Civil War letters to Lucy Grattan Shelton [manuscript] 1862-1864.

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Civil War letters to Lucy Grattan Shelton [manuscript] 1862-1864.

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Letters to Lucy Shelton (later Mrs. Henry P.R. McCoy ) were written by her cousin James W. Beaty. The collection also contains one letter from (her future brother-in-law?) Charles Daniel McCoy to his mother. Letters discuss the Bill for Raising Virginia's Quota and its effect on re-enlistment, religious readings and sentiments, rebellious servants influenced by Yankee nurses, hardships, depredations by Union troops, the bombardment of Fredericksburg, assignment to staff of Major A. H. McLaws, trenches near Petersburg. Of interest is a discussion of the miscalculation made by Jefferson Davis in replacing Johnston with Hood and the prediction that the latter would not be able to stop Sherman.

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University of Virginia. Library

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University of Virginia. Library

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McCoy, Lucy Grattan Shelton, fl. 1862-1864,

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Confederate states of America. Army

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The Savannah Ordnance Depot, Savannah, Georgia, was organized as a field depot during the Civil War. In April 1864, it became the Savannah Arsenal under the supervision of the Chief of Ordnance. From the description of Savannah Ordnance Depot employment roll, 1864. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 38477938 The Confederate States of America Army may have created the position of Purchasing Commissary of Subsistence to oversee the distribution of food and other supplies to the Co...

Johnston, Joseph E. (Joseph Eggleston), 1807-1891

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Confederate general. From the description of Letter (copy), 1861 Sept. 11 : Manassas, Va., to G.T. Beauregard. (Rosenbach Museum & Library). WorldCat record id: 122489351 From the description of Autograph letter signed : Selma [Alabama], to Colonel Blanton Duncan, 1867 Jan. 2. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270489683 From the description of Letter, October 9, 1861. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library). WorldCat record id: 443082432 Benjamin Stoddert E...

McCoy, Charles Daniel, 1837-

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Hood, John Bell, 1831-1879

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Commander of the 4th Texas Regiment. From the description of Letter, 1862 Jan. 26. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70973320 Army officer. From the description of Note of John Bell Hood, 1870. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79450985 Confederate Army officer, stationed at Nashville (Davidson Co.), Tenn. From the description of Papers, 1862-1865. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 19793299 John Bell Hood (b. June 1, 1831, Bat...

Beaty, James W., fl. 1862-1864,

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