Campbell family papers, 1781-1938 [manuscript].

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Campbell family papers, 1781-1938 [manuscript].

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Correspondence, financial and legal items, military papers, writings, photographs, and other items relating to the family of John Archibald Campbell. Materials relate to the Civil War career of several family members, including John A. Campbell, Duncan G. Campbell, and Frederick M. Colston; the imprisonment of John A. Campbell at Fort Pulaski, Ga.; family life; the postwar activity of Confederate officers, particularly Frederick M. Colston and Edward Porter Alexander; veterans' affairs; and the Maryland contribution to the Jamestown Ter-centennial Exposition in 1907. Included are photographs of Confederate Army officers and the battlefields at Antietam, Md., and Winchester, Va.

800 items (1.5 linear ft.).

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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SNAC Resource ID: 7052784

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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Colston, Frederick Morgan, 1835-1922.

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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...

Campbell family.

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John Archibald Campbell (1811-1889) was associate justice of the United States Supreme Court and assistant secretary of the Confederate War Department and related to the Campbell, Colston, Groner, and other families represented in this collection. From the description of Campbell family papers, 1781-1938 [manuscript]. WorldCat record id: 22500673 ...

Jamestown Ter-centennial Exposition (1907)

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Campbell, John Archibald, 1811-1889

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Lawyer and state legislator, Montgomery and Mobile, Alabama; associate judge, U.S. Supreme Court, 1853-1861; assistant secretary of war, Confederate Army, 1862-1865. From the description of Papers, 1865 Jan.-April. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library). WorldCat record id: 27989428 John Archibald Campbell (1811-1889), Justice U.S. Supreme Court (1853-1861). From the description of John Archibald Campbell papers, 1842-1843, 1885. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 38...

Groner family.

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Alexander, Edward Porter, 1835-1910

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Edward P. Alexander was Chief of Artillery, 1st Corps of the Army of Northern Virginia, Confederate States Army. He was the author of several books on the Civil War and railroads, including THE WILDERNESS CAMPAIGN, MILITARY MEMOIRS OF A CONFEDERATE, THE CONFEDERATE VETERAN, FIGHTING FOR THE CONFEDERACY, SKETCH OF LONGSTREET'S DIVISION--YORKTOWN AND WILLIAMSBURG, and RAILWAY PRACTICE. From the description of E.P. Alexander circular letter, 1866. (Louisiana State University). WorldCat ...