J.F.J. Caldwell collection, 1863-1918.

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J.F.J. Caldwell collection, 1863-1918.

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Handwritten reflection added by the author at request of Yates Snowden, according to inscription, 22 Aug. 1918, tipped into endpapers of Caldwell's 1866 memoir, The History of a Brigade of South Carolinians, Known First as "Gregg's" and subsequently as "McGowan's brigade." Caldwell recalls that "fully three-fourths of the book were written in camp, before the ... brief campaign of 1865"; Caldwell also conferred with officers of his brigade, and following surrender, at home of Samuel McGowan (1819-1897) of Abbeville, S.C. Includes transcriptions of letter, 24 June 1882, from McGowan to Waring Mikell, and newspaper clippings re death of Gen. Maxcy Gregg, [28 Dec.] 1862 and 5 Jan. 1863, and annoucement, 10 Sept. 1866, of publication of Caldwell's book.

13 sheets tipped into endpapers of 1866 book ; 20 cm.

University of South Carolina, System Library Service, University Libraries

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SNAC Resource ID: 7711801

University of South Carolina, System Library Service, University Libraries

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Gregg, Maxcy, 1814-1862

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Lawyer and soldier of Columbia, S.C.; attended South Carolina College; admitted to the bar, 1839; served as an officer in U.S. Army during the Mexican-American War and as Brigadier-General in Confederate States Army; delegate, 1860, from Richland District, S.C. at S.C. Secession convention; killed, Dec. 1862, at the Battle of Fredericksburg; son of James and Cornelia Maxcy Gregg. From the description of Maxcy Gregg papers, 1835-1888. (University of South Carolina). WorldCat record id...

Caldwell, J. F. J. (James Fitz James)

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Author of an early regimental history primarily written in camp during Civil War and published soon after. From the description of J.F.J. Caldwell collection, 1863-1918. (University of South Carolina). WorldCat record id: 55792429 James Fitz-James Caldwell was born in South Carolina, on 19 September 1837 and graduated from South Carolina College in 1857. Following graduation, he read law in Charleston, South Carolina, and then continued his studies in Europe for...

Confederate States of American. Army.

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McGowan, Samuel, 1819-1897

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Lawyer, of Abbeville, S.C.; six-term state legislator, Abbeville District, 1851-1860; Confederate general; associate justice, South Carolina Supreme Court, 1879-1893. From the description of Samuel McGowan papers, 1803-1977; (bulk, 1845-1904). (University of South Carolina). WorldCat record id: 30380149 ...