Arthur W. Hyatt papers, 1861-1895 (bulk 1861-1864).

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Arthur W. Hyatt papers, 1861-1895 (bulk 1861-1864).

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Official military records, personal and official correspondence, diaries, and newspaper clippings document Arthur W. Hyatt's involvement in the Civil War and reflect the activities of several companies of the Confederate Army. Correspondence (1864-1865) includes letters from Major Hugh W. Montgomery discussing politics within the regiment; letters from Lieutenant J. W. Hardie explaining an unexcused absence; and letters from friends and wife Carrie Dakin Hyatt conveying personal news during Hyatt's participation in the Red River Expedition (1864). Hyatt's three volume diary records the daily movements and activities of Hyatt and his companies. Subjects addressed in the diary include conditions on marches and in camps, experiences of skirmishes and battles, opinions of Negroes and the organization of "Corps d'Afrique," descriptions of superior officers and orders given by them, and the general course of the Civil War. Official military materials include leaves of absence, discharges, and furloughs for men in Hyatt's companies; a petition for the reorganization of a batallion; a one-volume account book of Hyatt's company payroll; payrolls for three Louisiana companies and one Florida company (1862-1863); and muster rolls for the following companies: Companies A and H of the Confederate Guards Response Battalion (March-Aug., 1862), Company A of the Florida and Confederate Guards Response Battalion (Apr.-June 1862), Company G of the 33rd Louisiana Volunteer Regiment (June-Oct., 1862), and Company B of the Confederate Guards Response Battalion (Nov.-Dec., 1862, and Jan.-Aug., 1863). Newspaper clippings include a copy of the Last Conscription Act (Aug. 19, 1862), dispatches of General Beauregard (1862), orders of General Butler, descriptions of conditions in New Orleans under General Butler, an account of the Battle of Shiloh (1862), and a description of the Corps d'Afrique (Apr. 1863). The collection contains three fragments of Confederate regimental flags.

146 items;4 v.

Louisiana State University, LSU Libraries

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SNAC Resource ID: 8344714

Louisiana State University, LSU Libraries

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Confederate States of America. Army. Louisiana Infantry Regiment, 16th

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