Correspondence, April-August 1863
Scope and Contents
90 items. William Terry, William Booth Taliaferro's brother, George A. Mercer, Leah, Seddon Taliaferro, wife Sally, [Sallie's sister to Sallie], S. Cooper, W.B. Standard [concerning Taliaferro's old brigade at Battle of Chancellorsville], G.P. Harrison, H.M. Stoddard, [?], H.C. Cunningham (concerning defences of James Island), report of operations on Morris Island: July 18, 1863 [Fort Wagner], Thomas Jordan, William H. Sthreshley, letter of William Booth Taliaferro [to mother], A.J. Gonzales to Johnson Hagood, account of shells striking Fort Wagner by A.C. Boylston, E. Taliaferro (Headquarters McLaws Division), to Warner T. Taliaferro, Joseph C. Burgen, Company G 25th Regiment Sount Carolina Volunteers, Camp Hagood, James Island, C.H. Olmstead, Joseph D. [Pass?], J. Jonathan Lucas, William H. Lyons, George W. Lamar, Jr., to H.D.D. Twiggs (concerning condition of negroes working on fortifications), count of shell falling on Fort Sumter, S. Porcher Smith, Charles Mann, F.D. Blake, Company A 1st Regiment North Carolina Artillery, [?] Mance, W.N. Ramsay, William H. Echols to D.B. Harris, Morgan Rawls to E.K. Bryan, Joshua S. Garrett (26th Virginia Regiment) concerning William E. Wiatt and formation of the William B. Taliaferro Military Lodge of Masons, Edward Mauigault (commander artillery Legares Point), A. D. [Fadwick?] (2nd Regiment, South Carolina Artillery), John W. Glover, Joseph C. Burgess (Company G, 25th Regiment South Carolina Volunteers), A.H. Colquitt, C.H. Simonton, W. Gordon McCabe, J. Welsman Brown, H.N. Mercer
Dates
- Creation: April-August 1863
Creator
- From the Collection: Taliaferro, William Booth (Person)
- From the Collection: Taliaferro family. (Family)
Language of Materials
English
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Extent
From the Collection: 61.10 Linear Feet
Repository Details
Part of the Special Collections Research Center Repository