Papers, 1861-1966, bulk 1861-1907.

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Papers, 1861-1966, bulk 1861-1907.

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Fifty letters (1861-1862), some with pictorial letterheads, from Smith to his wife, describing his service with the 21st Ohio Infantry Regiment, Company D, during campaigns in Kentucky, Tennessee, and Alabama. Includes two penciled drawings of the scene at the company's engagement at Ivy Creek, Ky. (Nov. 1861) and one of Fort Ewing, Tenn., along with text about these locations. Also, a notebook (chiefly 1882-1907) with an autobiographical sketch, genealogical information about the Smith and Potts families, a list of marriages he performed in Missouri, a line-a-day diary, photographs, and other papers.

58 items.

Duke University Libraries, Duke University Library; Perkins Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 6904766

Duke University Libraries, Duke University Library; Perkins Library

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Smith family.

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United States. Army. Ohio Infantry Regiment, 21st (1861-1865). Company D.

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Potts family.

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Smith, Henry Ackerman, 1837-1907

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Born Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania. Taught in Jessamine Co., Ky., from 1859 until outbreak of Civil War, during which he was a Corporal with the 21st Ohio Infantry Regiment. Married Almira Clay Potts in 1861. Methodist minister, serving pastorates in Kentucky and St. Louis Conferences. From the description of Papers, 1861-1966, bulk 1861-1907. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 16014631 ...

Methodist Episcopal Church, South.

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In 1845, as a result of the North-South tensions, the Methodist Episcopal Church conferences in the Southern states withdrew to form the Methodist Episcopal Church, South. In 1874 at the General Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South held in Louisville, Kentucky, a Board of Commissioners was appointed to meet with a similar board from the Methodist Episcopal Church (MEC). The Board was empowered to begin talks the MEC board that would resolve differences between the two denomination...