James Washington Moore papers, 1861-1912.

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James Washington Moore papers, 1861-1912.

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Sixteen volumes, 1861-1912, Coosawhatchie, S.C., Gillisonville, S.C., Hampton, S.C., and other Confederate camps, re military life, Civil War, politics, social activities, and Moore's law practice. Including entries re battle preparations; troop movements; reassignment of his company to Gen. Jeb Stuart's command; military reports; remarks re Generals Robert E. Lee, Wade Hampton, Stonewall Jackson, and others; Moore's law practice; social life and customs; Benjamin Ryan Tillman's governorship; service on the Board of Visitors of the South Carolina Military Academy [the Citadel], Charleston, S.C.; and the 1904 riot in Darlington, S.C. Also including Incomplete unbound diary, 12 June-31 July [1864], consisting of a fragment of Civil War diary written from various locations near the S.C. coast and recording details of camp life, casualties, the prevalence of dysentery, and news of fighting near Secessionville and Adam's Run, S.C. Entry, 2 Jan. 1871, re militia emancipation celebration; entry, 4 Apr. 1879, re formation of a Teacher's Association; entry, 3 Apr. 1879, offering to defend, in Federal court, men from Hampton County, S.C., charged with voter intimidation; and entry, 1894, re possibility of Moore running for S.C. Senate.

17 v.

University of South Carolina, System Library Service, University Libraries

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SNAC Resource ID: 7431229

University of South Carolina, System Library Service, University Libraries

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Citadel, the Military College of South Carolina

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Moore, James Washington, 1837-1912

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Lawyer of Hampton County, S.C. and Gillisonville, (Beaufort now Jasper County) S.C.; member of S.C. House, 1865-1866; member of S.C. Senate, 1878-1894, and 1901-1902; graduate of University of Georgia, Athens, Ga., 1856; served as officer during Civil War; husband of Cornelia Elizabeth Tillinghast. From the description of James Washington Moore papers, 1861-1912. (University of South Carolina). WorldCat record id: 40904651 ...

Confederate states of America. Army

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Stuart, Jeb, 1833-1864

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James Ewell Brown (Jeb) Stuart, soldier, was born 6 February 1833, on "Laurel Hill" plantation, Patrick County, Virginia. He died 12 May 1864 and is buried in Richmond, Virginia. Stuart graduated from the U.S. Military Academy (1850); received his commission (1854); and transferred to the Cavalry (1855). He married Flora Cooke, a colonel's daughter, in 1855, and the couple had three children. Stuart became Robert E. Lee's aide (1859) and resigned from the U.S. Army to be commissioned a lieutenan...

Tillman, Benjamin R. (Benjamin Ryan), 1847-1918

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Farmer, governor of South Carolina, 1890-1894, and U.S. senator, 1895-1918; from Trenton (Edgefield Co.), S.C. From the description of Papers, 1894-1897. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 20400241 The series title represents "Personal Unprocessed" and was designed as such by staff at the South Caroliniana Library as part of their system of classifying collections. Apparently this part of the Tillman Papers was processed at a later date than the Incoming and Outg...