Correspondence
Other Form of Name
Gerdine, Roxana Chapin, 1833-1891
Identifier
MUM00683, 1.26
Recipient
Emily McKinstry Chapin
Publication Date
6-22-1865
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Description
Roxana writes in detail about what is happening in post-Civil-War Mississippi; freedmen; death of (daughter-in-law) Maddie (married to Joe Gerdine) and their baby; death of a freewoman's baby that morning; the sending of a former slave "Aunt Tempe" away in part due to the running away of her daughter Harriet with Federal troops came through Columbus and resulting consequences
Subject Headings (Library of Congress)
Slavery; Slaves; Homefront; Freedmen; Death; Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877); Women -- United States -- History -- 19th century ; Plantation life -- Southern States -- History; Confederate States of America
Relational Format
Archival Material
Original Format
correspondence
City
West Point (Miss.)
Original Collection
Roxana Chapin Gerdine Collection, Archives and Special Collections, University of Mississippi Libraries
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Comments
A.L. (4 p.) Fragment
Also included in the Civil War in the American South collection.