W.A. Nelson papers [microform], 1855-1918.

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W.A. Nelson papers [microform], 1855-1918.

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Microfilm copies of 172 items, chiefly Civil War letters of Nelson to his wife Louisa from various camps in South Carolina and Virginia; also including letters of L.T. Henderson and D.T. Dial; family letters from Texas; diary, 1 Jan. - 4 Dec. 1872, recording weather conditions; personal accounts; family letters, 1893-1894, from Texas and Chicago, to Allen Dial, Laurens, S.C.; and World War I letters. Correspondence from W.A. Nelson to wife Louisa includes letters, 18 June 1862, James Island, S.C., re report that France had recognized the independence of the Confederacy; 6 Aug. 1862, Richmond, Va. predicting battle between Stonewall Jackson and [Gen. John] Pope and relating reports of William H. Seward's resignation and the refusal of governors of Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Connecticut to send troops to war; 24 Nov. 1862, Fredericksburg, Va., mentioning that some of the men were barefooted; 26 Jan. 1863, Lynchburg, Va., re his stay in a hospital; 22 Feb. 1863, advising her to buy a slave girl on "time"; 1 Mar. 1863, Camp near Fredericksburg, Va., reporting that he could get shoes cheaper through the government than at home; 20 June [18]63, Shenandoah Gap, Va., noting victory near Winchester and the capture by the cavalry of 208 Yankees; 9 July [18]63, Camp near Hagertown, Md., describing battle of Gettysburg; 6 Aug. 1863, Camp near Culpepper, Va., re sending home [Confederate] money and advising her to spend it instead of letting it depreciate; 6 Mar. 1864, Greenville, East Tenn., instructing her to recruit a servant so that "I can get a forty days furlough on him." Other items include telegram, [July 1864], C. Simms to Louisa Nelson, announcing W.A. Nelson's death from measles; and letter, 15 Apr. 1862, Camp Brooks, D.T. Dial to Louisa Nelson, describing Yankee and Confederate forces on opposite sides of the river, and commenting re disease in camp.

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