Henry De Lamar Clayton Sr. Papers 1840-1925

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Henry De Lamar Clayton Sr. Papers 1840-1925

The personal, legal, military, and administrative papers, of this Alabama politician, Confederate general, and University of Alabama president.

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Clayton, Henry De Lamar, 1857-1929

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U.S. representative of Alabama and jurist. From the description of Henry De Lamar Clayton papers, 1912. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79454240 ...

United States. Army. Alabama Cavalry Regiment, 1st (1862-1865)

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Clayton, Henry De Lamar, 1827-1889

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Henry De Lamar Clayton, Sr. was born in Pulaski County, Georgia, on March 7, 1827, the son of Nelson and Sarah Clayton. He graduated from Emory and Henry College, Virginia, after which he read law under John G. and Eli S. Shorter in Eufaula, Alabama. In 1848 he was licensed as an attorney and began the practice of law in Clayton, Alabama. In 1857 he was chosen to represent Barbour County in the Alabama Legislature, and he served as a member of the House of Representatives until 1861...

Davis, Jefferson, 1808-1889

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Mary Ann Lamar Cobb (1818-1889), wife of Gen. Howell Cobb (1815-1868). From the description of Letter to Mary Ann Lamar Cobb, 1888 Oct. 2. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 38476494 Jefferson Davis (1808-1889) was born in Kentucky. He attended Transylvania University for a short time before enrolling at West Point in 1824, at the age of 16. He graduated in 1828 and immediately joined the First Infantry. His regiment was engaged in the Blackhawk War of 1831. In 1833, he became a...