Thomas S. Waring papers 1849-1894, bulk 1862-1870.

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Thomas S. Waring papers 1849-1894, bulk 1862-1870.

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Chiefly consisting of family letters and Civil War correspondence, as well as several written during Reconstruction and later. Including seventeen letters, 15 May 1862-25 Oct. 1862, Thomas Waring, Johns Island, S.C., and various camps near Richmond, Va., and Maryland, to Rebecca B. Waring, re troop movements, battles, camp life, and duties as assistant surgeon in Longstreet's Division; letter, 1 Sept. 1862, near Manassas, Va., to Rebbecca Waring, re battlefield experiences at the 2nd Battle of Bull Run and wound suffered by T.S. Waring; letter, 25 0ct. 1862, near Winchester, Va., re professional and social courtesies extended to T.S. Waring. Nine letters, 9 May - 21 July 1870, written from New York, N.Y., and Venezula, South America, to family members, re T.S. Waring's trip to South America, and his establishment of an emigrant settlement populated by expatriate former Confederates in Venuzuela, South America. Letter, 3 June 1881, Columbia, S.C., from John C. Faber, condolences re death of T.S. Waring's father, Paul Hamilton Waring; 4 letters, 24 Nov. 1893-6 Jan. 1894, Charleston and "Megget's," S.C., to Mary V. Chaplain, re T.S. Waring's unrequited love for Chaplain; undated poem, "Palmetto Ballads No. 2. The Legend of the Cotton Plant," Charleston, S.C., by "F.M.," re birth of cotton crops in S.C., and undated short story by Miss S[usan] Waring of Young's Island [Colleton County, S.C.], "Carrie's Visitor's: A tale of North Edisto Inlet."

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University of South Carolina, System Library Service, University Libraries

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Longstreet, James, 1821-1904

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U.S. railroad commissioner, army officer, and diplomat. From the description of James Longstreet papers, 1858-circa 1877. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70980713 James Longstreet, military man, businessman, diplomat, and railway commissioner, was born 8 January 1821, in Edgefield District, South Carolina, and died 2 January 1904, in Gainesville, Georgia. He was a graduate of the U.S. Military Academy (1842) and served in the Mexican War before he resigned from the U.S. Army ...

Waring, Thomas S., d. 1894.

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Surgeon and planter, of Charleston, S.C.; officer in Confederate Army; son of Paul Hamilton Waring; husband of Rebbecca B. Waring. From the description of Thomas S. Waring papers 1849-1894, bulk 1862-1870. (University of South Carolina). WorldCat record id: 41494950 ...

Waring, Rebbecca.

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Warren family.

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Waring, Paul Hamilton.

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F. M.

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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...

Waring, Susan.

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