Letters of Erastus Hoskins, 1862-1864.

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Letters of Erastus Hoskins, 1862-1864.

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Include letters, 1862-1864, of Erastus "Ras" Hoskins to his wife, Lou Pinkston Hoskins, while stationed in Mississippi, concerning Confederate and Union movements there, Union actions against Vicksburg, Miss., Confederate cavalry raids, a battle near Mechanicksburg, Miss., and the soldiers' pay. Also concerns camp life, sickness and Hoskins' slave at camp, Union parole policy, his own parole, uniforms, furloughs, Confederate taxes and draft, Union politics, farm management, his back pain, purchasing land, finances, care of slaves, and family news. Also include six letters, 1863-1864, from James Preston Pinkston to his sister Lou Pinkston Hoskins concerning Union army movements in Tennessee and Georgia, his opinions about Generals Braxton Bragg and Joseph E. Johnston, and camp life. Additional family correspondence, 1864, concerns marriage, sickness, Union capture of two family members, the devastation of a relative's farm, slaves' leaving the farm, and an opinion that extensive financial support for the Confederate States Army should exempt one from the draft.

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University of Virginia. Library

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University of Virginia. Library

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Hoskins, Erastus.

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Represented in the collection are Erastus Hoskins, Confederate Army officer with the Quartermaster Corps and 38th Mississippi mounted infantry (Mabry's Cavalry Brigade), resident of Lexington, Miss.; his wife, Lou (Pinkston) Hoskins, of Lexington, Miss.; her brother, James Preston Pinkston, who served in the Confederate Army artillery under Generals Bragg and Johnston. From the description of Letters of Erastus Hoskins, 1862-1864. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 3213545...

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...

Hoskins, Lou Pinkston.

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Bragg, Braxton, 1817-1876

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Confederate Army officer, planter, and engineer. From the description of Braxton Bragg papers, 1833-1879 [microform]. (Rhinelander District Library). WorldCat record id: 44880220 Confederate General. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Mobile, to H. Storm, 1873 Oct. 9. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270133497 Army officer. From the description of Braxton Bragg papers, 1861-1863. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79455179 G...

Johnston, Jospeh E. (Joseph Eggleston), 1807-1891

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Pinkston, James Preston.

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