B.H. Rutledge letterpress copybook, 1868-1889.

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B.H. Rutledge letterpress copybook, 1868-1889.

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Much of the correspondence contained in this letterpress copybook (1868-1889) marked "Private, No. 1", reflects Rutledge's professional activities as an attorney. There are also letters concerning personal and political matters and reminiscences about his experiences in the Civil War. Some letters (including ones dated 19 July 1878, and 3 March 1880) concern Rutledge's sons Benjamin and Oliver. The bulk of the reminiscences concerning the 4th South Carolina Cavalry and Butler's Brigade in 1864, in the form of a letter to General M.C. Butler, are found on p. 300-354 of the book. These memoirs include information on the battles of Hawes Shops, Trevilian Station, Cold Harbor, Nances Shops, Gravelley Run, Reams Station, and Burgess's Mill, as well as the evacuation of Columbia, S.C. Also contains a letter (12 Oct. 1877?) from Rutledge to Col. J.F. Hunt in Greenville, S.C., concerning the possibility of Rutledge's candidacy for a state political office; a letter to "My Dear Col." (17 June 1879) concerning a "change" which has come over the nation, a pervasive social and political corruption and how it might all end; letters (3 Nov. and 8 Nov. 1880) to the governor of South Carolina (Johnson Hagood) concerning constabulary and military authority and the use of military force in a civil disturbance in Charleston or Stateburg, S.C., involving the "colored population"; a letter (24 June 1886) to Benjamin J. Williams in Lowell, Mass., justifying the South's reasons for secession and the war; and a letter (23 Dec. 1888) to "Ned" (probably Rutledge's son Edward) concerning hazing at Virginia Military Institute.

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