Harriet R. McIntosh ( ) lived with her uncle, Alexander McIntosh, in Martindale, Mecklenburg County, N.C. She and her family received letters from friends and family throughout the Civil War. Her correspondents included Benjamin Brown, a friend and possibly a former classmate, and a private in the 56th North Carolina Infantry Regiment; Thomas Milton Kerr, a friend; Isaac McIntosh, an uncle and a private in the 28th North Carolina Infantry Regiment; William McIntosh, an uncle; James Martin, a family friend and a private in the 56th North Carolina Infantry Regiment; William M. Martin, possibly Hattie's former teacher and a private in the 56th North Carolina Infantry Regiment; Daniel M. Sifford, an uncle; and Robert S. Sifford, an uncle and a private in the 52nd North Carolina Infantry Regiment, who settled in Tennessee after the war. Hattie The collection consists primarily of letters received by Hattie McIntosh from friends and relatives during the Civil War. Most wrote from locations in North Carolina or Virginia. The letters describe camp life and conditions as well as several battles and skirmishes. William Martin described the battle of Cold Harbor; Isaac McIntosh told of the beginning of the battle of Chancellorsville; and Thomas Kerr noted the fall of Fort Fisher, N.C. Several of the soldiers were sick and/or wounded and wrote from Confederate or Union hospitals. Several were captured by the Union Army: Isaac McIntosh wrote of being captured and paroled near Richmond, Va.; and Robert Sifford wrote letters from the prison hospital at Point Lookout, Md. There are also a few postbellum letters from Robert S. Sifford from his home in Tennessee.
