James G. Grimes papers, 1845-1871 [microform].

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James G. Grimes papers, 1845-1871 [microform].

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The collection consists of the papers of James G. Grimes from 1845-1871. The papers include correspondence, broadsides, minutes, and a military discharge. The letters written by J. G. Grimes and members of the Gallegley, Fuson, and Haggard families in Wayne County, Tennessee and Union County, Illinois are dated between 1845 and 1871. Two of the letters are written by soldiers during the Civil War. In addition to the letters the collection includes a printed broadside; the minutes of the Indian Creek Association of Baptists, 1856; James G. Grimes's discharge from the Union Army; and an undated broadside with the title "Chronicles of the War," written by Thomas P. Cowan of Menard County, Illinois in a style parodying the Bible.

1 microfilm reel.

Emory University. Special Collections and Archives

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Emory University. Special Collections and Archives

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Haggard family.

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Grimes, James Larry

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James G. Grimes, Union soldier, teacher, and farmer, was born ca. 1844, in Illinois or Tennessee. He lived in Union County, Illinois, at one time, but moved to Clifton, Tennessee, after the war. Grimes, like other members of his family, may have been a Union sympathizer who moved to Illinois when the Civil War began. He served with Company I, 58th Regiment Illinois Infantry, and was discharged April 1, 1866. From the description of James G. Grimes papers, 1845-1871 [microform]. (Unkn...

United States. Army. Illinois Infantry Regiment, 58th (1862-1865). Company I.

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Confederate States of America. Army. Tennessee Cavalry

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Fuson family.

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Grimes family.

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Gallegly family.

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