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Wells family. Wells family papers, 1828-1873.

Title: Wells family papers, 1828-1873.

Chiefly correspondence of the family of Henry Haynsworth Wells (1804-1879), owner of Mt. Hope plantation, Sumter County, S.C. Letters addressed to Caroline Emma "Callie" Wells (1847-1921), Ann Elizabeth Michau Wells, William R. Wells, Lydia Louise Henrietta Wells (1836-1879), and Esther Elizabeth Wells Snider. [Photocopies with transcriptions completed, 1990, by Henry Herbert Wells III from originals in the possession of Rhett Wells.] Topics include South Carolina's ratification of the Confederate constitution and military actions leading up to the bombardment of Fort Sumter (4 Apr. 1861); Palmetto buttons for regimental uniforms (Dec. 1861); Confederate defense of Charleston (8 Apr. 1863); the fall of Atlanta and comments re the command by Jefferson Davis for the removal, 17 July 1864, of Joseph E. Johnston (5 Sept. 1864); Samuel Perdriau Wells' status as a prisoner of war at Johnson Island, Ohio (20 May 1865); and news of the welfare of relatives and friends in Confederate service. Correspondents: Florence Mellichamp, Victoria Alice Mellichamp (1852-1928), Cornelia Vogt Wells, Samuel Perdriau Wells (1834-1911), Mary Ann Wells Cuttino (1832-1914), Esther Elizabeth Wells Snider, James Edward Wells (1840-1862), Henry James Lynam (1832-1862), James Edward Wells (1840-1862), Henry Duplessis Wells (1830-1865), and Samuel Perdriau Wells (1834-1911). Also letter, 25 Nov. 1862, Edward H. Mellichamp, Camp Mellichamp near Savannah, Ga., to his wife, Mary Theodosia Vaughn Mellichamp. Also includes transcriptions (1990) by Henry Herbert Wells III of 14 letters, 1828-1864, in the Henry Duplessis Wells papers, Southern Historical Collection, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. Letters are to Henry Haynsworth Wells, chiefly from his children, primarily his oldest son, Henry Duplessis Wells (1830-1865), a Confederate soldier in the 23rd South Carolina Regiment.

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