Confederate States of America. Army. Mississippi Infantry Regiment, 22nd

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"Memoirs of the War Between the States" (May-August, 1861), is a Civil War reminiscence as told to Icie A. Moore by Martin Wells Andrews, Cherry Creek, Mississippi (Pontotoc County), concerning his service in the 2nd Mississippi Infantry Regiment, Company I (Cherry Creek Rifles).

Scope and Contents The William Alfred Dockery family papers document the establishment and management of William Alfred Dockery’s cotton plantation in the town named after him: Dockery, Mississippi. Most of the collection consists of family correspondence from 1887 to 1906 and undated, particularly between Dockery and his wife, Hughla Rice Dockery. There is a great deal of content about the business of managing a large farm. The letters also contain numerous references (many disparaging) to Dockery’s...