General Earl Van Dorn papers, 1847-1904.

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General Earl Van Dorn papers, 1847-1904.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122498294

This collection contains letters, orders, telegrams, clippings and maps. Many of the letters and telegrams are from Confederate officials and officers, including: Jefferson Davis, Braxton Bragg, John C. Breckenridge, John C. Pemberton, J. F. H. Claiborne, William H. Jackson, Daniel Ruggles, John S. Bowen, Lloyd Tilghman and Sterling Price. Also mentioned in the records are Carrie Van Dorn, Earl's wife, and Emily Van Dorn Miller, his sister. Three hand-drawn maps are in the collection from 1862 and 1863. One includes the LaGrange (Tenn.) and Lamar (Miss) area, another the Bolivar (Tenn.) area and the third covers the area from Columbia (Tenn.) to Franklin (Tenn.). This third map includes a detail drawing of the house in Spring Hill (Tenn.) in which Van Dorn had his headquarters and in which he died.

.33 cubic ft. (1 archives box).

Alabama Department of Archives and History

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Alabama Department of Archives and History

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