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Papers, 1861.

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Official papers, Jan. 2-Apr. 30, 1861, pertaining mostly to the fortification, provisioning, and garrisoning of the forts and batteries around Charleston harbor. Includes copies of general and special orders from the Adjutant and Inspector General's offices, construction reports, requisitions, and lists of officers and men. Correspondents include George T. Andrews, Ellison Capers, States Rights Gist, Maxcy Gregg, Walter Gwynn, David Flavel Jamison, David R. Jones, Stephen Dill Lee, Junior Mitchel, James Johnson Pettigrew, J.J. Pope, Jr., Roswell S. Ripley, and Francis Wilkinson.

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Duke University Libraries, Duke University Library; Perkins Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 6965514

Duke University Libraries, Duke University Library; Perkins Library

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Dunovant, R. G. M. (Richard Gill Mills), 1821-1898

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Confederate Army officer, in charge of the defense of the harbor at Charleston, S.C. From the description of Papers, 1861. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 19536550 Confederate Army officer. A native of Chester County, S.C., he practiced medicine in Texas and returned to Chester at the outset of the Mexican War to raise a company of volunteers, of which he was elected captain and later lieutenant colonel. He signed the Ordinance of Secession and was in active s...

Pettigrew, James Johnston, 1828-1863

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Attorney in Charleston (Charleston Co.), S.C. From the description of Letter, n.d. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 43297787 ...

Jamison, D. F. (David Flavel), 1810-1864

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Planter, author, and politician, from Barnwell County, S.C. From the description of Papers, 1842-1862. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 19851570 Attorney; author; planter; member, South Carolina House of Representatives, 1836-1848; secession leader; president, South Carolina secession convention, 1860; presiding judge, Confederate military courts, 1862-1864. From the description of David Flavel Jamison papers, 1850-1928; (bulk, 1861-1865). (Universi...

Capers, Ellison, 1837-1908

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Ellison Capers (1837-1908) was a Confederate brigadier general and Episcopal bishop in South Carolina. From the guide to the Ellison Capers Papers, ., 1891; 1902 and undated, (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection.) Confederate officer and Protestant Episcopal clergyman, of Columbia and Charleston, S.C. From the description of Papers, 1860-1908. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 19317092 Confede...

Wilkinson, Francis.

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Lee, Stephen D. (Stephen Dill), 1833-1908

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Planter, U.S. and Confederate army officer. From the description of ALS : Columbus, Miss., to Charles Colcock Jones, 1883 Dec. 23. (Rosenbach Museum & Library). WorldCat record id: 122442865 From the description of ALS : Columbus, Miss., to Charles Colcock Jones, 1883 Nov. 15. (Rosenbach Museum & Library). WorldCat record id: 86156169 Lieutenant General, C.S.A.; President, Mississippi Agricultural and Mechanical College; and Mississippi state legislator; nat...

Gist, States Rights, 1831-1864

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Andrews, George Townsend, 1805-1855

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Jones, David R

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Gregg, Maxcy, 1814-1862

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Lawyer and soldier of Columbia, S.C.; attended South Carolina College; admitted to the bar, 1839; served as an officer in U.S. Army during the Mexican-American War and as Brigadier-General in Confederate States Army; delegate, 1860, from Richland District, S.C. at S.C. Secession convention; killed, Dec. 1862, at the Battle of Fredericksburg; son of James and Cornelia Maxcy Gregg. From the description of Maxcy Gregg papers, 1835-1888. (University of South Carolina). WorldCat record id...

Ripley, R. S. (Roswell Sabine), 1823-1887

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Brigadier general in the South Carolina State Militia, based in Charleston, S.C. From the description of Papers, 1862. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 20115889 General Roswell S. Ripley, a native of Ohio, graduated from the U.S. Military Academy in 1843 and served in the Mexican and Seminole Wars. Subsequent to leaving army service, he settled in South Carolina, where he was a businessman and also active in the state militia. He was named Major of South Caroli...

Pope, J. J., Jr.

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Confederate states of America. Army

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The Savannah Ordnance Depot, Savannah, Georgia, was organized as a field depot during the Civil War. In April 1864, it became the Savannah Arsenal under the supervision of the Chief of Ordnance. From the description of Savannah Ordnance Depot employment roll, 1864. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 38477938 The Confederate States of America Army may have created the position of Purchasing Commissary of Subsistence to oversee the distribution of food and other supplies to the Co...

Gwynn, Walter, 1802-1882

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Confederate captain of engineers, stationed in Charleston, S.C. From the description of Correspondence, 1860-1861. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 19657588 ...