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Jared A. Stallings Papers
Collection
Identifier: MS 139
Scope and Contents
One biographical sketch of Jared Stallings and eighteen letters written by Jared Stallings to his wife Lizzie during the Civil War.
Dates:
1862-1865
John S. Mosby Collection
Collection
Identifier: MS134
Collection Scope and Content Summary
A handwritten, seventeen page, unpublished manuscript titled "Longstreet and Stuart" was written in 1896 by John S. Mosby, a Confederate officer in the Civil War. In it, Mosby defends Stuart against criticism of General James Longstreet, after Longstreet published the book "From Manassas to Appomattox."
Also included in the papers are published chapters from Munsey's Magazine entitled "Recollections of a Mosby...
Dates:
1896-1904
Love Family Letters
Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: MS 001
Scope and Contents
Correspondence (87 letters and fragments) and a Dallas Morning News article. Letters are arranged chronologically, individually enclosed and then organized into folders by decade. The folders lay flat in an oversized box.
The correspondence deals primarily with the daily life of soldiers, troop movements and battles fought. Requests are often made for news from home. The newspaper article gives a detailed description of the assassination of Robert Love.
Dates:
1859-1903; Majority of material found in 1859-1866
The Miller Family Collection
Collection
Identifier: MS 182
Overview
The Miller family collection traces the lives of the Millers before and after the Civil War. It begins with Tom Jamison’s journey to California for the 1850s Gold Rush. The family experienced a number of monumental events in U.S. history. Several men of the family fought or evaded the Civil War. While the men fought, the women maintained their homes and tried to preserve their Antebellum lifestyle. The collection then follows the family’s migration to various Southern states. Miss Elizabeth...
Dates:
1839 - 1968; Majority of material found within 1840 - 1877
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