Dudley Ward Papers 1863-1864

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Dudley Ward Papers 1863-1864

Dudley H. Ward (1845-1864) confederate soldier and prisoner of war, was born in 1845 in Austin, Texas. The Dudley Ward Papers, 1863-1864, contains correspondence and one parole certificate documenting Ward's experience as a confederate soldier at the Seige of Vicksburg, in camps in Mississippi and Texas, and in Galveston during the yellow fever epidemic.

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Ward, Dudley H., 1845-1864

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Dudley H. Ward (1845-1864) confederate soldier and prisoner of war, was born in 1845 in Austin, Texas. His father was Colonel Thomas William Peg Leg Ward, an Irish immigrant who fought in the Texas Revolution, served as mayor of Austin and as the second Land Commissioner of Texas, and for whom the county of Ward is named. From the ages of eleven to fifteen, Dudley H. Ward resided in New York City with his mother, Susan Marston Ward, and received an education before returning to Texa...

Ward, Thomas William, 1807-1872

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