George W. Guess papers, 1861-1865.

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George W. Guess papers, 1861-1865.

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The bound volume contains photocopies of Civil War letters, primarily by George W. Guess, with an introduction by Monroe F. Cockrell, grandson of Sarah Horton Cockrell. Letters (1861-1865) of Guess to Sarah Cockrell from Texas, Missouri, Arkansas, and Louisiana contain information concerning battles, Federal troop movements, terrain, living conditions of the people, the hostile attitude of Louisiana residents toward Texans, the health of his regiment, his superior officers, the mail service, Confederate currency, attitudes towards slaves, and Governor Allen's emancipation proclamation in Louisiana. Letters (1864-1865) from Alexandria and Shreveport concern his court-martial and imprisonment. The collection includes photocopies of a letter (1864) by Camille Polignac, Brigade General of the Confederate States Army, describing a gunboat fight and fortifications near Trinity. Letters (1864) from Confederate private William Flynn from Harrisonburg, Louisiana; from G. W. Gray in Arkansas; from Mitchell Gray in Atlanta, Georgia; and from A. W. Gray in Dallas, Texas are included along with receipts, pictures of George W. Guess and Sarah Horton Cockrell, and a manuscript copy of the "Obligation taken by the Knights of the Golden Circle," a pacifist organization which sought to end the war through compromise.

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Louisiana State University, LSU Libraries

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Louisiana State University, LSU Libraries

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Cockrell, Sarah Horton, 1819-1892

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Resident of Dallas, Tex. From the description of Papers, 1861-1871. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 19347765 ...

Knights of the Golden Circle

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Created in 1854 by George W. L. Bickley, a Virginia-born physician, the Knights of the Golden Circle (KGC) was a secret organization that sympathized with the southern states and sought to establish a slaveholding nation encompassing the southern United States and Central America in a “Golden Circle.” The group championed the preservation of slavery from the perceived threat of northern Abolitionism. By 1859, KGC membership spread through the southern states and Texas, where the gro...

Guess, George W., 1829-1868

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George W. Guess was a colonel in the Dallas Light Artillery Company and later in the 31st Regiment of the Texas Volunteer Cavalry of the Confederate Army. He was acquainted with Sarah Horton Cockrell of Dallas, Texas. In Sept. 1863, Guess was court-martialed for trade with the Federal forces, and in the same month, he was confined as a Confederate prisoner in a Federal prison in New Orleans, Louisiana. From the description of George W. Guess papers, 1861-1865. (Louisiana State Univer...

Confederate States of America. Army. Texas Cavalry Regiment, 31st.

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Cockrell, Monroe F. (Monroe Fulkerson), 1884-

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Banker, amateur historian, and cartographer, of Evanston, Ill. From the description of Papers, 1859-1972. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 19465579 Retired banker from Evanston, Illinois. From the guide to the Monroe F. Cockrell research notes MSS. 0330., 1949-1956, (W.S. Hoole Special Collections Library, The University of Alabama) Resident of Illinois. From the description of Race Relations Scrapbook, 1942-1954. (University of...

Polignac, Camille de, 1832-

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Camille Armand Jules Marie, Prince de Polignac (1832-1913) was a French nobleman, scholar, and soldier who joined the Confederate States Army at the outbreak of the American Civil War and became major general before war's end. He was one of the few French-born generals in the war. From the description of Camille de Polignac letter, 1861 Mar. 22. (Louisiana State University). WorldCat record id: 302346485 Camille Arnaud Jules Marie, Prince de Polignac, served in the Confedera...