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William C. Nelson to Maria C. Nelson (10 October 1861)
William Cowper Nelson
Battle at Santa Rosa Island
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William C. Nelson to Maria C. Nelson (14 April 1861)
William Cowper Nelson
In My Tent, Sunday Evening. Sending letter by Andrew Govan; excitement in camp as there is a feeling that war is about to commence down in Florida; gathering of shells to send home; election for field officers held
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William C. Nelson to Maria C. Nelson (14 July 1861)
William Cowper Nelson
Enslaved persons in camp; pay; debts; standing guard; need of a "camp rug"; seeing a meteor; resignation of Lieut Jones; mentions people in camp from Holly Springs
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William C. Nelson to Maria C. Nelson (14 June 1861)
William Cowper Nelson
His ambrotype; letters from home; friends in camp; status as a private; drowning of Lieut. Henry of Lafayette Guards; asking for family daguerreotype
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William C. Nelson to Maria C. Nelson (14 November 1861)
William Cowper Nelson
Arrival of two new Mississippi Regiments without arms; discussion of what it means to be a "veteran"; guard duty at the Hospital; going sailing with Col. Chalmers and family; deserters from Fort Pickens; day of fasting and prayer
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William C. Nelson to Maria C. Nelson (15 October 1861)
William Cowper Nelson
Battle of Santa Rosa Island, Florida; regiment moving its quarters to a new encampment nearer the Navy Yard
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William C. Nelson to Maria C. Nelson (16 July 1861)
William Cowper Nelson
Health of Regiment; some skirmishing by a picket guard on the Perdido; thanks for letter from home
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William C. Nelson to Maria C. Nelson (1861)
William Cowper Nelson
Fragment. Discussion of the stores in Warrington, FL; promises not to drink alcohol; family news; and asks about friends back in Holly Springs
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William C. Nelson to Maria C. Nelson (19 July 1861)
William Cowper Nelson
Camp life; picket duty; drilling for prizes; party at Col. Strong's that evening
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William C. Nelson to Maria C. Nelson (19 November 1861)
William Cowper Nelson
Receipt of letter from home; weather in Florida; Battle of Belmont, MO; schooling for Tom; payment; applications for discharge by some of the men; building of winter quarters
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William C. Nelson to Maria C. Nelson (21 April 1861)
William Cowper Nelson
(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.
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William C. Nelson to Maria C. Nelson (21 June 1861)
William Cowper Nelson
His ambrotype; drilling of companies; guard duty; possible new orders to Fort McRee
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William C. Nelson to Maria C. Nelson (21 May 1861)
William Cowper Nelson
Receipt of package from home; on fatigue-guard; setting up camp; letter from Sister [Elizabeth Lyman Cage]; his health; asking about friends at home; asking for his mother to send a servant (presumably a slave) to cook and clean for him; asking about younger brother Tom
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William C. Nelson to Maria C. Nelson (21 October 1861)
William Cowper Nelson
Receipt of letter; Battle of Santa Rosa Island; materials sent in letter from Island
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William C. Nelson to Maria C. Nelson (22 November 1861)
William Cowper Nelson
Allusion to the bombardment on the Confederate naval yard and Fort McRee on November 22 and 23, 1861
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William C. Nelson to Maria C. Nelson (23 June 1861)
William Cowper Nelson
Receipt of letter from home; Will thanks her for sending a slave named Jim to cook and clean; discussion of slavery; problems with mosquitoes; sends thoughts to everyone at home
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William C. Nelson to Maria C. Nelson (25 June 1861)
William Cowper Nelson
Sending a letter by Willie Crump; probability of a fight as the federals have been reinforcing Fort Pickens; increased guard duty; large inspections; requests clothing be sent to him; writing from Col. Walters tent
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William C. Nelson to Maria C. Nelson (26 January 1862)
William Cowper Nelson
Reached Corinth safely; saw more than 300 troops present there with new ones coming in all the time; religion and preaching in camp; news of John Goodrich's wounding at Fishing Creek; thinking of leaving the 9th and entering a regiment bound for Virginia
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William C. Nelson to Maria C. Nelson (28 January 1861)
William Cowper Nelson
Still at home in Holly Springs but improving in health; Mother is out of town visiting his sister in Helena, Arkansas
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William C. Nelson to Maria C. Nelson (29 November 1861)
William Cowper Nelson
Bombardment; the arrival of a new Mississippi Regiment (the 24th); appeal by General Bragg to reenlist under him for the war
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William C. Nelson to Maria C. Nelson (29 October 1861)
William Cowper Nelson
Firing of guns; Battle of Ball's Bluff; 17th & 18th Mississippi Infantry Regiments; winter quarters; General Bragg; Kinloch Falconer
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William C. Nelson to Maria C. Nelson (29 September 1861)
William Cowper Nelson
Travel to Pensacola from Mobile (must have been on furlough); University of Mississippi; Gus Powell receiving a discharge from Gen. Alcorn; alarms in the night; letter to sister; little sickness in camp
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William C. Nelson to Maria C. Nelson (2 August 1861)
William Cowper Nelson
Looking for a letter from home; Jim ill; camp life and guard duty; Battle of Manassas and list of dead and wounded; asking about family
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William C. Nelson to Maria C. Nelson (2 May 1861)
William Cowper Nelson
Religious life in camp; Dr. Barnard; flowers in Florida; missing Holly Springs
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William C. Nelson to Maria C. Nelson (31 March 1861)
William Cowper Nelson
Travel description from Holly Springs to Mobile; description of Mobile; camp life
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William C. Nelson to Maria C. Nelson (3 April 1861)
William Cowper Nelson
Description of life in Mobile; society; mentions several men from Holly Springs and new arrivals as well; sends word home to all friends and relatives
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William C. Nelson to Maria C. Nelson (4 September 1861)
William Cowper Nelson
Expecting a letter from home; absurd rumors of moving camp to Mississippi City or coast of Texas; fleet in harbor; death of one of their company; burial duty; ate dinner with Col. Chalmers and family; need for winter goods
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William C. Nelson to Maria C. Nelson (5 May 1861)
William Cowper Nelson
Camp life; package received from home; religion
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William C. Nelson to Maria C. Nelson (7 April 1861)
William Cowper Nelson
No word from home for a while; life aboard ship (the Kate Dale); Fort Morgan; seeing the sea for the first time
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William C. Nelson to Maria C. Nelson (7 October 1861)
William Cowper Nelson
Looking for letter from home; camp life; movement into winter quarters soon; increased guard duty; religion; health
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William C. Nelson to Thomas Nelson (2 May 1861)
William Cowper Nelson
Thanking him for recent letter; description of camp life for his little brother; and description of Florida
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J. A. Orr to H. R. Miller (11 September 1861)
J. A. Orr and Hugh R. Miller
Discusses various people in Miller's district and attaches a copy of an ordinance
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R. A. Palmer to George Miller (20 January 1861)
R. A. Palmer and George Miller
Concerning uniforms that should have arrived from Charleston
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H. A. Stephens to Elizabeth C. Lofton (13 July 1861)
H. A. Stephens
Teasing her about all of the women in Virginia and how much they like her husband.
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S. P. Walker to W. C. Falkner (27 April 1861)
S. P. Walker and William C. Falkner
Reply to Falkner concerning his disappointment at Governor Pettus' "arrangements"
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H. W. Walter to Maria C. Nelson (26 June 1861)
Harvey Washington Walter
Giving an update on Will to Mrs. Nelson
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Jeremiah Gage to Unknown Sister (17 April 1860)
Jeremiah Gage
Letter from Jeremiah to his sister concerning the death of their father, Matthew Gage, Jr.
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Patience W. S. Gage to Jeremiah Gage (30 May 1860)
Patience W. S. Gage and Jeremiah Gage
Letter to Jeremiah concerning his giving speech at UM's commencement, travels of various family members and few requests of Jeremiah to visit friends and family.
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Roxana Chapin Gerdine to Emily McKinstry Chapin (1860-1861 December 16)
Roxana Chapin Gerdine
Roxana writes of talk of secession; their step-mother Sarah Chapin; T.R.R. Cobb; Tom Cobb Gerdine; the feelings of southerners via the north; her desire to obtain reliable northern news; talks of the new railroad through West Point; and writes of their sister Lucy Chapin
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Roxana Chapin Gerdine to Emily McKinstry Chapin (1860-1862 November 29)
Roxana Chapin Gerdine
Roxana writes of her recent trip north to Chicopee, MA; her husband's favorable impression of the north, especially ladies who work; return home; visiting Waverly, MS; complains of their sister Lucy Chapin not helping with household work enough; and she talks a bit about starting her school
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Roxana Chapin Gerdine to Emily McKinstry Chapin (1860 April 2)
Roxana Chapin Gerdine
Roxana writes about a possible visit north but continues to worry about bringing an enslaved person with her. She also notes the birth of a daughter to Mrs. Cobb
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Roxana Chapin Gerdine to Emily McKinstry Chapin (1860 January 1)
Roxana Chapin Gerdine
Roxana writes about her first Christmas on the Mississippi plantation; the celebrations of the plantation slaves; the making of clothes for slaves [in 1860 the census listed 73 slaves for the Gerdine plantation]; sending her congratulations on Emily's marriage; interesting notations about her disbelief in romance; and her hope for a possible visit north
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Roxana Chapin Gerdine to Emily McKinstry Chapin (1860 September)
Roxana Chapin Gerdine
This letter was written after Roxana visited her family in Chicopee, MA. She writes to let Emily know that the piano has been delivered; how excited her children are waiting for the "box" of goodies from the north to arrive
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Letter from M. W. Hackelton to "My dear friend" Mrs. Featherston. 23 July 1860
M. W. Hackelton
Handwritten letter from M. W. Hackelton to "My dear friend" [Mrs. Featherston], regarding condolences on loss of child; sent from Holly Springs
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George Miller to Edwin Miller (January 1860)
George Miller and Edwin Miller
Discussing missing his home in Spring; various neighbors; his brother's education and his need for boots
