McGaw family papers, 1859-1867.

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McGaw family papers, 1859-1867.

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Chiefly Civil War correspondence between Samuel P. McGaw and his sister, Carrie McGaw, re Civil War, camp life, battles, hardships, military life, and life as a soldier; including letter, 9 Feb. 1862, Sullivan's Island, S.C., re typhoid fever outbreak in camp and election of Senator James Lawrence Orr; letter, 5 Apr. 1862, Sullivan's Island, S.C., re spending habits of officers. Letter, 25 Mar. 1863, Frazierville Plantation, Abbeville District, S.C., from H.T. Sloan, re death of Samuel P. McGaw in Virginia; also including 2 letters, 4 Apr. 1863 and 15 May 1863, Goodman, Miss., from Kate McGaw Campbell, re death of her brother, Samuel P. McGaw, and plans to move to South America in the event of Northern victory.

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University of South Carolina, System Library Service, University Libraries

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SNAC Resource ID: 7476218

University of South Carolina, System Library Service, University Libraries

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Orr, James Lawrence, 1822-1873

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James Lawrence Orr (May 12, 1822 – May 5, 1873) was an American diplomat and politician who served as the 22nd Speaker of the United States House of Representatives from 1857 to 1859. He also served as the 73rd Governor of South Carolina from 1865 to 1868 after a term in the Confederate States Senate. Orr was born at Craytonville, South Carolina located in Anderson County, South Carolina. He graduated from the University of Virginia in 1841 and became an attorney. He served as a Democratic Co...

McGaw family.

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McGaw, Samuel P., d. 1862

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Sloan, H. T. (Henry Thompson), 1823-1894

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Campbell, Kate McGaw

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Confederate states of America. Army

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McGaw, Carrie

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