Samuel Spotts Wassell family collection, 1850-1957 (bulk 1850-1918).

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Samuel Spotts Wassell family collection, 1850-1957 (bulk 1850-1918).

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/74984621

Correspondence, personal papers, and business papers of the family of Samuel Spotts and Bettie McConanghey Wassell of Little Rock, Ark. Topics include the Civil War, the suffrage movement in Arkansas, the United Daughters of the Confederacy, the United Sons of Confederate Veterans, and the Little Rock Street Rail-Road Company. Includes manuscript materials relating to Gen. Dandridge McRae of Searcy, Ark., Gen. T.C. Hindman, and Dr. J.C. Lee of Lafayette County, Ark., and copies of correspondence of Albert Pike.

373 items.

Arkansas History Commission, Department of Archives and History

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SNAC Resource ID: 8125287

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Lee, J. C., Dr.

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United daughters of the Confederacy

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The Southern Cross of Honor award, which later became the Cross of Military Service, originated on Oct. 13, 1862 as an act of the Confederate Congress to recognize the courage and good conduct of officers, non-commissioned officers and privates of the Confederate army. However, due to wartime shortages, the medals were not made, but the recipients' names were recorded in an Honor Roll for future reference. The cross's design was created by Mrs. Alexander S. Erwin in July 1898. It featured a cros...

Wassell, Samuel Spotts, 1854-1904

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Lawyer, of Little Rock, Ark. From the description of Samuel Spotts Wassell family collection, 1850-1957 (bulk 1850-1918). (Arkansas History Commission). WorldCat record id: 74984621 ...

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...

Hindman, Thomas Carmichael, 1828-1868

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Little Rock Street Rail-Road Company

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Wassell family.

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McRae, Dandridge, 1829-1899

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Dandridge McRae was born in Baldwin County, Ala., 10 Oct. 1829 and came to Arkansas (White County, Red River Township) in 1849. He moved to Searcy in 1853 and began practicing law there in 1854. In 1856 he was elected County and Circuit Clerk and served for six years. McRae became actively involved in organizing troops in 1861 during preparations for the Civil War. Many organized companies reported to McRae at the outset of fighting and he took command of them at the request of General Ben McCul...

Pike, Albert, 1809-1891

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General Albert Pike (1809-1891), grand commander of the Supreme Grand Council, Southern Jurisdiction, of the Scottish Rite, 1859-1891. From the description of Letter to Bro. Hayden /by Albert Pike, 1885 Feb 14. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 702128274 After his work as commissioner to the Indian tribes west of the Arkansas, Pike was commissioned a brigadier general in the Confederate Army in November, 1861. He recruited Native American troops on the promise that they would o...

Wassell, Bettie McConanghey, 1858-1923

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United Sons of Confederate Veterans

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National Society, United States Daughters of 1812

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