James H. Rion papers, 1828-1886.

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James H. Rion papers, 1828-1886.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/47359038

Contains the following types of materials: scrapbook, capsule biography, manuscript/printed letters. Contains information pertaining to the following war: Civil War -- Southern Interior. Contains information pertaining to the following military units: 25th South Carolina Militia Regiment, 6th South Carolina Infantry Regiment, 7th South Carolina Infantry Battalion. General description of the collection: The James H. Rion papers include officer's papers: Lawyer, Educator, Colonel, copy of scrapbook of newspaper clippings concerning Rion's personal, political, civil, and military life, capsule biography of Rion, one manuscript letter from wife, Kitty and one to Mr. F. Hoct, printed from Jefferson Davis.

1 box.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7579666

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Rion, James H. (James Henry), 1828-1886

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Colonel James Henry Rion was born in Montreal, Quebec, on April 17, 1828. After a stay in Savannah, Georgia he moved with his mother to Pendleton, South Carolina in 1843. She became housekeeper at Fort Hill for John C. Calhoun in 1844. Rion graduated from South Carolina College in December 1850. He married Mary Catherine "Kitty" Weir in December 1851. He was elected Colonel of the 25th Regiment of South Carolina Militia in October 1859. After South Carolina seceded in December 1860, the 25th was...

United States. Army

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The United States Army is the largest branch of the United States Armed Forces and performs land-based military operations. It is one of the seven uniformed services of the United States and is designated as the Army of the United States in the United States Constitution, Article 2, Section 2, Clause 1 and United States Code, Title 10, Subtitle B, Chapter 301, Section 3001. As the largest and senior branch of the U.S. military, the modern U.S. Army has its roots in the Continental Army, which wa...

Davis, Jefferson, 1808-1889

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Mary Ann Lamar Cobb (1818-1889), wife of Gen. Howell Cobb (1815-1868). From the description of Letter to Mary Ann Lamar Cobb, 1888 Oct. 2. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 38476494 Jefferson Davis (1808-1889) was born in Kentucky. He attended Transylvania University for a short time before enrolling at West Point in 1824, at the age of 16. He graduated in 1828 and immediately joined the First Infantry. His regiment was engaged in the Blackhawk War of 1831. In 1833, he became a...