Bailey Family Papers, 1841-1870.

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Bailey Family Papers, 1841-1870.

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The collection includes Civil War correspondence by Casermo Bailey pertaining to the Battle of Chickamauga and Siege of Chattanooga (autumn, 1863) among others. The papers in the collection span the years 1841-1870 with a particular concentration in 1863. In addition to correspondence, the collection also includes invoices belonging to the different members of the Bailey family. The collection also includes business ledgers detailing the various transactions and purchases necessary to manage the Bailey plantation enterprise. Being a wealthy man and a shrewd entrepreneur, James Bailey kept a precise record of his tobacco, cotton, rice, and sugar cane holdings down to the bushel (Wayne 1981, 28). These ledgers, from 1858-1877, collectively form a sort of microcosm through which the researcher can see the infrastructure of the South operating on the small-scale. A glass lantern slide of the Bailey House in Gainesville, Florida (1923) is also included.

2 boxes; 3 ledgers.

University of Florida

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SNAC Resource ID: 7604546

University of Florida

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Bailey, Casermo O.

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Casermo O. Bailey was born in 1842 to the prominent Bailey family of Gainesville. Cosmo, as he was most commonly called, was the eldest son of James B. Bailey and Mary E. Bailey. In 1863, at the age of 20, Cosmo enlisted in the Alachua Rebels, Company D, Seventh Florida Infantry Regiment to fight for the Confederacy. From the description of Bailey Family Papers, 1841-1870. (University of Florida). WorldCat record id: 49280370 ...

Confederate States of America. Army. Florida Infantry Regiment, 7th

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