Liddell family papers, 1850-1869.

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Liddell family papers, 1850-1869.

Letters from members of the Liddell family pertain to the California Gold Rush, the migration of Southern planters to South America after the Civil War, and financial aid offered by Southern colleges to prospective students during Reconstruction.

23 letters.

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Liddell, J. Andrew.

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Liddell, St. John Richardson

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St. John Richardson Liddell, a prominent planter of Llanada Plantation, Catahoula Parish, Louisiana served as brigadier general in the Confederate Army during the Civil War. He commanded a division of the Army of Tennessee at the Battle of Chickamauga, Ga. Sept. 1863, assumed command of the District of Southwest Mississippi and East Louisiana August 2, 1864, and later commanded the defense of Fort Blakely, Ala. in 1865. He resumed his plantation work at Llanada at the end of the war. ...

Liddell, Moses, b. 1785.

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Moses Liddell, born 1785, was a prominent planter of Elmsley Plantation, Woodville, Mississippi. In the mid 1840's he sold Elmsley and relocated nearer to his son, St. John Richardson Liddell of Llanada Plantation, Catahoula Parish, La. St. John, also a prominent planter, served as brigadier general in the Confederate Army during the Civil War. He resumed his plantation work at Llanada at the end of the war, and was fatally shot by Charles Jones on Feb. 14, 1870 after a long standing feud. ...

Louisiana State Seminary of Learning and Military Academy

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Little family.

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Moses Liddell was a prominent planter of Elmsley Plantation, Woodville, Miss. In the mid 1840s he sold Elmsley and relocated nearer to his son, St. John Richardson Liddell of Llanada Plantation, Catahoula Parish, La. St. John Liddell (1815-1870) served as a brigadier general in the Confederate Army and resumed planting at Llanada after the war. He was fatally shot by Charles Jones on Feb. 14, 1870 after a longstanding feud. From the description of Liddell family papers, 1850-1869. (L...

Boyd, David French, 1834-1899

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David French Boyd (1834-1899) was an officer in the Confederate Army who for a time was a prisoner of war on a Union boat moored in Alexandria, La. After the war, Boyd was instrumental in the founding of Lousiana State University. From the guide to the David French Boyd Letter, ., 1864, (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection.) Boyd graduated from the University of Virginia in 1856, and later served in the Confederate Army. From ...