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Wilkes, Samuel Marion, d. 1861. Samuel Marion Wilkes papers, 1851-1963.

Title: Samuel Marion Wilkes papers, 1851-1963.

Chiefly correspondence written from Columbia, Charleston, and Anderson, S.C., and Virginia, with his wife, Louisa Webb Wilkes, during his service in the S.C. Legislature and the Confederate States Army. Topics discussed include a speech delivered in 1851 opposing the secession convention; various elections, including those of Solicitor Jacob Pinckney Reed, Senator James Chesnut, Jr., Judge John A. Inglis, and Chief Justic John Belton O'Neall; efforts for financial aid to the Blue Ridge Rail Road and the Citadel; attending commencement at S.C. College, Columbia, S.C. Also including opinions on cases before the courts; problems with his regiment and military life, including his dependence on his slave and his attitude toward volunteering; visiting Jefferson Davis and Secretary of War LeRoy Pope Walker; losing his rank; visiting the Virginia Convention when the Confederate States Constitution was ratified unanimously; war news; Lincoln's call for troops and money; and preparatons at Manassas by Gen. P.G.T. Beauregard. Also including letters from his wife, Louisa W. Wilkes, re her activities while visiting in Charleston, S.C., domestic affairs at home in Anderson, S.C., and social life of the community; also including letter, 20 Dec. 1921, Atlanta, Ga., to Marjorie W. Huntley, re events in Samuel M. Wilkes' life and biographical information on Col. Samuel W. Wilkes, an official of the Georgia Railroad.

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