Papers, 1855-1879.

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Papers, 1855-1879.

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Chiefly personal and military correspondence containing accounts of campaigns and tactics, troop movements, courts-martial, camp life, the blockading of the Charleston (S.C.) harbor, the first battle of Manassas (Bull Run), the battles of Fredericksburg and Chattanooga, politics in the promotion of officers, and the C.S.A. Congress. A letter, 1867, from Asbury Coward describes the difficulties in South Carolina during Reconstruction, commenting on crops, prices, education, and politics; and discusses King's Mountain Military School, Yorkville, S.C., which he and Jenkins founded in 1855. Two letters, 1879, from M.I. Jenkins describe U.S. Army life in Colorado.

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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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