Stewart family correspondence, 1861-1864.

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Stewart family correspondence, 1861-1864.

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Typed transcriptions of letters and a poem associated with the Stewart family. Included are a letter to Mr. and Mrs. Ben Stewart of Beaver Creek, Ala., from W.H. Clark, a soldier stationed near Manasas, Va., who boasts of the number and strength of Confederate forces arrayed there and the comparative weakness of opposing U.S. Army troops; a letter to Mary Stewart from L.B. Robbins, a member of Company E of the 25th Georgia Volunteers, who writes of homesickness and his state of health; and a letter by an unidentified minister's wife in Madison, Ala., who expatiates on the hardships of war, which she describes as a test of "the Christian character," and makes other observations of a homiletic nature. Accompanying the letters is a poem by Lawrence H. Mathews, a soldier in Company G of the 1st Florida Regiment, describing the hardships of a soldier's life and the solace that letters from home provide.

4 letters.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7166081

Louisiana State University, LSU Libraries

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Stewart, Ben.

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Clark, W. H., 1932-

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Born in Big Stone Gap, Virginia on 18 June 1932. Education: B.S., Industrial Engineering, North Carolina State University (1956), Cleveland-Marshall Law School, Northwestern University (1958), Stanford University Executive Program (1977). Employment: 1955-1960 Standard Oil of Ohio [SOHIO] ; 1960- Nalco Chemical Company. From the description of Oral history interview with W. H. Clark 1994 November 8 (Chemical Heritage Foundation). WorldCat record id: 76937851 ...

Stewart family.

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Stewart, Maryon

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Confederate States of America. Army. Florida Infantry Regiment, 1st. Company G.

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Robbins, L. B.

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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...

Matthews, Lawrence H.

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