Ella Merritt papers, 1859-1865

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Ella Merritt papers, 1859-1865

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/59281626

Letters from family and friends in S.C. discussing local and national news, sectional tensions, secession, and the Civil War. Letter, 30 Aug. 1859, re crimes in vicinity of Aiken and Hamburg, S.C.; letter, 30 Dec. 1859, news of the capture and execution of abolitionist John Brown. Letters from Confederate soldiers William Lowndes Daniel, John Bryant Weathersbee, and Tully Franklin Sullivan Weathersbee discuss camp life, battles, deaths, and 2 letters, Aug. 1863, from T.F.S. Weathersbee conditions at David's Island, New York, where the Weathersbee brothers were held as prisoners of war.

24 items (3 folders)

University of South Carolina, System Library Service, University Libraries

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SNAC Resource ID: 7774658

University of South Carolina, System Library Service, University Libraries

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Merritt family.

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Merritt, Ella, 1843-

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Native of South Carolina living in Boston, Mass., for medical treatment during late antebellum and Civil War periods; Merritt's family in South Carolina lived in Aiken [formerly Barnwell District, now in Aiken County] and Ridge Spring [now in Saluda County]. From the description of Ella Merritt papers, 1859-1865 (University of South Carolina). WorldCat record id: 59281626 ...

Weathersbee, John Bryant, 1844-1863

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Weathersbee, Tully Franklin Sullivan, 1843-1917

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Daniel, William Lowndes, 1833-1863

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Student, 1850-1854, South Carolina College, Columbia, S.C.; native of Edgefield, S.C.; studied medicine at the University of N.Y. and the Medical College of S.C.; died at Gettysburg, Pa. From the description of College notebook, 1853 Apr-1854 May. (University of South Carolina). WorldCat record id: 34362593 ...

Brown, John, 1800-1859

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John Brown (May 9, 1800, Torrington, Connecticut – December 2, 1859, Charles Town, Virginia) was born in Connecticut in 1800 before migrating with his family at an early age to the Connecticut Western Reserve. He failed at several business ventures and land speculations before devoting his life to the abolition of slavery. Brown was executed in 1859 following his failed attempt to incite a slave rebellion at Harper's Ferry, Virginia. Edwin Coppoc, a native of Salem, Ohio, joined Brown in his rai...

Merritt, Annie Elizabeth, 1843-1925.

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