Papers, 1859-1972.

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Papers, 1859-1972.

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Cockrell's correspondence, notes, and maps concerning historical research, copies of his essays, and material he had privately printed. The bulk of the material pertains to various issues of Civil War history, including the activities of Gen. George E. Pickett at the battle of Gettysburg; the furniture in the William McLean house at Appomattox; the location of the graves of several military leaders; the siege of Vicksburg; the battle of Corinth; and the route taken by the members of the Confederate cabinet as they fled Richmond in 1865. Also, letters from John W. Davis, Katherine Anne Porter, Shirley Seifert, and William Allen White, and draft and printed copies of several of Cockerell's articles.

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Duke University Libraries, Duke University Library; Perkins Library

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Duke University Libraries, Duke University Library; Perkins Library

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Porter, Katherine Anne, 1890-1980

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Katherine Anne Porter (1890-1980) was one of the most brilliant practitioners of the art of the short story. Her literary reputation rests on the stories in her Collected Stories (1964) rather than on her best-selling novel Ship of Fools (1962). Born Callie Russell Porter on May 15, 1890, she was the fourth of Harrison and Mary Alice Porter's five children. When her mother died in March 1892, her father moved the four surviving children from his farm in the central Texas community ...

Picket, George E. (George Edward), 1825-1875.

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Davis, John William, 1917-

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Davis was manager of the Orleans Theatre and the New Orleans Grand Opera Company's French Opera House. From the description of John Davis will, 1839. (Louisiana State University). WorldCat record id: 70271337 At the close of the Revolutionary War, John Davis was a physician who lived in Eastham. In 1800 he moved to Barnstable where he was appointed a probate judge in the Barnstable District Court. John Davis was married to Mercy and had approximately seven surviving children...

White, William Allen, 1939-....

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Seifert, Shirley, 1889-

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American author. From the description of Farewell, my general (manuscript), 1954 [manuscript]. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647821799 ...

Cockrell, Monroe F. (Monroe Fulkerson), 1884-

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Banker, amateur historian, and cartographer, of Evanston, Ill. From the description of Papers, 1859-1972. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 19465579 Retired banker from Evanston, Illinois. From the guide to the Monroe F. Cockrell research notes MSS. 0330., 1949-1956, (W.S. Hoole Special Collections Library, The University of Alabama) Resident of Illinois. From the description of Race Relations Scrapbook, 1942-1954. (University of...

McLean House (Appomattox, Va.)

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