James Thomas Murfee letters, 1863-1864.

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James Thomas Murfee letters, 1863-1864.

Letters to L.C. Garland, president of The University of Alabama, and to Alabama Governor John Gill Shorter, dealing with requisitions, fortifying the University campus, and cadets during the Civil War.

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University of Alabama

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University of Alabama

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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...

Shorter, John Gill, 1818-1872

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Civil War governor of Ala. From the description of Papers, 1860-1861. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 38247275 Governor of Alabama and jurist. From the description of John Gill Shorter correspondence, 1862. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70980457 ...

Murfee, James Thomas

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Garland, Landon C. (Landon Cabell), 1810-1895

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Landon Cabell Garland was born on 21 March 1810 in Nelson County, Virginia. After graduating with honors from Hampden-Sydney College, he taught chemistry and natural philosophy at Washington College (Lexington, Virginia) for approximately one year, and then taught chemistry and natural history at Randolph-Macon College, until being elected president of that institution in 1837. In 1854, he was chosen to be the next president of the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. ...