Correspondence

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Nelson, William Cowper, 1841-1904

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Identifier

Nelson_WC_b1f35

Recipient

Maria Courtney Goodrich Nelson; J. H. (John Henry) Nelson (b. ca. 1810)

Publication Date

7-1-1861

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Description

Hope for peace but peace "with honor;" increased picket guards; camp life and drilling of companies; foraging; religion in camp; slave sent to him; their new house; Colonel Falkner; University Greys; prices in town

Subject Headings (Library of Congress)

Guard duty; Religion; Confederate States of America. Army -- Social conditions; Falkner, William C. (William Clark), 1825-1889; Confederate States of America. Army. Mississippi Infantry Regiment, 11th. Company A; Slaves; Slavery; 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

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Archival Material

Original Format

correspondence

City

Camp Magnolia (Fla.); Escambia County (Fla.); Warrington (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.

William C. Nelson to J. H. & Maria C. Nelson (1&3 July 1861)

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