; letter 1 Mar. 1766, William Bull to "Mr. Kerhaw, Merchant at Pinetree Hill" re Catawba Indians then visiting in Charleston and ordering Kershaw to supply them with gunpowder, lead, and rum and charge expenses to "the Public"; letter, 13 May 1784, account of goods distributed to Catawba Indians; letter, 8 Sept. 1801, from Jo[seph] Brevard, to James Kershaw, re transportation of produce; letter 12 Jan. 1846, Montgomery, [Alabama], from Keith S[tuart] Moffatt, to JBK, re condition of troops, desertions, and plans to continue to Mexico with Palmetto Regiment. Letter, 2 Dec. 1847, Camden, S.C. to Dr. Tho[ma]s R, Gary, S.C. House (Columbia, S.C.), re debt owed Gary, " ... I have no objection to your instructing Mr. Chesnut to sue, which would certainly bring the money ... but you know it is necessary for a man who is forced to live on credit to keep up his credit at home & this is the only reason you have never been paid"; letter, 11 Dec. 1849, Camden, S.C., to T. & J.W. Johnson re ordering volumes for his law library from a member of the bar. Five items, 1846, 1851, and 1872, document a real estate transaction with William E. Johnson, an estate return for M. Kershaw, and correspondence of J.P. Carroll, an attorney in Columbia, South Carolina, who writes to Kershaw for help in collecting fees incurred with two lawsuits referred to him by Kershaw, ultimately concluding in his letter of 19 July 1872 that "Perhaps ... I have overestimated my services." Letter, 8 Oct. 1879, Theological Seminary, Columbia, S.C., W[illia]m S[wan] Plumer, to S.E. Welch, Charleston, S.C., recommending S.W. Newall; letter, 19 July 1880, Camden, S.C., to Rev. John O. Wilson, Greenville, S.C., discussing different interpretations of the A[nti] D[uelling] Society pledge, how Wilson's opinion would operate in relation with the Cash-Shannon duel, and naming several people who would be affected; 3 letters, 7 Jan. 1882 and undated, re legal matters addressed to John McPherson DeSaussure, Thomas Boone Fraser, and R.E. Wall; letter, 17 June 1882, Camden, S.C. to Waring Mikell, Charleston, S.C., re actions prior to capture of two Confederate disivions of at [Saylers] Creek (Prince Edward County, Virginia). Letter, 13 Apr. 1887, Aiken, S.C., to Col. C.C. Jones, declining invitation to attend meeting of The Survivors, as he would be attending unveiling of statue of John C. Calhoun in Charleston; 26 Jan. 1888, Camden, S.C., to Gen. E[vander] M[cIvor] Law, enclosing money for copies of Century War book, "the book is valuable & fair ..." although he added that "all history is a lie ... satisfied of its truth ... Alll ... have but one object ... to glorify themselves"; letter, 12 May 1888, Camden, S.C., J.B.K., re the circumstances of Gen. [Maxcy] Gregg's death in 1862; letter, 17 July 1888, Savannah, Ga., L[afayette] Mclaws, to JBK, re his articles on battles of Civil War, and limited vision of certain writers. Undated speech [c. 1895], delivered to Camp Hampton, United Confederate Veterans [possibly by John Doby Kennedy], re J.B.K.'s military history; letter, 1 Sept. 1931, genealogical information on Kershaw Family; newspaper articles, 3 Oct. 1960, re proposed Project Southland Confederate memorial to Kershaw's Brigade at Gettysburg National Memorial Park, Pa. (a monument later completed in cooperation with the Gettysburg Battlefield Preservation Association) showing positions occupied by Kershaw's Brigade and its movement during the battle, and envelope with image of artist's conception of the battle; and undated biographical sketch of JBK.

ArchivalResource: 164 items.

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Chesnut, James, 1815-1885. James Chesnut letter book, 1864-1865.

Title: James Chesnut letter book, 1864-1865.

The collection consists of one bound volume used as a copy book by aides of General Chesnut during the time he served as commander of the reserves in South Carolina. There are copies of 528 letters written by James Chesnut and his aides Edward H. Barnwell and Isaac Hayne between May 26, 1864 and April 25, 1865. They concern the organization and duties of the reserve forces, including guarding prisoners. Troop movements and the invasion of South Carolina are also discussed.

ArchivalResource: 1 bound v. (BV)1 microfilm reel.

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G. T. Beauregard Papers 1844-1883 (bulk 1861-1865)

Title: G. T. Beauregard Papers 1844-1883 (bulk 1861-1865)

United States and Confederate Army officer, engineer, railroad executive, and public official. Correspondence, scrapbooks, and military papers, including letterbooks, headquarters records, telegrams and dispatches, orders, endorsements, and rosters. The bulk of the papers, 1861-1865, relate primarily to Beauregard's career as a general in the Confederate Army, especially at Fort Sumter and Charleston, South Carolina; Manassas and Petersburg, Virginia; Shiloh, Tennessee; Corinth, Mississippi; and Atlanta, Georgia. Other topics include Beauregard's work as an engineer, public official, and railroad executive in New Orleans and his service under General Winfield Scott in the Mexican War.

ArchivalResource: 6,500 items; 54 containers; 5.6 linear feet; 9 microfilm reels

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Bonham, Milledge L. (Milledge Luke), 1813-1890. Milledge Luke Bonham papers, 1771-1940.

Title: Milledge Luke Bonham papers, 1771-1940.

Chiefly letters and papers re Bonham's military service in the Seminole, Mexican and Civil Wars, and his public service governor and railroad commissioner, including family correspondence, genealogical information, and an unpublished biography of Milledge Lipscomb Bonham, Jr. Topics discussed include the Aztec Club of 1847, African Americans and slavery, Clariosophic Society of South Carolina College, the Whig Party, Secession, Reconstruction, politics at state, national, and international levels, and other topics; places represented include Charleston County, S.C.; Harper's Ferry, [West] Va.; Washington, D.C.; Russia; and elsewhere. Correspondents include Preston S. Brooks, William H. Gist, James Henry Hammond, Francis Wilkinson Pickens, Thomas H. Seymour, and others.

ArchivalResource: 1 large oversize file.

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[Trial of Thomas Motley and William Blackledge, 1854 (Colleton County, S.C.)] : [19uu?] ; [holograph].

Title: [Trial of Thomas Motley and William Blackledge, 1854 (Colleton County, S.C.)] : [19uu?] ; [holograph].

Undated and unattributed account of trial, ca. 1854, at Walterboro, S.C., and subsequent execution of Thomas Motley and William Blackledge for torture and murder of Joe, "whose master was unknown," an African-American man, possibly a free person of color, accused of being a runaway slave. Judge John Belton O'Neall presided over the trial, which also included solicitor M[illedge] L[uke] Bonham; Motley and Blackledge were convicted and condemned to hang by a "jury composed entirely of slave holders"; the unidentified author of this sketch notes that this was "first case tried in S.C. after the amendment of the law making the killing of a slave a crime of murder," a recent precedent set in Charleston, S.C. The essay identifies Thomas Motley as a member of a wealthy Richland County family who were neighbors of S.C. Gov. James H. Adams; a rumour spread that Motley's father planned to free his son; Gov. Adams refused to pardon the men, and he deployed the militia to maintain order.

ArchivalResource: 1 sheet.

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Arthur, Benjamin Franklin, 1826-1870. Benjamin Franklin Arthur, 1834-1942.

Title: Benjamin Franklin Arthur, 1834-1942.

Including letter, 10 Dec. 1834, to Joseph H. Dogan, Columbia, S.C., re election of John C. Calhoun to U.S. Senate and George McDuffie as governor; account book, 1854-1861, by Benjamin Franklin Arthur, Jr., re sketch of B.F. Arthur's life and brief history of secession. Seven military commissions, 1843-1854, issued to B.F. Arthur; 5 letters, 1861-1862, camp at Centerville, Va., from James B. Steedman, to B.F. Arthur, re Republican party and newspapers; letter, 30 Oct. 1863, Columbia, S.C., written as secretary of Gov. M[illedge] L[uke] Bonham, to Col. I[ssac] W[illiam] Hayne, sending a copy of the Impressment Act for his opinion; letter, 6 Jan. 1864, to Z[ebulon] B[aird] Vance, re transportation of corn from South Carolina to North Carolina.

ArchivalResource: 30 items.

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Alexander, John F. John F. Alexander letter, 1861 [manuscript].

Title: John F. Alexander letter, 1861 [manuscript].

Typed copy of an original letter from P. G. T. Beauregard at Fairfax Court House, Va., to Judah P. Benjamin, Acting Secretary of War, C.S.A., concerning field defenses and the rank of Brig. General M. L. Bonham.

ArchivalResource: 1 item.

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Bonham, Milledge L. (Milledge Luke), 1813-1890. Letter, 1863 Oct. 2 (Columbia, S.C.) to Col. J[ames] W[ashington] Harrison.

Title: Letter, 1863 Oct. 2 (Columbia, S.C.) to Col. J[ames] W[ashington] Harrison.

Letter, 2 Oct. 1863, assigns Col. J. W. Harrison to "take immediate steps to establish a confidential chain of paid and reliable scouts to furnish the promptest information of the movements, conduct, and approach of the Enemy through the mountains from East Tennessee & North Carolina, so as to furnish me at this place and yourself as well as the officer commanding troops in the Mountain District." Penned on letterhead stationery: "State of South Carolina, Head Quarters." The recipient of this letter, James Washington Harrison (1819-1888), a lawyer from Anderson County, S.C., worked in many capacities during his career. In addition to his military service, Harrison served as a member of S.C. House of Representatives and a member of the S.C. Senate, as president of the Blue Ridge Railroad, and as editor of the Anderson Gazette newspaper.

ArchivalResource: 1 item.

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Lee, Robert E. (Robert Edward), 1807-1870. Robert E. Lee papers, 1845-1985; (bulk, 1845-1870).

Title: Robert E. Lee papers, 1845-1985; (bulk, 1845-1870).

Chiefly Civil War correspondence; including letters, 20 May 1861, to Gen. [Milledge Luke] Bonham, requesting him to locate Col. Blanchard and change his destination from Harper's Ferry to Norfolk, Va.; 5 Nov. 1861, Richmond, Va., to C.W. Coker and T.M.S. Rhett, accepting membership in the Euphradian Society of South Carolina College; and letter, 3 Dec. 1861, to a committee of citizens at Beaufort, stating his reasons for not establishing military law. Typescript copy of letter, 18 Dec. 1862, Fredericksburg, [Va.], to Gov. [F.W.] Pickens, re death of Gen. Maxcy Gregg; and letter, 5 Nov. 1864, Col. M.L. Stansel, "Pres[iden]t of Court," and others, to Col. W.H. Taylor, requesting suspension of death sentence for desertion imposed by the court on James R. Mumford and Evander Grooms of Co. D, 26th South Carolina Regiment, "until the Executive can consider their cases ..." Other desertion materials forwarded with request, 5 Nov. 1864, include request of J[oshua] H[ilary] Hudson for John Rogers of Co. P, to Gen. W[illiam] H[enry] Wallace, to Gen. B[ushhrod] R[ust] Johnson, to Robert E. Lee and containing his signed note: "I concur in the opinon ... & regret that I see no grounds to justify any interference with the Sentence of the Court." Post-war materials include letters, 22 Nov. 1865, replying to a request for something he wore during the war; 26 June 1869 and 18 June 1870, Washington College [later Washington and Lee University], Lexington, Va., to [Martha Gregg] McIntosh, informing her of the commendation of her son Murray for "distinguished industry and success in his studies." Undated invitation requesting "the pleasure of Mr. McIntosh's society to tea"; and 2 printed manuscripts, 19 Jan. and 26 April 1907, Charleston, S.C., program of the 100th anniversary of Lee's birth and poem, sponsored by United Confederate Veterans, The Sons of Veterans, The Daughters of the Confederacy, The Ladies Memorial Association, The Military and the Citizens of Charleston.

ArchivalResource: 24 items.

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La Borde, Maximilian, 1804-1873. Maximilian La Borde papers, 1843-1873.

Title: Maximilian La Borde papers, 1843-1873.

Reports and correspondence re life at USC during late antebellum period, including departmental reports, 1843-1861, of South Carolina College , to presidents Robert Henry, William Campbell Preston, James Henley Thornwell, Charles F. McCay, and Augustus Baldwin Longstreet, including letters, 4 May 1846, re plans to establish a course in general anatomy; 25 May 1858, re student revolt and wasted talents of the senior class. Departmental reports, 9 May 1849 and 1866-1873, to chairman of the faculty Francis Lieber and Robert Woodward Barnwell; 12 July 1848, Edgefield, S.C., to William Campbell Preston, requesting reelection of a bursar who had been discharged for drinking; 1851-1865, to the Board of Trustees, including letters, 2 Dec. 1851, submitting opinion on the student's opposition to the operations of the Commons Establishment (Steward's Hall); 6 May 1857, statement of professors protesting the actions of President Charles F. McCay; 11 June 1857, to Gov. [Robert Francis Withers] Allston, tendering his resignation; 10 Dec. 1857, requesting that the east wing of DeSaussure College be used to accomodate students; and 7 July 1863, to Gov. [William Henry] Gist, presenting a copy of his History of South Carolina College. Civil War material includes letter, [Nov.] 1861, re departure of students after Union occupation of Port Royal, S.C.; 3 letters, 7 July and 11 Dec. 1863 and 4 May 1864, to Gov. [Milledge Luke] Bonham, re reopening of College in October, necessity of continuing use of college buildings as Confederate hospital, resolution requesting payment of rent by Confederate States of America for use of college buildings, and protest against plans to graze livestock on college grounds; 30 Dec. 1865, accepting his election to the professorship of Rhetoric and Belles Letters at the University of South Carolina; and fragment of letter, 1868, re completion of contract to furnish college with gas pipes and noting dilapidated condition of Rutledge College. Also includes manuscript volume, 1826, LaBorde's "Graduating Thesis" from the Medical College of South Carolina, written in Latin.

ArchivalResource: 63 items and 1 v.

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Pickens, F. W. (Francis Wilkinson), 1805-1869. Papers, 1798-1900; (bulk 1809-1886).

Title: Papers, 1798-1900; (bulk 1809-1886).

Political and personal correspondence (chiefly 1809-1886) of Pickens and of his family, concerning secession, the outbreak of the Civil War, and other matters. Includes one volume of plantation records (1839-1864). Correspondents include P.G.T. Beauregard, M.L. Bonham, Braxton Bragg, Joseph E. Brown, Armistead Burt, Lewis Cass, W.M. Churchwell, Jefferson Davis, R.W. Gibbes, Isaac W. Hayne, J.L. Orr, and William H. Seward.

ArchivalResource: 446 items.

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Telegrams sent to governors of South Carolina, 1861-1864.

Title: Telegrams sent to governors of South Carolina, 1861-1864.

Telegrams sent to South Carolina while a part of the Confederate States ofAmerica. Includes governors Francis Wilkinson Pickens and Milledge Luke Bonham.

ArchivalResource: 1 box (.25 linear ft.)

http://id.lib.harvard.edu/ead/hou02221/catalog View

Wigfall (Louis Trezevant) Papers 1934; 1935., 1839-1874

Title: Wigfall (Louis Trezevant)Papers 1839-1874

A secessionist and staunch believerin slavery and the chivalric code, Louis Trezevant Wigfall was active in Texaspolitics, taking part in the Galveston County Democratic convention, 1848, andserving in the Texas House of Representatives, 1850-1857. Photostats and transcriptsof correspondence, a speech, legal documents, genealogy and family history,newspaper accounts, and literary productions comprise the papers.

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Early, Jubal Anderson, 1816-1894. Papers, 1837-1892.

Title: Papers, 1837-1892.

This collection contains materials, 1837-1892, collected by Jubal Anderson Early (1816-1894) relating to his service in the United States and Confederate States Army. Early's U.S. Army items consist of receipts, invoices, and reports, 1837-1838, issued and received by him while serving in Florida and at Fortress Monroe, Va. The Civil War materials consist of muster rolls, 1861, for various Virginia and North Carolina units in the Confederate armies operating in Virginia; general and special orders, 1861-1863, issued by various Confederate officers concerning army logisitics and courts martial; official letters and reports, 1862-1864, concerning the battles of Williamsburg, 2nd Bull Run, and Spotsylvania Court House, Va.; and official correspondence of officers regarding the daily operations of the Confederate armies in Virginia. Also in the collection are postwar materials including letters, 1872-1892, to Jubal Early discussing the battles of 1st Bull Run, Malvern Hill, and Gettysburg. Correspondents in the papers include Robert Emmett Rodes (1829-1864), Milledge Luke Bonham (1813-1890), Raleigh Edward Colston (1825-1896), Richard Stoddert Ewell (1817-1872), and Thomas Jonathan Jackson (1824-1863).

ArchivalResource: 648 items.

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Heath, John Francis. Papers pertaining to Virginia [manuscript], 1856-1882 (bulk 1856-1865).

Title: Papers pertaining to Virginia [manuscript], 1856-1882 (bulk 1856-1865).

The papers consist of a manuscript of "Rough rhymes of a farmer, a souvenir..." by W.H. Snowden; a tax receipt and two letters to Anna Reaves Heath Lassiter; one letter from John Francis Heath, Petersburg, Va., 1856 December 19, discussing the slave, William; and another from Heath, with envelope, 1865 April 19, describing conditions in Richmond ten days after Appomattox. Also include a letter from a Confederate soldier, 1861 July 26, Centreville, Va., to his sister describing the camp and the Washington Louisiana Artillery involvement at the Battle of Bull Run.

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Bonham, Milledge Luke, 1813-1890. Papers, 1861-1864.

Title: Papers, 1861-1864.

Includes letters from William Johnston, president of the Charlotte and South Carolina Railroad, concerning the shipment of cotton to Wilmington, N.C., to be run through the Union blockade; receipts for expenditures from the contingent fund; a note on balloon experiments conducted for the Union Army; letters discussing army regulations, the first battle of Manassas, and the site of a projected military prison; and a petition from citizens of the Marlborough District objecting to an Executive Council order to obstruct the Pee Dee River and calling all white males into active military service.

ArchivalResource: 10 items.

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Melton, Samuel Wickliffe, 1830-1899. Samuel Wickliffe Melton papers, 1860-1878.

Title: Samuel Wickliffe Melton papers, 1860-1878.

Chiefly correspondence from Samuel Wickliffe Melton to his wife, Mary Helen Gore Melton re his Confederate military service as an officer during Civil War, inclluding letters written from Charleston and Columbia, S.C.; Richmond, Va.; and from various camps elsewhere in Virginia and North Carolina; and career in the S.C. Topics discussed include Secession Convention, Dec. 1860, in Columbia, S.C.; small pox outbreak; election of Gov. Francis W. Pickens; passing of Ordinance of Secession; activity at forts in Charleston, S.C.; participation in First Battle of Manassas (21 July 1861), Peninsula Campaign (ca. Mar.-July 1862), Seven Pines, and other battles in Va. and N.C. while serving on the staffs of Gen. Milledge Luke Bonham and Gen. Gustavus W. Smith; persons discussed include Robert E. Lee, Joseph E. Johnston, Maxcy Gregg, Micah Jenkins, Richard S. Ewell, Wade Hampton, James Longstreet, Martin W. Gary, and the resignation of Gen. G.W. Smith. Letter, 6 July 1861, Fairfax, Va., to Gen. R.S. Ewell, re a previous communication re route taken by "the two Mrs.'s Tripletts"; 3 partial letters, including, [Dec. 1862], SWM to his wife [Mary Helen Gore Melton], expressing expectation that "we shall have peace by Spring-time" due to the Union's defeat at the Battle of Fredericksburg [11-15 Dec. 1862] and his desire that for Christmas, his wife give each of his African American slaves "a substantial Holiday gift - money, if you have nothing else better - and liberally ... [as] such faithful servants deserve a liberal master." Letter, [ca. 1862], SWM to his wife re a soldier named "Miller" who had been granted a medical release due to being struck by fragments of an artillery shell but who Melton claims was "not wounded at all" and Melton's opinion that "it is strange that Dr. Bratton could so forget his duty as to give him a release. He is doing such things far too liberally, for the good of the service." Other Civil War letters document Melton's service, beginning in early 1863 and continuing through end of war, in the Adjutant and Inspector General's Department, noting the conscription act; death of Stonewall Jackson; public opinion of Jefferson Davis; work of the Confederate Congress; food and living costs; reorganization of the War Department; defense of Richmond, Va.; and concern over safety, health, and welfare of his family. Reconstruction-era papers discuss Melton's campaign for election to the S.C. House; and letter, 18 Nov. 1873, Columbia, [S.C.], Ellen C. LaBorde to Judge S.W. Melton requesting help in settling a claim of her deceased father, Maximilian LaBorde, "for back Salary as a Prof[essor]" while teaching at South Carolina College, present day University of South Carolina. Letters, 16 June-19 Aug. 1878, written by SWM to his wife MHGM, re his tour of Europe with Washington A. Clark, who was appointed an honorary commissioner to the 1878 industrial exposition in Paris, with accounts from Paris, France; Geneva, Switzerland; Baden-Baden, Germany, and Italy (Turin, Genoa, Pisa, Rome, Florence, Naples, and Milan) including letter re assistance rendered Mary Custis Lee during a fire in her hotel room in Naples; and letter, 10 July 1878, Naples, re his audience with Pope Leo XIII, "The Pope was especially attentive to me. I think he got the impression that I was a 'nabob' from the ... [country] of Colombia, in South America. At any rate he was particularly condescending; and 'blessed' my handful of tricks with especial unction."

ArchivalResource: 196 items.

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