Fleming family papers, 1854-1865.

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Fleming family papers, 1854-1865.

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Consisting of correspondence and receipts. Receipt, 15 Dec. 1854, from M.O.W. Simpson for the purchase of George, an African American slave, by J[oh]n Fleming; letter, 27 June 1861, "[with]in 25 miles of... Washington [D.C.]," re military strategy, and anticipation of battle, "a fight is inevitable... Davis is opposed to firing first - our picketts are in speaking distance..." Letter, 8 May 1862, Clinton, S.C., from D.T. [Carpenter?] to Mr. L. Fleming, re payment of taxes on an unidentified female slave woman; receipt, 6 Apr. 1863, "Elihu Watson, Esq., Tax Collector, pay to Mrs. Edmund Adair, seventy dollars out of the funds collected for the poor of Laurens Dist[rict]..." signed by Tho[mas] F. Jones; Affidavit, 15 July 1863, Laurens, S.C., certifying J.O.C. Fleming as ineligible for military service due to a gun shot wound to his right leg, signed by B.F. Kilgore; and tax-in-kind receipt, 3 Apr. 1865, Laurens, S.C., of Samuel Fleming, for pork and bacon conscripted for the Confederate Army, signed by R.P. Moth.

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University of South Carolina, System Library Service, University Libraries

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Kilgore, B. F.

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Fleming family.

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Residents of Laurens District, S.C. From the description of Fleming family papers, 1854-1865. (University of South Carolina). WorldCat record id: 33018571 ...

Fleming, J. O. C.

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Simpson, M. O. W.

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Fleming, John, fl. 1863.

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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...

Fleming, Samuel P.

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