Civil War collection, 1860-1991 | Louisiana Research Collection

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Box 4: Civil War collection

Folder 65: J.W. Minnich, Pegram's brigade at Chickamauga, Jay's (Reed's) Mill and Rossville Gap, 1863

Original reports and comments from personal observations and experiences of Pegram's Brigade at Chickamauga, Jay's (Reed's) Mill and Rossville Gap, 1863 September 18, 19, 20, and 21. Also a brief sketch of the East Tennessee campaign under Longstreet, 1863 October 20 to 1864 January 27, revised and corrected by author 1932 February 13. Typescript, contains maps. Minnich is listed in Critical Bibliography of the Civil War as the author of Inside of Rock Island Prison from December, 1863 to June, 1865.

Folder 66: James G. Randall, confiscation of property during the Civil War, 1910

Typewritten thesis written by James Garfield Randall in 1910. Published in 1912 in revised form. Author is a noted Civil War historian.

Folder 67: Dora Richards Miller, Civil War diary of a Union woman in the South, 1860-1862

Diary of Dora Richards Miller, which was edited and published by George Washington Cable in the Century Magazine. She also provided material for other works edited and published by Cable. Miller was a writer, journalist, and a school teacher in New Orleans. The original of the diary is in the G.W. Cable collection, volume 7.

Folder 68: Van Buren Oldham diary, 1863

Typescript of the Civil War Diary of Van Buren Oldham while in a Union prison at Camp Douglas, Illinois, and while serving with the 9th in Tennessee. He details camp life and military engagements in Southeast Tennessee and North Georgia. He was wounded at Chickamauga. He was hospitalized in Montgomery and Newnan, Georgia. Copy.

Folder 69: La Bataille des Mouchoirs, 1863 February 20

Two satirical pieces about the confrontation between the Union soldiers and the citizens of New Orleans on 1863 February 20 when Southern officers left the city to be exchanged. Printed.

Folder 70: Thomas Bacon, Homestead plantation letter, 1862 February 5

Thomas S. Bacon, Homestead Plantation, near Alexandria, writes that he cannot pay his debts until an estate is settled. On verso: "marked B and referred to in the answer of C.S. Walmsley." Signed Charles H. Bullard, J.P.

Folder 71: George Bell letter, 1864 February 13

Letter from Captain George Bell, 37th Illinois, Acting Superintendent of Negro Labor, to Captain Stephen Hoyt, Acting Mayor of New Orleans, during the Federal occupation, concerning the removal of vagrants from the work house in the city to the plantations to work the fields.

Folder 72: Thomas E. Morrow letter, 1864 August 2

Letter from Thomas E. Morrow, Company G, 8th Louisiana Infantry to his father following and about General Jubal Early's raid on Washington.

Thomas E. Morrow was born in Georgia and lived in Minden Louisiana. He was a single farmer when he enlisted in the Louisiana infantry 1861 June 23. He reenlisted in 1862. He was captured at Rappahannock 1863 July 2 and exchanged at Belle Grove 1864 March 12. He was captured again at Strasburg 1864 October 19 and sent to Point Lookout from Harper's Ferry 1864 October 25. He was transferred to Aiken's Landing, 1865 February 10.

Folder 73: Léon Joseph Fremaux papers, 1861-1991

Includes a copy of "Military Biography of Léon Joseph Fremaux," Captain of Engineers in the 8th Louisiana Volunteers. The Battles of (first) Manassas, Rappahanock, Shiloh, Port Hudson, and Mobile are mentioned. Also includes a typescript of the (auto)biography; copies of a portrait of Fremaux and eleven sketches of military life he made and sent home during the war; and a genealogy of the Nelson-Grandjean family. Captain Fremaux wrote his (auto)biography 1889 September 24.

Folder 74: Thomas Tyson papers, 1860 November 24-1864 July 4, undated

The papers consist primarily of Civil War letters of Thomas Tyson to Bettie and family and his diary which covers the Atlanta campaign period from January to December 1864 and some notes for 1863. There is also an 1860 letter from William Tyson at school in Alabama referring to Lincoln's election. Copies.

Notes: Letters: 1860 November 24, 1861 July 2, 1863 December 5, 1864 February 1, 1864 May 22, 1864 May 31, 1864 July 4, undated.

Folder 75: James Bowen letter to Trinity Church, 1864

Letter from James Bowen, Provost Marshall General, United States of America, to Wheeler, trustee of Trinity Episcopal Church, New Orleans, referring to the omission of prayers for the President and Congress of the United States in the church service with a warning that persons loyal to the United States would take over the government of the church.