James Chesnut letters, 1850-1862.

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James Chesnut letters, 1850-1862.

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Handwritten correspondence includes an invitation (1850) to Chesnut from Wade Hampton for Chesnut and other members of the Camden delegation to stay at Hampton's home in Columbia; a letter (1850) from Wirt Adams of Bayou Goula, Louisiana to Col. Chesnut asking for Chesnut's help in claiming a mulatto servant currently in the employ of Orlando Rees of Stateburg, South Carolina; and a letter (1856) to Col. Chesnut at White Sulphur, Virginia, from T.J. Withers of Camden, South Carolina, commenting on people and weather in the community. Also included is a letter from Edw. B. White, Superintending Architect of the New Customs House, Charleston, South Carolina, to the Hon. James Chesnut requesting Chesnut's aid in gaining congressional approval for $300,000 to continue construction of the Customs House. White is also concerned that any delay in construction may cause the loss of the stone masons "imported" for the job; and a letter (1860) from L.Q. Washington of Washington D.C., to James Chesnut, Camden, South Carolina, urging South Carolina's secession on December 18, confident that the other Southern states will follow. A letter (1861 December 12) from Lt. Col. Gorgas, Chief of Ordnance, C.S.A., Richmond, to Chesnut, Columbia, South Carolina, concerning a model of a bayonet Gorgas sent to Chesnut; a letter (1862) from James H. Nash, Senate Chamber, Richmond, Virginia, to Hon. James Chesnut, Chief of Dept. Military, South Carolina, explaining Nash's oversight in not sending one of his negroes from Greenville to work on coastal defenses as required by the Confederate government; and an undated letter from Edward J. Pringle, Lafayette House, to James Chesnut, U.S. Senate, concerning a recent District Attorney appointee, and Calhoun Bonham's opinion on a case in which Pringle is involved.

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Pringle, Edward Jenkins, 1826-1899

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Born into an aristocratic Charleston family, Edward J. Pringle attended the South Carolina College in 1841 and transferred to Harvard, where he graduated with honors in 1845. He was admitted to the bar in 1847, but first decided to enjoy his wealth, and embarked on a two-year grand tour of Europe. Strong to his family business of being wealthy planters, he wrote in defense of slavery in 1857 with a work titled, "Slavery in the Southern States." Finding insufficient legal work in Charleston, he e...

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Chesnut, James, 1815-1885

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Camden, S.C. attorney, plantation owner, state legislator, and U.S. Senator. He held several military posts during the Civil War including a staff position in Richmond, Va. from 1862 to 1864. His wife was Mary Boykin Miller (1823-1886). From the description of James Chesnut papers, 1850-1900. (The South Carolina Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 36794015 Attorney, plantation owner, South Carolina Representative, South Carolina Senator, and U.S. Senator. A native of Ca...

Adams, Wirt, 1852-1914

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White, E. B. (Edward Brickell), 1806-1882

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Hampton, Wade, 1818-1902

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Wade Hampton (1818-1902) was a planter, Confederate officer, governor of South Carolina, and United States senator. From the guide to the Wade Hampton Papers, ., 1813-1891, (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection.) South Carolina governor. From the description of Letter : Columbia, S.C., to Gen. Conner, 1880 October 31. (The South Carolina Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 32140158 Confederate Army off...

United States Custom House (Charleston, S.C.)

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Withers, Thomas Jefferson, 1804-1865

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Gorgas, Josiah, 1818-1883

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General and Chief of Ordnance for the Confederate States Army; later, president of the University of Alabama. From the description of Extracts from my notes written chiefly soon after the close of the war, [ca. 1865]. (University of Arizona). WorldCat record id: 29452282 Born in Dauphin County, Pa., Josiah Gorgas graduated from West Point in 1841 and was assigned to the ordnance corps. He served in the Mexican-American War and was promoted to captain in 1855. In 1853, he mar...

Rees, Orlando.

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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...

Bonham, Calhoun.

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