Papers of Thomas and William Reeder, 1861-1865.

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Papers of Thomas and William Reeder, 1861-1865.

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Chiefly personal letters re camp life with the Palmetto Guards, troop movements, shelling of Charleston, S.C., running the blockade, and social activities. Other areas represented include James Island, Pocotaligo, Port Royal, and Green Pond, S.C., and various encampments in Virginia, including Manassas, Fairfax, Shenandoah Valley, Falls Church. Including 2 letters, 8 June 1861, Bull Run and Chickahominy River Basin, Va., from Thomas Reeder to "Dear Sister," re Col. [Maxcy] Gregg's troop movements, camp life, the Virginia landscape; letter, re camp life, living conditions, skirmishes, and injuries and wounds sustained by soldiers; letter, 28 Nov. 1862, Fredericksburg, Va., from Thomas Reeder to "Dear Sister," re troop movements, living conditions, the Blue Ridge Mountains, and activities around Fredericksburg. Letter, 3 Nov. 1863, Green Pond, S.C., William Reeder to "My Dear Little Sister Sue Louisa," Manning, S.C., re living conditions, weather, life in Manning, and receipt of mail from family members.

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Reeder, Thomas

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Reeder family.

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Confederate States of America. Army. South Carolina Infantry, 17th.

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Reeder, William O., 1897-

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Gregg, Maxcy, 1814-1862

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Lawyer and soldier of Columbia, S.C.; attended South Carolina College; admitted to the bar, 1839; served as an officer in U.S. Army during the Mexican-American War and as Brigadier-General in Confederate States Army; delegate, 1860, from Richland District, S.C. at S.C. Secession convention; killed, Dec. 1862, at the Battle of Fredericksburg; son of James and Cornelia Maxcy Gregg. From the description of Maxcy Gregg papers, 1835-1888. (University of South Carolina). WorldCat record id...