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William E. Sykes Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-279
Scope and Contents

76 letters (1859-1865) of William E. Sykes to his wife, chiefly from northeast Mississippi Civil War campaign sites; statements, accounts, receipts, and other business papers (1858-1864), chiefly from Aberdeen, Mississippi. Transcriptions available.

Dates: 1856 - 1865
Found in: Manuscripts

Isham W. Thomas Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-280
Scope and Contents

Nine letters (1862-1864) of Isham Weathersby Thomas of Stanford's Battery, Mississippi Light Artillery, from Mississippi, Tennessee, Alabama and Georgia.

Dates: 1862 - 1864
Found in: Manuscripts

Thornton family collection

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-282
Scope and Contents Collection of the Solomon M. Thornton family of Georgia and Mississippi includes 2 legal papers, 9 Civil War letters, and other letters on family matters. Solomon M. Thornton (circa 1824-1864) served as a Captain in Co. B, 31st Mississippi Regiment in the Civil War, was wounded at Peachtree Creek, and probably killed at the Battle of Franklin. Included are six letters to his wife, Sarah F. Thornton (1829-1880), 1861-1864. Other Civil War letters include a long fragment of a letter from...
Dates: 1849-1895 and undated
Found in: Manuscripts

Mary Thornton Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-432
Scope and Contents

Letters and military papers of Merry B. Harris, a Confederate officer who headed the Pettus Relief Company of Mississippi Volunteers during the Civil War. Included are the rules and regulations of the Pettus Relief and a letter dated December 22, 1860, which describes conditions in South Carolina following its secession from the U.S. Facsimiles and other copies.

Dates: 1860 - 1864
Found in: Manuscripts

John S. West Letter

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-295
Scope and Contents

Letter of John S. West from Iuka, Mississippi, to his brother and sister, February 22, 1862. West, a 16-year old soldier, was killed 10 days later.

Dates: 1862
Found in: Manuscripts

William Humphreys Young letters

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-309
Scope and Contents

27 typescript letters of Lieutenant William H. Young of the 5th Mississippi Cavalry Regiment, Company B, to his wife in Carroll County, Mississippi, from Grenada, Greenwood, North Mississippi, and Camp Chase, Ohio, 1862-1865. Young died in prison in 1865.

Dates: 1862 - 1865
Found in: Manuscripts

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Manuscripts 42
The Frank and Virginia Williams Collection of Lincolniana 2
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United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Correspondence. 43
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865. 26
Correspondence. 5
Soldiers -- Confederate States of America -- History. 5
Legal documents. 3
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Business records. 2
Family -- History. 2
Pensions (compensation) 2
Poetry. 2
Politics and war 2
Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877) 2
Aberdeen (Miss.) 1
African American soldiers -- History -- 19th century. 1
African-Americans. 1
Antebellum. 1
Autograph albums. 1
Bills of sale -- United States -- Forms. 1
Bills of sale. 1
Clergy. 1
College students -- Mississippi -- History. 1
Columbus (Miss.) 1
Cookbooks. 1
Correspondence 1
Cotton trade -- Mississippi. 1
Deeds -- Mississippi -- Oktibbeha County. 1
Deeds of trust. 1
Diaries. 1
Edisto Island (S.C.) 1
Elections -- Mississippi. 1
Family life -- Mississippi. 1
Florida. 1
Freemasonry. 1
Georgia. 1
Government correspondence 1
Grierson's Cavalry Raid, 1863 1
Harpers Ferry (W. Va.) 1
Iuka (Miss.) 1
Jackson (Miss.) 1
Land titles -- Mississippi. 1
Law 1
Lawyers. 1
Ledgers (account books) 1
Legal correspondence 1
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865--Assassination 1
Mexican War, 1846-1848. 1
Mississippi State University. 1
Muster rolls. 1
Native American history and society 1
Oktibbeha County (Miss.) 1
Permits. 1
Poems. 1
Politics -- Mississippi -- History. 1
Politics and Government 1
Receipts (financial records) 1
Rome (Ga.) 1
Sawmills--Equipment and supplies 1
Sharecropping -- Mississippi. 1
Slavery 1
Slavery -- Mississippi -- History. 1
Slavery -- Mississippi. 1
South Carolina. 1
Southern States -- Politics and government. 1
Taxation -- Mississippi. 1
Taxes. 1
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Participation, African American. 1
Westerly (R.I.) 1
Women. 1
World War II. 1
genealogies (histories) 1
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Names
11th Mississippi Infantry Regiment, Company H 1
27th Mississippi Infantry Regiment, Company A 1
Adams, Henry Smith 1
Armstrong, J. Trooper 1
Ashe, Winifred 1
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Baptist family 1
Beachum, James M., 1842-1912 1
Bell, Rachel. 1
Bilisoly, Lucrece J. 1
Blount, George G. 1
Blount, W.S. 1
Browning, Irene 1
Buckley, R. E. 1
Campbell, C. H. 1
Carothers family 1
Church, Alonzo 1
Clarke, Peleg, Jr., 1819-1899 1
Clay, Tacitus T. 1
Cobb, Philipp 1
Columbus Chowder and Marching Society 1
Columbus Chowder and Marching Society--Photographs 1
Confederate States of America. Army. Alabama Infantry Regiment, 41st 1
Confederate States of America. Army. Mississippi Cavalry Regiment, 28th 1
Confederate States of America. Army. Mississippi Cavalry Regiment, 5th 1
Confederate States of America. Army. Mississippi Infantry Regiment, 41st 1
Confederate States of America. Army. Mississippi Infantry Regiment, 46th 1
Creighton, Pauline Lynch Evans 1
Curtright, J.C. 1
Daly and McKee 1
Edwards, Edward D. 1
Eldredge, J. M., Mrs. 1
Gallaway, Alfred L., 1841-? 1
Gamewell, Martha. 1
Gardner, James H. 1
Hancock family 1
Harmann, T. J. C. 1
Hazelwood, Betty. 1
Hazlewood, Lee B. 1
Hilderbrand, Philip G. 1
Hill family 1
Hipple, Ella V. Smythe 1
Holmes family 1
Hooker, Joseph, General, 1814-1879 1
Hull family 1
Hutchinson, Mary, Mrs. 1
Kilby, Lucrese. 1
Lawrenceville School (N.J.) 1
Lee family. 1
Lee, A.C. (Alonzo Church) 1
Lee, E.A. (Elvira Anne) 1
Lee, Louise C. (Louise Clary) 1
Lee, Stephen D. (Stephen Dill) 1
Lee, W.H. (William Hollinshed) 1
Lee, William States 1
Lende, Maud 1
Lennard, J.N. 1
Levy family 1
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 1
Lincoln, Mary Todd, 1818-1882 1
Lincoln, Robert Todd, 1843-1926 1
Lincoln, Thomas, 1778-1851 1
Lynch, James D. (James Daniel), 1836-1903 1
Magruder, H. A. 1
Marshall, John H. 1
Martin, George, 1844-1888 1
Martin, J.M. 1
McCall, W. O. 1
McClellan, George B., General (George Brinton), 1826-1885 1
McKinstry, Arthur, 1839-1862 1
McKinstry, Williard, 1815- 1
McPherson, James Birdseye 1
Meigs, Montgomery C. (Montgomery Cunningham), 1816-1892 1
Nelson, L.E. 1
Osband, Embury D. 1
Oswalt family 1
Oswalt, Henry 1
Oswalt, James W. 1
Oswalt, Pamela A. 1
Person, Mary. 1
Peteet, Nancy. 1
Pridmore, Franklin 1
Princeton University 1
Rambo, Mary C. 1
Raymond, S.P. 1
Roby family 1
Sanders family. 1
Sanders, Anne Louise 1
Sanders, David L. 1
Sanders, Harry S. 1
Sanders, Kate 1
Sanders, William D. (William Davis) 1
Sanders, William L. 1
Sanders, William Lee 1
Sanders, Winifred 1
Sanders, Winifred A. 1
Sargent family. 1
Sargent, Harry B. 1
Sargent, Harry B. (Harry Barry) 1
Sargent, Henry B. (Henry Barry) 1
Sargent, Hilah E. (Hilah Estill) 1
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