William Richard Caswell Letters, . 1846-1847

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William Richard Caswell Letters, . 1846-1847

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William Richard Caswell (1809-1862) of Tennessee was an officer in the United States Army who served as aide-de-camp to Major General Gideon J. Pillow during the Mexican War. The collection includes letters written from Mexico during the Mexican War by Caswell, addressed to Ephraim H. Foster and Thomas Hord in Tennessee, describing camp life and the progress of the war.

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University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection

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University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection

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Caswell, William Richard, 1809-1862.

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William Richard Caswell of Dandridge and Knoxville, Tenn., was a lawyer, planter, railroad director, volunteer army officer in the Mexican War, and Tennessee militia general early in the Civil War. From the guide to the William Richard Caswell Papers, 1805-1900, (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection.) Lawyer, U.S. and Confederate Army officer, and railroad executive, of Knox County, Tennessee. From the description o...