Papers. 1863-1891.

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Papers. 1863-1891.

Officer, Confederate States of America Army. Letter, 5 July 1863, to a cousin regarding the fall of Vicksburg; letter, 10 December 1889, requesting Given to serve as pall-bearer for Jefferson Davis; correspondence from Varina Jefferson Davis ca. 1890; correspondence, ca. 1890, concerning association of Confederate Civil War veterans; correspondence, 1890-1891, which includes letters from General Clement Evans relating to Confederate States of America Army veterans; news items and broadside describing reunion of Confederate Cavalry; printed pamphlets relating to Confederate States of America Army veterans; four photographs.

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Evans, Clement A. (Clement Anselm), 1833-1911

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Clement A. Evans (1833-1911) was a native of Stewart County, Georgia, and, before the Civil War, judge of that county's court and a Georgia state senator. During the war he served with the Army of Northern Virginia as brigadier general and, in November 1864, as division commander and acting major general in John B. Gordon's Corps. After the war he became a Methodist minister, retiring in 1892. He served on the state board of prison commissioners, and wrote diligently about the war. ...

Given, Dickson Augustus, b. 1842.

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Davis, Varina, 1826-1906

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Second wife of Confederate States of America president Jefferson Davis. From the description of Letter and article: New York [N.Y.], 1905 Oct. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library). WorldCat record id: 29417912 First Lady of Confederacy. From the description of Letter: Montgomery [Al.], 1863 March [1]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122415155 Author; wife of Jefferson Davis [1808-1889], president of the Confederacy. From the description of V...

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...