Stonewall Jackson papers, 1842-1898 (bulk 1861-1862) [manuscript].

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Stonewall Jackson papers, 1842-1898 (bulk 1861-1862) [manuscript].

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Chiefly military correspondence, 1861-1862, with a few prewar items and postwar letters received by Jackson's second wife, Mary Anna Morrison Jackson. The earliest items are letters, 1842, about Jackson's appointment to West Point. Military correspondence includes letters to Judah P. Benjamin, 1861; from Robert E. Lee, 1862; and from R. S. Ewell, 1862, about troop movements in Virginia. Also included are a letter, 1861, from W. N. Pendleton defending himself against charges of cowardice and letters about Jackson's charge of neglect of duty against A. P. Hill in 1862.

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University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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