Roach and Eggleston family papers, 1825-1905 (bulk 1853-1905).

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Roach and Eggleston family papers, 1825-1905 (bulk 1853-1905).

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The 49-volume diary of Mahala P.H. Roach, 1853-1860, 1862, and 1866-1905, comprises the bulk of this collection. Mahala wrote about household chores; her family, including disciplining her children and conflicts with her mother; and neighbors and friends, especially focusing on social activities in Vicksburg. Mahala also described nursing she did during epidemics of yellow fever, cholera, and other sicknesses in Vicksburg. A three-volume diary of James P. Roach, 1858-1860, is also included. Roach, a banker, wrote about banking, civic, and political affairs in Vicksburg. James and Mahala both noted visits from Jefferson and Joseph Emory Davis. Also included are correspondence, financial and legal items, scrapbooks and commonplace books, and miscellaneous diaries of other members of the Roach, Gildart, and Eggleston families. One of these diaries discusses the 1864 banishment from Vicksburg of Elizabeth Gildart Eggleston, who appears to have been running a hospital in the city.

ca. 150 items (8.5 linear ft.)

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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SNAC Resource ID: 7117111

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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Roach, James P., d. 1860.

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Wirt Adams & Co. (Vicksburg, Miss.)

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Roach family.

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Eggleston, Elizabeth Gildart, d. 1895.

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Confederate Cemetary Association (Vicksburg, Miss.)

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Roach, Mahala P. H., 1835-1905.

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Davis, Joseph Emory, fl. 1846-1866.

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Davis, Jefferson, 1808-1889

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Mary Ann Lamar Cobb (1818-1889), wife of Gen. Howell Cobb (1815-1868). From the description of Letter to Mary Ann Lamar Cobb, 1888 Oct. 2. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 38476494 Jefferson Davis (1808-1889) was born in Kentucky. He attended Transylvania University for a short time before enrolling at West Point in 1824, at the age of 16. He graduated in 1828 and immediately joined the First Infantry. His regiment was engaged in the Blackhawk War of 1831. In 1833, he became a...

Gildart family.

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Eggleston family.

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