James Calvert Wise papers, 1860-1904.

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James Calvert Wise papers, 1860-1904.

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Collection contains Wise's personal, political, business, and military papers. Personal and business papers include correspondence with and receipts for goods from various Louisiana merchants, including George A. Pike of Baton Rouge and A. Miltenberger of New Orleans. Military papers include letters to Wise from men in his unit requesting furloughs. Reports, orders, correspondence with other Louisiana quartermasters, receipts, and abstracts for provisions are also present. They reflect the administration of Wise's offices, including the procurement and transportation of supplies, the state's efforts to oversee civilian food supplies, and the employment of civilians by the Confederate government at Alexandria and Shreveport. Correspondents include Henry Watkins Allen, George Mason Graham, Thomas C. Manning, Thomas O. Moore, Lewis Texada, James Madison Wells, and other leading civilian and military figures. Wise continued to receive letters from many of these men after the war, especially Allen and Moore. They discuss disloyalty of the citizens of Rapides parish, running their plantations in Texas, concerns about African-American laborers and the Freedmen's Bureau, and Texas and Louisiana politics. Additional post-bellum materials primarily relate to Wise's political activities. Printed items include Confederate tax forms, Confederate and Louisiana currency, a notice to planters and freedmen issued by the U.S. Army, Republican party publications and speeches, and business cards. Muster rolls for the following military units are also present: 1st Louisiana Regiment of Volunteers; 1st Battalion, Volunteer Cavalry (Bossier Rangers); 3rd Battalion, State Guard.

1,331 items.2 v.

Louisiana State University, LSU Libraries

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SNAC Resource ID: 7132203

Louisiana State University, LSU Libraries

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