Correspondence
Other Form of Name
Nelson, William Cowper, 1841-1904
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Identifier
Nelson_WC_b1f20
Recipient
Maria Courtney Goodrich Nelson
Publication Date
4-21-1861
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Description
(Headquarters of the Mississippi Volunteers) Misfortune of Powell family; health concerns; visit to the Marine Hospital; description of Florida; secession of Virginia and excitement in camp; riots in Baltimore; Star of the West; and camp band; sending shells home.
Subject Headings (Library of Congress)
Secession; Health; Rumor -- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865; Riots; Military bands; United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865; Confederate States of America. Army. Mississippi Infantry Regiment, 9th; Confederate States of America. Army. Mississippi Infantry Regiment, 17th. Company G
Relational Format
Archival Material
Original Format
correspondence
City
Warrington (Fla.); Camp Davis (Fla.); Escambia County (Fla.)
Original Collection
William Cowper Nelson Collection, Archives and Special Collections, University of Mississippi Libraries
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Also included in the Civil War in the American South collection.