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Lieutenant-General Theophilus Hunter Holmes, C.S.A.

Title: Lieutenant-General Theophilus Hunter Holmes, C.S.A. [19--]

ArchivalResource: 8 leaves ; 32 cm.

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Alexander, Peter Wellington, 1825-1886. Peter Wellington Alexander papers, 1835-1910.

Title: Peter Wellington Alexander papers, 1835-1910.

Correspondence, manuscripts, documents, and newspapers. These include over four hundred letters to Alexander, as well as miscellaneous letters and telegrams; some of his manuscripts and notes; business records of his law firm; military documents of the western divisions of the Confederate Army; copybooks and letter books; and complete and partial newspapers and clippings from the various Southern newspapers (in particular THE SAVANNAH REPUBLICAN, the DAILY DISPATCH of Richmond, and the ADVERTISER AND REGISTER of Mobile) which carried Alexander's dispatches.

ArchivalResource: 30 linear ft. ( 18 boxes and 12 flat boxes)

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Alexander, Peter Wellington, 1825-1886. Col. Peter Wellington Alexander, C.S.A., collection 1862-1864.

Title: Col. Peter Wellington Alexander, C.S.A., collection 1862-1864.

Collection acquired by the University of Arkansas, Fayetteville Special Collections from the holdings of Columbia University Libraries, gift of Mrs. Robert P. Hamilton in 1974. Collection contains correspondence, general and special orders, field reports, telegrams, and other documents of the Confederate forces in Arkansas. Correspondents include Elias Cornelius Boudinot, Samuel Ryan Curtis, Thomas C. Hindman, Francis J. Herron, Theophilus H. Holmes, Robert Edward Lee, R.C. Newton, Albert Pike, William Quesenbury, John Selden Roane, and Stand Watie. Confederate States of America documentation regarding almost everything that occurred during the years 1862 to 1864 in Arkansas.

ArchivalResource: 8 microfilm reels.

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Holmes family. Holmes family genealogy, 1926-1940 [manuscript].

Title: Holmes family genealogy, 1926-1940 [manuscript].

Notebook with genealogical data, correspondence, newspaper clippings, and other material relating chiefly to the family of Gabriel Holmes, who served as North Carolina governor, 1821-1824, and his son Theophilus Hunter Holmes of North Carolina. Information on the Hunter and Beatty families is also included.

ArchivalResource: 1 item.

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Branch, Lawrence O'Bryan, 1820-1862. Papers of Lawrence O'Bryan Branch [manuscript], 1840-1913.

Title: Papers of Lawrence O'Bryan Branch [manuscript], 1840-1913.

The papers of Lawrence O'Bryan Branch, concern his congressional career and describe the political and social scene in Washington, D.C., including accounts of Preston S. Brooks' attack on Charles Sumner, the United States' plan to acquire Cuba, James Buchanan's visit to North Carolina, the election of 1860, the U.S. Treasury Department, and a dispute with Galusha A. Grow. The papers contain an 1840 letter, from Felix Grundy regarding U.S. fiscal policy, abolition, and other political matters; and an 1843 letter from David Levy Yulee regarding John C. Calhoun and Southern politics. Family papers including correspondence with his wife, Nancy "Nannie" Haywood (Blount) Branch, discuss family matters, traveling in the South, Civil War news, the battle of New Bern, N.C., and Florida social life. Civil War papers, 1860-1862, of Branch, concern the organization of the Confederate army, anti-Confederate sentiment in North Carolina, the defense of the North Carolina coast, the battle of New Bern, N.C., and the subsequent retreat, and problems with deserters and spies. Correspondence subsequent to joining Stonewall Jackson in Virginia describes Hanover Court House, Va., 2nd Bull Run, and the Seven Days' Battles, the Maryland Campaign, Josiah Gorgas, and Daniel Harvey Hill. A letter, 1 January 1862, from Thomas Bragg, Richmond, Va., regards the defense of North Carolina, especially Roanoke Island and Albemarle County (N.C.), and infighting among officers under Branch's command. A letter, 17 March 1862, from A.E. Burnside, New Bern, N.C., responds to an inquiry about Confederate casualties and prisoners in the battle of New Bern; and a letter, 20 March 1862, from Zebulon B. Vance, Kinston, N.C. reports those under Vance's command wounded and killed during the battle of New Bern. Correspondence, 1862 with J.P. Benjamin and George W. Randolph, regards promotions and a resignation. Correspondence, 1862, with Richard S. Ewell and Joseph E. Johnston concerns troop movements around Gordonsville, Va., and before the battle of Hanover Court House. Three letters, June 1862, between Branch and Robert E. Lee, concern the battle of Hanover Court House, Va.; and a letter, 26 June 1862, from Stonewall Jackson concerns troop movements.

ArchivalResource: 650 (ca.) items.

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Hinsdale Family Papers, 1712-1973

Title: Hinsdale Family Papers, 1712-1973

This collection centers around John Wetmore Hinsdale (1843-1921), a successful lawyer and businessman who served in the Confederate army. His son, John Wetmore Hinsdale, Jr., was also a lawyer and politician in North Carolina. Correspondence, Civil War diaries, newspapers clippings, C.S.A. War Dept. records book, and other papers, of a family of lawyers, of Raleigh and Fayetteville, N.C. Includes material on Confederate generals Theophilus Hunter Holmes, William Dorsey Pender, and James Johnston Pettigrew; schools, education, railroad taxation, and legislation, government and politics in North Carolina, particularly during the 1930s; and medical practice in Virginia ca. 1900. Persons represented include Ellen Devereux Hinsdale, John Wetmore Hinsdale, and John Wetmore Hinsdale, Jr.

ArchivalResource: 16.0 Linear Feet; 2557 Items

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Holmes, T. H. (Theophilus Hunter), 1804-1880. T. H. Holmes correspondence, 1861-1865.

Title: T. H. Holmes correspondence, 1861-1865.

A telegram concerning the battle in progress at Fort Sumter, S.C., and a letter, December 1865, regarding family affairs and Holmes's desire for work or a position of some kind.

ArchivalResource: 2 items.

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Cartes-de-visite of Confederate generals and other Civil War figures [manuscript], 1860-1865.

Title: Cartes-de-visite of Confederate generals and other Civil War figures [manuscript], 1860-1865.

The collection contains cartes-de-visite of five Confederate generals: James Morrison Hawes, Theophilus Hunter Holmes, Fitzhugh Lee, John Hunt Morgan, and Isaac Munroe St. John and of Ohio politician Clement Laird Vallandigham. There is also a salt print of forty Union soldiers possibly taken in California.

ArchivalResource: 7 items.

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Holmes, T. H. (Theophilus Hunter), 1804-1880. Papers, 1861-1867.

Title: Papers, 1861-1867.

Military correspondence and papers concerning the Trans-Mississippi Dept., C.S.A., 1863, and the North Carolina Reserves, 1864-1865. Included are the papers of J.W. Hinsdale, written from Virginia while under the command of Holmes, his uncle; petitions from women asking for protection of lives and property; material on the battle of Helena, Ark, 1863; requests for reserves to be sent into active service and to be used in agricultural service; military telegrams to Holmes as the head of the North Carolina Reserves concerning troop movements and skirmishes; the effort to protect Plymouth, N.C.; the Confederate ram, Albemarle; Sherman's invasion of North Carolina; and the final days of the war. Correspondents include P.G.T. Beauregard, Braxton Bragg, Jefferson Davis, Wade Hampton, Bradley Tyler Johnson, Joseph E. Johnston and J.G. Martin. Also present are the letters of John Shepherd while traveling in Europe, 1867.

ArchivalResource: 732 items.

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T. H. Holmes Correspondence, 1861-1865

Title: T. H. Holmes Correspondence, 1861-1865

Theophilus Hunter Holmes of Sampson County, N.C., was the son of Gabriel H. Holmes, a congressman and governor of North Carolina (1821-1824). He served in the United States Army in the Seminole War, the Mexican War, and in the West before taking command of army recruiting in 1859. He resigned his commission during the siege of Fort Sumter and later achieved the rank of lieutenant general in the Confederate Army while serving in Virginia, Arkansas, and North Carolina. He died Cumberland County, N.C. The collection includes a telegram concerning the battle in progress at Fort Sumter, S.C., and a letter, December 1865, regarding family affairs and Holmes's desire for work or a position of some kind.

ArchivalResource: 2

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Holmes, T. H. (Theophilus Hunter), 1804-1880. Theophilus Holmes papers, 1862-1864.

Title: Theophilus Holmes papers, 1862-1864.

Contains photocopies of materials found in the Theophilus Holmes Papers at the William R. Perkins Library, Duke University.

ArchivalResource: 2 linear in.

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Bishop, Albert Webb, 1832 -1901,. Civil War papers of the governor of Arkansas, 1860-1865.

Title: Civil War papers of the governor of Arkansas, 1860-1865.

Letters, telegrams, memoranda, and general orders of Governors Henry M. Rector and Harris Flanagin, collected by Bishop during his service in Arkansas. Correspondents include members of Congress and Confederate officials and officers. Topics include the evacuation of the Little Rock arsenal in Feb. 1861, creation and command of the Trans-Mississippi Distrct, the placement of mortars and rifle guns recovered from Fort Sumter, and the disruption of elections to be held under federal protection in Mar. 1864. In a lengthy letter dated 15 July 1863, Jefferson Davis assures Gov. Flanagin of his committment to Arkansas.

ArchivalResource: (0.2 linear ft.).

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