Comer family papers, 1860-1864 [manuscript].

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Comer family papers, 1860-1864 [manuscript].

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The collection includes letters, 1860-1864 and undated, to and from various members of the Comer family, chiefly about family and business matters. The earliest letters are from Catherine Lucinda Comer in Barbour County, Ala., to Hugh Moss Comer at school in Warrior Stand, Ala., describing family and neighborhood life and giving details of the family businesses and finances and news of the farm and slaves. During the Civil War, there are letters relating to the service of John Wallace Comer with the Army of Tennessee. Undated items include a poem about a faithless sweetheart and a letter from Hugh to Catherine about having shoes made for him. Also included is a photograph of John Wallace Comer in Civil War uniform with his slave, Burrell.

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University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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Comer, Catherine Lucinda, d. 1898.

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Comer family.

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Members of the Comer family, cotton planters and lumber yard owners of Barbour County, Ala., included Catherine Lucinda Comer (d. 1898), who, widowed in 1858, continued to farm cotton and to operate the family's corn mill and lumber yard, and her six sons: Hugh Moss Comer (1842-1900); John Wallace Comer (1845-1919); St. George Legare Comer (b. 1847); U.S. senator and Alabama governor Braxton Bragg Comer (1848-1927); John Fletcher Comer, Jr. (1854-1927); and Edward Trippe Comer (1856-1927). ...

Comer, Hugh Moss, 1842-1900.

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Hugh Moss Comer (1842-1900) was a Savannah, Georgia businessman. His businesses included Bates and Comer, cotton merchants, H. M. Comer and Company, cotton merchants, Comer, Hull, and Company, fertilizer, Savannah Hotel Company, Savannah Construction Company, and Bibb Manufacturing. He also served as president of the Central of Georgia Railroad, 1892-1900. He also served as president of the Cotton Exchange and was a member of the Hibernian Society for many years. From the description...

Comer, John Wallace, 1845-1919.

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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...

Confederate States of America. Army of Tennessee

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Principal Confederate army of the west, formed November 1862. From the description of Records, 1861-1864. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library). WorldCat record id: 28447972 ...