Papers, 1861-1896.

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Papers, 1861-1896.

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Contains papers relating to Thomas Henry Carter's service in the King William Artillery Battery, C.S.A., and as the chief of artillery to Daniel Harvey Hill (1821-1889) and Jubal Anderson Early (1816-1894). Letters to his wife, Susan Elizabeth (Roy) Carter (1833-1902), concern military operations (including the battles of Cedar Creek, South Mountain, Antietam, and Spotsylvania Court House), camp life, and Carter's opinion of the following Confederate commanders: Robert E. Lee (1807-1870), G. T. Beauregard (1818-1893), Jubal Anderson Early (1816-1894), and Robert Emmett Rodes (1829-1864). Also in the collection is Thomas Carter's wartime and postwar correspondence with various individuals concerning his wartime service. Correspondents include Eugene Blackford (1839-1908), Armistead Lindsay Long (1827-1891), Robert Powel Page (1846-1930), and Robert Emmett Rodes.

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Beauregard, G. T. (Gustave Toutant), 1818-1893

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P.G.T. Beauregard was a Confederate States Army general from New Orleans, Louisiana. The Aztec Club was organized in 1847 as a fraternal society for officers serving under General Winfield Scott's command in Mexico City. Several officers later became major Civil War leaders. From the description of Pierre Gustave Toutant Beauregard letter, 1892 Dec. 29. (Louisiana State University). WorldCat record id: 70294149 Former Confederate general and resident of New Orleans. At the t...

Carter, Thomas Henry, 1831-1908

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Confederate artillery officer; Railroad executive; Proctor of the University of Virginia and superintendent of buildings and grounds, 1897. From the description of Questions and answers [relating to the University of Virginia] [manuscript], circa 1897-1905. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 231754609 From the description of Questions and answers [relating to the University of Virginia] [manuscript], circa 1897-1905. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 6...

Rodes, Robert Emmett, 1829-1864

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Confederate general; of Lynchburg, Va.; killed in battle in the Shenandoah Valley. From the description of Civil War letter of Gen. Robert E. Rodes, ca. 1862. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71057253 ...

Lee, Robert Edward, 1807-1870

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Robert Edward Lee (1807-1870) served as General of the Confederate Army in the U.S. Civil War and was president of Washington College in Lexington, Virginia from 1865 to 1870. Lee spent the first twenty-three years of his military career in the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. From 1837 to 1841 he was superintending engineer for the harbor of St. Louis and the upper Mississippi and Missouri rivers. Robert E. Lee was a United States Army officer, 1829-1861; commander of Virginia forces in the ...

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...

Long, A. L. (Armistead Lindsay), 1827-1891

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U.S. Army officer, Confederate brigadier general of artillery, and secretary and biographer of Gen. Robert E. Lee. From the description of A. L. Long papers, 1754-1886 [manuscript]. WorldCat record id: 24201823 A. L. Long was a United States Army officer, Confederate brigadier general of artillery, and secretary and biographer of General Robert E. Lee. From the guide to the A. L. Long Papers, ., 1754-1886, (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. So...

Hill, D. H. (Daniel Harvey), 1821-1889

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Daniel Harvey Hill (1821-1889), soldier and educator, was born in York District, S.C., to Solomon Hill and Nancy Cabeen Hill. He graduated from West Point in 1842. As a United States army officer, he participated in all the major battles of the Mexican War. Hill resigned from the military in 1849 to become professor of mathematics at Washington College (now Washington and Lee University). In 1854, he accepted the chair of the mathematics department at Davidson College, a position he held unti...

Carter, Susan Elizabeth Roy, 1833-1902.

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Early, Jubal Anderson, 1816-1894

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Confederate general. From the description of Autograph manuscript : [n.p., n.d.]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270742671 James Barron Hope was born 23 March 1829 in Norfolk, Virginia. He was the grandson of James Barron and son of Wilton and Jane A. (Barron) Hope. James Barron Hope graduated from the College of William and Mary. He practiced law and was commonwealth's attorney for Norfolk. He married Anne Beverley Whiting. The couple had two daughters, Jane A. Barron (Jane...

Page, Robert Powel, 1846-1930.

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Blackford, Eugene, 1839-1908.

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