Contents:
Introduction
Alphabetical List
Chronological Index

INTRODUCTION

This guide describes collections documenting the Civil War in the Lower Mississippi Valley, including the states of Louisiana, Mississippi, Arkansas, Tennessee, and Texas, in the Louisiana and Lower Mississippi Valley Collections (LLMVC) at LSU. The guide includes not only materials from the war years (1861-1865) themselves, but also materials from later periods containing manuscript sources for Civil War history. Thus such sources as post-war reminiscences and records of veterans' groups--materials dealing with the war as memory and experience--will be found alongside soldiers' and civilians' letters, diaries, and daybooks from the war itself. In addition, the guide includes collections of papers of Louisiana and other area soldiers who fought outside of the Lower Mississippi Valley.

LSU's holdings of Civil War manuscripts make LLMVC a rich treasure-trove for researchers. Many researchers are studying these documents from new perspectives, to see what they have to tell us about women's experiences on the home front and about Louisiana's African Americans, a significant number of whom fought for the Union. Louisiana played a central role in the war, with the fall of Port Hudson in July 1863 a critical event. Much of the state was long occupied by Union forces, and LLMVC contains the papers of numerous Union as well as Confederate soldiers. Other areas of strength include materials documenting the siege of Vicksburg, the Battle of Shiloh, and the Red River campaign.

Collections in this guide are listed alphabetically. Brief descriptions include references to sources for additional information--either the LSU Libraries' catalog, which is accessible through the Internet, or the manuscript card catalog in the Special Collections reading room of Hill Memorial Library. Still additional information on some of these collections can be found in detailed finding aids in the reading room. Increasingly, electronic copies of these finding aids can be found on the World Wide Web site for Special Collections, where you can also find information about using the collection, searching the online catalog remotely, and asking us questions.

A Song for the Ladies broadside, [ca. 1863]. 1 item. Location: MISC:S. The author of the broadside, "Bones," was a drummer in Company G of the 77th Illinois Infantry Regiment, formerly of the 130th Illinois. Lyrics compare virtues of soldiers to flaws of men who stayed at home. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 4290

Abraham Garrison letters, 1862-1863.20 items. Location: UU:106. Garrison was a private in the 161st New York Infantry who spent the duration of his service in Louisiana. He writes to his wife, Lydia, about illness among the troops, starving civilians in Baton Rouge, La., and black regiments stationed in the area. Garrison describes his participation in the siege on Port Hudson and mentions Fort Butler. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 4035.

Abstract of wages paid to teachers employed in city colored schools, Memphis, Tennessee, 1864 December. 1 item. Location: Misc:A. Abstract signed by T. A. Walker, captain, 63rd United States Colored Infantry, listing wages to teachers in 'colored schools' in Memphis, Tennessee, run by the Freedman's Department during the Union occupation. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 3092.

Account of the Red River Expedition, ca. 1890. 1 item (28 pages). Location: Misc:A. Union soldier in the Civil War, a Vermont native in Nim's 2nd Massachusetts Battery. Anonymously written account of the Red River Expedition in Louisiana. The writer speculates about the reasons for and possible outcomes of the expedition and comments on generals Butler and Banks. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 3422.

Achord, M. H. Map, 1931. 1 item. Location: OS:A. Available on microfilm: University Publications of America Confederate Military Manuscripts Series B, Reel 1. Map drawn from memory by M. H. Achord depicting an area on the boundary of East Baton Rouge Parish and Livingston Parish, Louisiana. The map indicates that a Civil War skirmish or other war-related incident took place in this area. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 893.

Adams, George D. Letter, 1864. 1 item (4 pages). Location: Misc:A. Federal soldier encamped at Morganza, Pointe Coupee Parish, Louisiana. Adams' letter to his brother describes the confiscation of United States mail by the Confederate navy and equipment left at Morganza by the Union army upon its departure for Little Rock, Arkansas. The letter also describes preparations made by the Union army at Morganza in anticipation of a Confederate attack. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 1220.

Adams, Israel L., 1801-1860. Family Papers, 1813-1890 (bulk 1852-1866). .5 linear ft. (505 items, 1 ms. vol.). Location: Y:83, Mss.Mf:A, E:Impr. Available (with some omissions) on microfilm: University Publications of America Confederate Military Manuscripts Series B, Reel 1. Merchant and farmer of Natchez, Mississippi. Collection consists of correspondence, bills, receipts, and printed items. Letters of the Adams children and others describe the Civil War in Arkansas and Mississippi. Some letters describe experiences of an immigrant cotton farmer in Sao Paulo, Brazil; other papers relate to German immigrants. Some letters in German. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 3637.

Adams, John Q. Letter, 1864 June 30. 1 item. Location: Misc. Captain of the 29th Maine Volunteers during the Civil War. Letter from Morganza, Louisiana, to Major General J. J. Reynolds, commanding U.S. forces in the field, requesting that a deserter be returned to his regiment with full pay. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 2414.

A. F. Whelan Diary, 1865-1866. One vol. Location: G:20. A.F. Whelan served in the U.S. Army, 3rd Michigan Cavalry, Co. Diary concerns the final days of the war, with entries on Lincoln's assassination, capture of Jefferson Davis, and the steamship, SULTANA. Entries refer to insubordination, desertion and prisoners, and General Sheridan's march to Texas. For further information, see online catalog. Mss. 4747

Affleck, Thomas, 1812-1868. Papers, 1807-1876 (bulk 1842-1868). 12 linear feet, 43 mss. volumes, 6 printed volumes. Location: W:110-121, J:25, OS:A. Native of Scotland who established one of the first commercial nurseries in the South and published widely on scientific and agricultural subjects. He also published the Southern Rural Almanac and Plantation Garden Calendar from 1845 to the 1860s. Early papers concern Affleck's family in Scotland. Papers from 1842 to 1859 pertain to the management of Affleck's wife's plantation near Natchez, Mississippi, his commercial nursery, and his service as agricultural editor of several newspapers. Civil War letters by Affleck's sons describe battles, camp life, and troop movements. Post-Civil War papers describe Affleck's agricultural and speculative enterprises. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 3, 4, 1110, 1263, 1264. Complete finding aid

Alexander, Edward Porter, 1835-1910. Circular letter, 1866.1 item. Location: E:Impr. Confederate Chief of Artillery, 1st Corps of the Army of Northern Virginia. He was the author of several books on the Civil War and railroads, including THE WILDERNESS CAMPAIGN and MILITARY MEMOIRS OF A CONFEDERATE. Printed circular letter, written from Columbia, South Carolina, requesting official reports, accounts of events and skirmishes, and similar materials related to General James Longstreet's command during the Civil War. Alexander wished to collect these materials for use in writing a history of Longstreet's military career. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 917.

Algron, Capt. F? Letter. 1 item. Location:Range 32:Misc. Unprocessed. Mss. 4080.

Allaire, Charles B. Letter, 1863 March 4. 1 item. Location: Misc:A. Soldier in the Union army who served in Louisiana during the Civil War. Allaire's letter to a professor, sent from an army camp at Lake Providence, Louisiana, includes a description of waterways in the area. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 3271.

Allen, Henry Watkins, 1820-1866. Letter and related photograph, 1864 July 6. 2 items. Location: Misc:A. Lawyer of Mississippi who served in both the Mississippi and Louisiana legislatures. Allen served in the 4th Louisiana Regiment during the Civil War and was Confederate governor of Louisiana in 1864. Letter from Allen to William F. Lockwood, keeper of machinery of the Louisiana State Penitentiary, authorizes Lockwood to loan penitentiary looms to cotton planters in eastern Louisiana and includes instructions for loaning the looms. Included is a photograph of Lockwood. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 2867.

Allen, Henry Watkins, 1820-1866. Letter, 1863 June 13. 1 item [photocopy]. Location: Misc. Lawyer of Mississippi who served in both the Mississippi and Louisiana legislatures. Allen served in the 4th Louisiana Regiment during the Civil War and was Confederate governor of Louisiana in 1864. Letter announces his departure for Bladen Springs, Alabama, to recuperate from leg injuries suffered in the burning of the Bowman house in Jackson. Filed in the manuscript card catalog under Allen, Henry Watkins. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 3053.

Allen, William M., b. 1832 or 3. Correspondence, 1858-1863. .1 linear ft. (22 items). Location: E:3. Available on microfilm: University Publications of America Confederate Military Manuscripts Series B, Reel 1. Farmer of Holmesville, Pike County, Mississippi. His sister, Letty, and her husband, John Houston, owned a farm in Minden, Webster Parish, Louisiana. William and his brother Felix were Confederate soldiers in the Mississippi Volunteers. Pre-Civil War letters from Houston discuss farming conditions, his advocacy of secession, and local social events. Civil War letters to Allen describe skirmishes in Kentucky and Louisiana, and war news such as the shelling of Port Hudson, Louisiana. Family affairs, illness and remedies, and attendance at the New Orleans School of Medicine are other topics in the letters. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 701, 2287.

Alley, Mary. Scrapbooks, 1843, 1862-1884, 1910. 3 vols., 109 items, on microfilm. Location: Mf. Baton Rouge native and wife of Charles Henry Jolly. Clippings from Baton Rouge papers on local and national issues at the end of the Civil War and early Reconstruction. Topics include politics, medicine, poetry, anecdotes, and deaths of Baton Rougeans. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 3570.

Allyn, William B. Letter, 1862 November 25. 1 item. Location:Misc:A. Federal officer serving in Louisiana during the Civil War. Written from Camp Stevens, near Thibodaux, Lafourche Parish, Louisiana, Allyn's letter describes the surrounding countryside, federal policy toward captured Confederate sugar, and social relations with local planters. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 2941.

Alsip, Thomas. Letters, 1861-1865. 6 items. Location: Misc:A. Resident of Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin, and a soldier in the Union army in Kansas during the Civil War. Letters describe Alsip's military service in Kansas, camp life at Fort Scott, and Confederate guerilla activities. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 3019.

Amacker, Obadiah Pearson, 1838-1910. Family Papers, 1861-1959 (bulk 1861-1865). .3 linear ft. Location: U:118. Available on microfilm: University Publications of America Confederate Military Manuscripts Series B, Reel 1. Residents of the Florida parishes, Louisiana. Obadiah Amacker was an officer in the 3rd (Wingfield's) Regiment, Confederate cavalry. In 1865, the family moved to Greensburg, Louisiana, where he practiced law. Papers include a Civil War diary of Abigail Amacker on the home front in the Florida parishes; and a list of the officers and men of the first company to leave St. Helena Parish, Louisiana, as part of the 4th Louisiana Infantry. Confederate records transcribed from the State Library Commission document the service of the Amacker family in the Civil War. A printed pamphlet contains genealogical records. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 1604.

Amite County record book, 1851-1864, 1879, 1895. 1 ms. vol. Location: M:21. Records of the appointed trustees of the Common Schools for District No. 2 in Amite County, Mississippi. Reports from various schools list name of parents, name and age of scholar, and amounts drawn from the public fund. Some minutes are included. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 6.

Anderson, Harrod C. (Harrod Clopton). Papers, 1849-1888 (bulk 1885-1887). 7 items, 3 ms. vols. Location: Mf:A, F:1, Misc:A. Available (with some omissions) on microfilm: University Publications of America Records of Ante-bellum Southern Plantations Series I, Part 2, Reel 20. Planter of Magnolia, Haywood County, Tennessee. Papers include a cashbook, photoprints, and diaries which discuss opinions on philosophical, religious, political, and Civil War issues. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 8, 490, 539.

Anderson, Henry. Letter, 1863. 1 item. Location: Misc. Union soldier during the Civil War, probably from Indiana, stationed at New Madrid, Missouri. Letter to a friend expresses lack of interest in the cause of slavery and a personal revulsion to the Negro. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 1427.

Andrews, George L. (George Leonard), 1828-1899. Papers, 1863-1865. 9 items. Location: Misc:A. Union brigadier general in the Civil War. Andrews was appointed commander of the Department of the Gulf in 1863 and assumed command of the Port Hudson, Louisiana, post in 1864. Correspondence from Andrews to his wife deals with the surrender of Port Hudson (1863) and his duties as commander of the post. Two letters describe conditions in New Orleans immediately after the war. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 3067.

Andry, M. T. (Michel Thomassin), 1811-ca. 1871. Family Papers, 1840-1882 (bulk 1858-1879). 1 linear ft. (199 items). Location: UU:66. Available on microfilm: University Publications of America Confederate Military Manuscripts Series B, Reel 1. Sugar planter of St. John the Baptist and St. Charles parishes, Louisiana, and resident of New Orleans. Collection includes correspondence and legal and financial papers. Letters received by Andry's daughter Rosa from his sons describe their participation in the Battle of Shiloh, campaigns in Kentucky, and skirmishes at Camp Beauregard in the Civil War. Partly in French. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 1318.Complete finding aid.

Anonymous account book (h), 1866-1879. 1 vol. Location: F:1. Journal lists food, fuel, and beverages purchased for a restaurant in France. In French. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 458.

Anonymous account books (l), 1919-1920. 3 vols. Location: J:10. Anonymous account books of a general merchandise store in Natchitoches Parish, Louisiana. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 927.

Anonymous Account Book (M), 1748. 1 manuscript volume. Location: Vault:1. Account book for Baton Rouge merchant containing entries for mercantile items, loans, and passage and shipping to the West Indies (Jan. 1-March 20, 1748). Mss. 519.

Anonymous Civil War diary, 1863 January 23-September 25. 1 item. Location: Misc. Diary of an unidentified Union soldier recording daily events, camp life, and military action in Virginia and during the Battle of Vicksburg, Mississippi, and travel between the two fronts. Misc. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 3210.

Anonymous Civil War diary, 1863 September 1-December 13. 1 item [handwritten, 13 page fragment]. Misc.. Diary of a Union soldier on the march or encamped along the Sabine River and in southeast Louisiana. He mentions fighting, expeditions, casualties, Confederate desertions, and the weather. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 3328.

Anonymous Civil War letter, 1863. 1 item. Location: Misc. Letter from a teacher in North Carolina to his parents in Richmond, Virginia, telling of his work as a
mechanic in order to avoid the Confederate conscript law. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 1452.

Anonymous Civil War letter, 1863 April 13. 1 item (4 pages). Location: Misc. Union soldier's letter from Baton Rouge to his sister Ann relating details of his present situation and his impression of the local population, of Baton Rouge, and of nearby plantations. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 3309.

Anonymous Civil War letter, 1863 April 18. 2 items. Location: Misc. Letter from a Union camp in Baton Rouge describing camp life and mentioning the siege of Port Hudson. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 2824.

Anonymous Civil War letter, 1863 June 19. 1 item. Location: Misc. Union army soldier. Letter discussing the Union siege at Vicksburg, Mississippi, trench visits from Confederate soldiers, artillery techniques, and camp life. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 3245.

Anonymous Civil War letter, 1864 May 22. 1 item. Union army soldier named George. Letter written to his parents from Carrollton, Louisiana, describing camp life and remarking on the difficulty of obtaining horses for the cavalry. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 3339.

Anonymous Civil War Letters, 1863. 2 items. Location: Misc. Letters from a Union soldier to his brother, from Camp Banks in Baton Rouge, discussing family news, soldier friends, illness caused by drinking Mississippi River water, scarcity of supplies and money, property destruction, and not attacking Port Hudson. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 3271.

Anonymous Civil War order, ca. 1864. 1 item. Location: Misc. Union order from headquarters, Department of the Gulf, requesting the 9th Connecticut and the 14th Maine regiments together with a section of Thompson's Battery be sent to St. Charles [Arkansas] in order to rid the area of Confederate soldiers. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 1424.

Anonymous Civil War reconstruction. 1 item. Location:32:80. Mss. 3975.

Anonymous Civil War scrapbook, 1856-1863.1 ms. vol. Location: UU:110. Available on microfilm: UPA Southern Women and Their Families in the 19th Century: Papers and Diaries Series E, Reel 1. Clippings, mostly from Mobile, Alabama, ADVERTISER and REGISTER, of poems and Civil War news. Scrapbook also includes fashion designs from magazines.For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 893.

Anonymous Confederate civilian Letters, 1863 August 27 and 29. 2 items. Location: Misc. Pages from a letter-diary of a plantation owner, possibly the wife of a Confederate soldier, recording daily activities, local news, plantation work, and slave health. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 2997.

Anonymous Confederate letter, 1861 July 3. 1 item. Location: Misc. Letter written from New Orleans describing a method of blocking the Mississippi River to federal military boats. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 2899.

Anonymous Confederate Officer's letter. 1 item. Location:32:80. Mss. 3941.

Anonymous Confederate poems, 1864 ca., n.d. 2 pages. Location: Misc. Anonymous poems titled 'Somebody's Darling,' 'Waiting,' and 'The Picket Guard' deal with war themes, death, and the Southern struggle. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 2918.

Anonymous Confederate scrapbook, n.d.1ms. vol. Location: M:18. Scrapbook of prints from engravings of Jefferson Davis, the Confederate president, his cabinet, and his generals; and 5 newspaper clippings referring to incidents concerning Davis during Reconstruction. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 1846.

Anonymous journal, 1860-1866. 1 ms. vol. Location: F:2. Journal of a U.S. Naval Academy graduate, written as a midshipman on board the U. S. S. Congress. The journal contains the author's reasons for entering the Navy, information and opinions of Naval officers concerning the U.S. Naval Academy and its graduates, and definitions of duties of a seaman on a ship. The reverse side contains law lectures. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 1071.

Anonymous letter, [1863] October 4.1 item. Location: Misc. Letter from a Southern woman who had lived in New York City prior to the Civil War compares the changes that have been made during the Civil War and in particular mentions sermons of abolitionist Dr. Henry Whitney Bellows. She also describes the problems encountered in passing through Fortress Monroe under a flag of truce. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 2121.

Anonymous letter, 1861 March 28. 1 item. Location: Misc. Personal letter from 'Georgie,' New Orleans, to 'Caroline,' relating family news and social activities. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 636.

Anonymous letter, 1863 August 11. 1 item. Location: Misc. Letter from a young lady living near Campbell County Court House, Virginia, stating that a cousin, Robert Andrews, had distinguished himself at Winchester and had been wounded at the Battle of Gettysburg. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 2121.

Anonymous letter, 1864. 1 item. Location: Misc. Letter from Sarah, apparently a young girl and resident of New Orleans, written upon her return from a trip to New York City, commenting on a minstrel show in New Orleans and expressing interest in the New York presidential election returns. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 1418.

Anonymous Letters, 1864-1865. 2 items. Location: Misc:A. Available on microfilm: University Publications of America Confederate Military Manuscripts Series B, Reel 1. Letters from a Louisiana Confederate soldier wintering at New Dalton, Georgia, to his sister, relating personal news and from Natchez, Mississippi, describing his reception upon returning from the service and his adjustment to civilian life. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 1032.

Anonymous letter, 1867 ca.1 item. Location: U:116. Letter by a Confederate veteran, formerly a prisoner at Fort Delaware, to 'Dear Editor,' pleading for the white man to exercise his right to vote in order to stem the tide of radicalism. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 172.

Anonymous Letters, 1861.3 items. Location: Misc. Letters from Vermont Representative William W. B_____, attending a session of the state legislature, relating accounts of personal and official activities to his wife. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 2112.

Anonymous Letters, 1861-1863. 8 items. Location: Misc. Letters of a private serving in the 18th New York Volunteers written from Camp King, Little River Turnpike, Camp Jackson, and White Oak Church, Virginia, to Cousin Eliza of Waterford, New York. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 2449.

Anonymous manuscript volume, 1862-1877. 1 item. Location: Misc. A commercial diary printed in New Orleans. Contents include 'Diary notes on the revolution of the Southern States of America'; personal and press comments on the seizure of the Trent; and poetry, songs, and parts of plays in commedia dell'arte style. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 3545.

Anonymous memorandum, n.d.1 item [copy]. Location: Misc. General Robert E. Lee's farewell address to the Army of Northern Virginia, April 10, 1865, and poem entitled 'A Mother Waiting for the News.' For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 219.

Anonymous poem, 1864 June 3. 1 item. Location: Misc. Confederate love poem signed 'Mystic,' Petersburg, Virginia. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 2121.

Anonymous record book, n.d. 1 ms. vol. Location: M:19. Vital statistics and military records together with comments on the condition, location, and extent of such records in several parishes in Louisiana. Included are lists of Louisiana blacks in units of the Union army during the Civil War. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 1018.

Anonymous scrapbook, 1861-1936, n.d. 2 vols. Location: Mf. Miscellaneous newspaper clippings collected mainly from newspapers in New Orleans and Natchez, Mississippi, include materials relative to Reconstruction, the impeachment of President Andrew Johnson, the Chicago fire of 1871, and steamboats. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 2554.

Anonymous scrapbook, ca. 1900. 1 ms. vol. Location: H:21. Scrapbook containing obituaries of Sadie Patrick, secretary of the United Confederate Veterans Association; sentimental verse; and miscellaneous newspaper clippings. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 2087.

Anonymous Union soldier letter, 1863 February 19.1 item. Location: Misc. Letter from camp near Belle Plain, Army of the Potomac, under General Joseph Hooker, pertaining to camp life, discouragement among the troops, opposition to the Emancipation Proclamation, and rumors of a conscription law. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 2897.

Anonymous soldier letter, 1863 September 24. 1 item. Location: Misc. Union soldier fighting in Louisiana during the Civil War. Letter describing a march of his unit from New Orleans to Bayou Teche country. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 2588.

Armstrong, Ezekiel. Diary, 1862 May 28-December 10. 1 vol. on microfilm. Location: Mf. Confederate sergeant in the 17th Mississippi Regiment during the Civil War. Diary comments on Seven Days Battle at Richmond, Virginia; sermons preached by chaplains; army marches; a visit to the scene of the Second Battle of Bull Run; the Maryland Campaign; and the attitude of civilians toward the Confederate army. He also mentions participation in the battles of Maryland Heights and Sharpsburg; and the evacuation of women and children from Fredericksburg. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 943.

Arnold, Thomas, Lieutenant. Papers, 1862 April 26. 2 items. Location: Misc:A. Available on microfilm: University Publications of America Confederate Military Manuscripts Series B, Reel 1. Confederate navy lieutenant serving on the Mississippi River during the Civil War. Letter from Arnold on the towboat Landis to Captain J. K. Mitchell of the Confederate navy describing an action in which he captured, then lost the Union steamer Resolute. His vessel was fired upon by the Union steamer Defiance. Included is a list of night signals for the fleet, probably Confederate. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 3220.

Ashlock, Jules R. Centennial edition of the Ville Platte, La., Gazette, 1958 September 18. 1 ms. vol. Location: OS:A. Special edition commemorating the hundredth anniversary of the incorporation of the city of Ville Platte, Louisiana, with histories; photographs of historic scenes and residents; and articles on recent progress. The volume also contains letters written by a Confederate soldier, Amos K. Anselm, to his mother in 1861 and 1862. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 2480.

Atherton, R. Letter, ca. 1863. 1 item. Location: Misc. Federal soldier stationed in Carrollton, Louisiana, waiting with his unit for military orders. The letter contains information concerning assignments of other divisions and about mutual friends. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 1484.

Augur, Christopher Columbus, 1821-1898. Photograph, n.d. 1 item. Location:E. Union general and commander of the District of Baton Rouge (1862) and of troops attacking Port Hudson. Carte-de-visite photograph of Augur in uniform. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 3538.

Babin, Felix E. Letter, 1862 September 20 and 1915. 2 items. Location: Misc. Letter from Vicksburg (1862) and Chamber of Commerce of Quimper and Brest, France; 50 centimes note (1915). For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 1876.

BADGER BULLETIN, 1862 June 14. 1 item [enlargement print, 4 pages]. Location: Impr. Newspaper published by the 3rd Wisconsin Battery during a brief stay at Iuka, Mississippi, contains a history and roster of the battery and notes on Union and Confederate units in the area. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 2022.

Bagby, Arthur P. Letter, 1905. 1 item. Location: Misc:B. Alabama native, general in Confederate 4th Texas Cavalry, and participant in the Red River Campaign in Louisiana. Letter recounts his military experiences. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 3032.

Baines, Henry. Papers, 1796-1905. .6 linear ft. Location: C:55, 65. Available (with some omissions) on microfilm: University Publications of America Confederate Military Manuscripts Series B, Reel 1. Planter of Bains, West Feliciana Parish, Louisiana, and a member of London's Royal College of Surgeons. Baines was related to the McDermott and Maynard families. Collection contains papers and letters of the Baines, McDermott, and Maynard families related to the cotton trade, medical education, the Civil War, and financial dealings. Includes a Spanish land grant of West Feliciana Parish, Louisiana. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 1209. Complete finding aid (PDF).

Baker, John Wesley. Diary. 1 item. Location:32:80. Mss. 3892.

Baker, Sarah. Oral history interview, 1974. 2 sound cassettes. Location: L:4700.2. Sarah Baker was born and raised on the Magee Plantation in Woodville, Wilkinson County, Mississippi, and was 113 years old when the interview was done. Interview discusses plantation life and the end of the Civil War. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 4700.2.

Banks, Nathaniel P., 1816-1894. Letter, 1866. 1 item. Location: Misc:B. Congressman, governor of Massachusetts, and general in command of the Union Gulf Department in the Civil War. The letter speculates on the outcome of a possible attack by Banks's forces on Port Hudson. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 2771.

Banks, Nathaniel P., 1816-1894. Letterpress copybook, 1863-1864. 1 vol. Location: B:12. Congressman, governor of Massachusetts, and general in command of the Union Gulf Department in the Civil War. Letterpress copybook of official letters written by Banks from his headquarters, Department of the Gulf, New Orleans, during fall 1863 and early winter 1864. Letters comment on civilian life in New Orleans, freed slaves, and the cotton trade. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 2326.

Barel, Leona Queyrouze, 1861?-1938. Papers, 1800-1950 (bulk 1860-1937). 2,614 items, 31 printed vols., 23 ms. vols. Location: UU:68-72, Q:27, X:97-98, OS:Q, 99. Available on microfilm: University Publications of America Southern Women and Their Families in the 19th CenturWest Feliciana Parish. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 574.

Barstow, Henry war record and letter, 1862-1880. 2 items. Location: MISC:B. Barstow served in Company I of the 4th Massachusetts Infantry regiment. Diary provides timeline of service, including life in a prison camp in Brashear City, La., and poor health among the soldiers. Letter notes injuries for which Barstow will request a pension, farming advice and postwar plans, and officers' incompetence. Barstow mentions Port Hudson, and location of camp on loyal plantation owner's property. Also contains a resolution, April 1880, giving thanks and kind wishes to Rev. W.W. Lyle at the Pilgrim Church and Society meeting. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 4866.

Bass-Farrar Family Papers, 1829-1917 (bulk: 1829-1843; 1858-1867) 285 items. Location: R:41. Papers of the Bass, Farrar, and Richardson families from Tensas Parish, La., and vicinity. Includes material on family matters, personal and professional activities, maintenance and overseeing of cotton plantations before and after the Civil War, life along the Mississippi River, life in Civil War Louisiana, and slavery. For further information, see online catalog. Mss. 4907. Complete finding aid.

Bass, John H. Diary, 1864-1866. 1 item on microfilm. Location: Mf. Physician. Bass was born in Adams County, Mississippi; was educated at Medical School in Louisville, Kentucky; and practiced in Madison Parish, Louisiana. He served as an assistant surgeon in the Confederate army, mainly in Georgia and Tennessee. Diary covers experiences in battles during the Civil War from April to December 1864. It also contains lists of casualties, medical memos, prescriptions, and miscellaneous accounts. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 3363.

Batchelor, Albert A. (Albert Agrippa), 1845-1905. Papers, 1852-1930 (bulk 1870-1900). 15 linear ft. Location: S:143. Planter, Louisiana legislator, and physician of Pointe Coupee Parish, Louisiana. Papers include correspondence, diaries, and account books documenting plantation management and schools in Louisiana, Kentucky, and Mississippi (including Oakland College near Rodney, Jefferson County, Mississippi) before and during the Civil War. Collection also documents Confederate military service and civilian life during the Civil War. Available (with some omissions) on microfilm: University Publications of America Records of Southern Plantations from Emancipation to the Great Migration, Series B, Part 5, Reels 1-15, or Confederate Military Manuscripts, Series B, Reels 1-2. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 919. Complete finding aid (PDF).

Baton Rouge Civil War broadside collection, 1860-1864 (bulk 1862-1864). 25 items [photocopies]. Location: OS:B. Broadsides include a political poster of the Constitutional Union Party; a resolution of the Confederate city government of Baton Rouge; and broadsides posted by federal occupation authorities. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 2779.

Baton Rouge Civil War photographs, 1863. 3 items. Three photographs taken in Baton Rouge during the Civil War: an African-American male in a wagon pulled by mules; Pike Hall; and Garrison Lane. The first is by McPherson and Oliver, and the other two are probably their work as well. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 3272.

Battle, Kemp P. Circular letter, 1865. 1 item. Location: Impr. Former secretary of the North Carolina Land Agency. Circular letter from Battle recommending the General Southern Land Agency of New York City to his customers. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 1658.

Battle of Port Republic, [ca. 1900]. 1 item (3 p.). Location:Misc:B.A private in Company H of the 7th Louisiana Infantry Regiment, also known as the Pelican Regiment. In this typed reminiscence,Collins gives a detailed description of the role of the 7th Louisiana Infantry Regiment in the Battle of Port Republic. He mentions General Richard Taylor, Colonel H. T. Hays, and the death of Lieutenant Colonel DeChouiseul. For more information see online catalog. Mss. 4903.

Baxter, Robert Graham. Papers, 1863-1932. .25 linear ft. (146 items, 1 vol.). Location: T:15. Robert Baxter was the son of Reverend H. B. Baxter, a minister of the Christian Church, formerly of Lisbon, Ohio. Reverend Baxter established a Disciples of Christ church in Baton Rouge. Personal letters from friends, Baxter's wife Mary, and members of the Baxter family in Harrodsburg, Kentucky, and Springfield, Missouri. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 1819.

Beall, William N. R. (William Nelson Rector), 1825-1883. Telegram, 1862 September 9. 1 item. Location: E:84. Available on microfilm: University Publications of America Confederate Military Manuscripts Series B, Reel 3. Confederate general. Telegram from Port Hudson, Louisiana, to General Daniel Ruggles relating to the defense of the Port Hudson-Baton Rouge area. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 3178.

Beauchamp, A. H. (Andre Hamille). Letters, 1863. 2 items. Location: MISC:B. Letters from Private Andre Hamille Beauchamp in the 1st Alabama Infantry Regiment from Port Hudson to his wife, Margaret. Beauchamp mentions the scuttled ship Indianola and the Essex, Vicksburg, Miss., federal deserters, and rumors of impending attacks. He describes an artillery attack on his position by federal gunboats. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 4305 and Mss. 4403.

Beauregard handbill, 1863. 1 item [photographic print]. Location: U:13. Handbill advertising a patent medicine in which Civil War general P. G. T. Beauregard's name is exploited. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 1279.

Beauregard, G. T. (Gustave Toutant), 1818-1893. Application, 1865, 1876. 4 items [photostatic copies]. Location: U:13. American army officer, Confederate general during the Civil War, and superintendent of the New Custom House in New Orleans. Letters and documents pertaining to the removal of General Beauregard's political disabilities including a true copy of Beauregard's application to President Andrew Johnson and bearing the approval of Governor J. Madison Wells of Louisiana. Filed in the manuscript card catalog under Beauregard, P. G. T. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 1279.

Beauregard, G. T. (Gustave Toutant), 1818-1893. Correspondence, 1858-1886. 10 items. Location: U:13. Available on microfilm: Confederate Military Manuscripts Series B, Reel 2. American army officer, Confederate general during the Civil War, and superintendent of the New Custom House in New Orleans. Letters to Edward Clifton Wharton, journalist and Confederate major of New Orleans, discuss personal matters and the authorship and publication of Beauregard's reminiscences on the Civil War. Included is a letter from John Johnson, Confederate major, recalling the condition of Fort Sumter after 60 days of bombardment in the fall of 1864. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 2128.

Beauregard, G. T. (Gustave Toutant), 1818-1893. Correspondence, 1861 July 7. 1 item. Location: U:13. American army officer, Confederate general during the Civil War, and superintendent of the New Custom House in New Orleans. Letter from a Confederate civilian, Benjamin Wilkes of Virginia, just before the First Battle of Bull Run, offering corn, wheat, and meat as a gift to the Confederate army, and his home to distressed families. Filed in the manuscript card catalog under Beauregard, Pierre Gustave Toutant. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 2311.

Beauregard, G. T. (Gustave Toutant), 1818-1893. Correspondence, 1861. 2 items. Location: U:13. American army officer, Confederate general during the Civil War, and superintendent of the New Custom House in New Orleans. Civil War letters from Major George Deas, Richmond, Virginia, telling of conflicting rumors circulating at the Confederate Capitol; and a letter from John L. Manning, aide-de-camp to Beauregard telling of the military confusion on the seaboard. Filed in the manuscript card catalog under Beauregard, P. G. T. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 1132.

Beauregard, G. T. (Gustave Toutant), 1818-1893. Document, 1863 November 14. 1 item. Location: U:13. American army officer, Confederate general during the Civil War, and superintendent of the New Custom House in New Orleans. List of 'Paroles and Countersigns' for several military districts, by command of General Beauregard, Headquarters, Department of South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida, sent to General H. A. Wise. Filed in the manuscript card catalog under Beauregard, P. G. T. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 2163.

Beauregard, G. T. (Gustave Toutant), 1818-1893. Letter, 1864 April 2. 1 item [photostatic copy]. Location: U:13. American army officer, Confederate general during the Civil War, and superintendent of the New Custom House in New Orleans. Letter to Miss Julia Deslonde, New Orleans. Filed in the manuscript card catalog under Beauregard, P. G. T. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 820.

Beauregard, G. T. (Gustave Toutant), 1818-1893. Letter, 1865 September 4. 1 item [copy]. Location: U:13. American army officer, Confederate general during the Civil War, and superintendent of the New Custom House in New Orleans. Letter from Major A. H. Mason, chief commissary for the Western District of Louisiana, repeating official rumors that Beauregard would be exiled for life, hoping that Maximillian's success in Mexico would not attract disillusioned Southern soldiers. Filed in the manuscript card catalog under Beauregard, P. G. T. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 1567.

Beauregard, G. T. (Gustave Toutant), 1818-1893. Letter, 1879 March 29. 1 item. Location: U:13. American army officer, Confederate general during the Civil War, and superintendent of the New Custom House in New Orleans. Beauregard's reply on the reverse side of a letter from R. W. Knott, editor of the Louisville, Kentucky, Post, denies charges that he tried to bribe the editor of the Louisville Journal to advocate the secession of Kentucky. Filed in the manuscript card catalog under Beauregard, P. G. T. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 1387.

Beauregard, G. T. (Gustave Toutant), 1818-1893. Letter, ca. 1880, n.d. 1 item (8 pages). Location: U:13. American army officer, Confederate general during the Civil War, and superintendent of the New Custom House in New Orleans. Letter, initialed, discusses the First Bull Run campaign, particularly the performance of Confederate General Richard Stoddert Ewell. Filed in the manuscript card catalog under Beauregard, Pierre Gustave Toutant. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 3233.

Beauregard, G. T. (Gustave Toutant), 1818-1893. Letter, 1882 September 27. 1 item. Location: U:13. American army officer, Confederate general during the Civil War, and superintendent of the New Custom House in New Orleans. Letter to General Marcus J. Wright comments on inaccuracies in Jefferson Davis' history of the Confederacy and on his own literary activities. Filed in the manuscript card catalog under Beauregard, Pierre G. T. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 2965.

Beauregard, G. T. (Gustave Toutant), 1818-1893. Letters, 1861-1891. 7 items. Location: U:13. American army officer, Confederate general during the Civil War, and superintendent of the New Custom House in New Orleans. Papers include a memorandum (1861); a letter to Miss Julia Semmes (1861, photocopy); a letter to J. J. Knox (file copy, 1867); a letter to Marcus Wright (1880); and a note (1891) responding to a request. Filed in the manuscript card catalog under Beauregard, P. G. T. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 1672.

Beauregard, G. T. (Gustave Toutant), 1818-1893. Memorandum, 1886. 3 items. Location: U:14. American army officer, Confederate general during the Civil War, and superintendent of the New Custom House in New Orleans. Autographed memorandum giving a description of the uniforms worn by General Beauregard during the Civil War. A letter from E. C. Wharton acknowledges receipt of memorandum and requests further information concerning uniforms of other generals. Filed in the manuscript card catalog under Beauregard, Pierre Gustave Toutant. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 2001.

Beauregard, G. T. (Gustave Toutant), 1818-1893. Military order, 1861 April 11. 2 items. Location: U:14. American army officer, Confederate general during the Civil War, and superintendent of the New Custom House in New Orleans. File copy of military order from General Beauregard to Major Robert Anderson, commanding at Fort Sumter, South Carolina, demanding the evacuation of Fort Sumter. A typewritten copy is also included. Filed in the manuscript card catalog under Beauregard, P. G. T. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 1965.

Beauregard, G. T. (Gustave Toutant), 1818-1893. Papers, 1845-1894 (bulk 1861-1865). 144 items. Location: Mss.Mf:B, U:13-14. American army officer, Confederate general during the Civil War, and superintendent of the New Custom House in New Orleans. Civil War letters comment on his command, discuss the role of Lee and Davis in the South's defeat, and the possible exile of southern soldiers. Also included are copies of letters and routine military dispatches by him. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 763, 780, 785.

Beauregard, G. T. (Gustave Toutant), 1818-1893. Published volume, 1891. 1 printed vol. Location: F:3. American army officer, Confederate general during the Civil War, and superintendent of the New Custom House in New Orleans. Presentation copy of Beauregard's Battle of Manassas to Mrs. Mary A. Townsend by General Beauregard in New Orleans, April 1891. Filed in the manuscript card catalog under Beauregard, P. G. T. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 1716.

Beauregard, G. T. (Gustave Toutant), 1818-1893. Report, 1862 June 22. 1 item. Location: U:14. American army officer, Confederate general during the Civil War, and superintendent of the New Custom House in New Orleans. Report containing questions posed by Confederate President Jefferson Davis concerning the details of Beauregard's retreat from Corinth, Mississippi, in the face of federal forces under General Halleck, and Beauregard's responses. Filed in the manuscript card catalog under Beauregard, Pierre Gustave Toutant. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 2800.

Beauregard, G. T. (Gustave Toutant), 1818-1893. Report, 1865 April 15. 1 item. Location: U:14. American army officer, Confederate general during the Civil War, and superintendent of the New Custom House in New Orleans. Official copy of General Beauregard's report of the 1864-1865 campaign of the Army of Tennessee in middle Tennessee, November-December 1864, as sent to General Samuel Cooper and copied for the War Records. Filed in the manuscript card catalog under Beauregard, Pierre Gustave Toutant. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 2692.

Beauregard, G. T. (Gustave Toutant), 1818-1893. Sheet music, 1861. 1 item [photocopy]. Location: U:14. American army officer, Confederate general during the Civil War, and superintendent of the New Custom House in New Orleans. The Beauregard Manassas Quick-Step by A. Noir. Filed in the manuscript card catalog under Beauregard, P. G. T. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 2243.

Beauregard, G. T. (Gustave Toutant), 1818-1893. Family Papers, 1818-1912 (bulk 1850-1880). 671 items, 106 vols. (13 ms. vols., 93 printed vols.). Location: U:10-12, F:3, O:5. American army officer, Confederate general during the Civil War, and superintendent of the New Custom House in New Orleans. Collection includes paper and items of financial, legal, political, and personal interest. Other items include recipes; scrapbooks; pamphlets; photographs; notebooks; and some papers of the Cenas family. Included are papers on New Orleans related to railroad, improvement, and other city projects. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 601.

Beck, John E. Letter, 1863 March 7. 1 item. Location: Misc:B. Letter written by John E. Beck to Mrs. Margaret Tuckett informing her that her 'companion' George A. Tuckett died of measles at Port Hudson. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 3793.

Beebe, William S. Papers, 1864 April 17-June 14. 2 items. Location: Misc:B. Union lieutenant, chief of ordnance in the field and assistant chief of ordnance at Headquarters, Department of the Gulf, in New Orleans. Letter from Louisiana in 2 parts. Part 1 from Grand Ecore mentions Beebe taking prisoners in a battle, 'poor Sanderson's' death, and General Stone's departure from the field. Part 2 from Alexandria describes leading his regiment and taking enemy ground. Included is a copy of a letter of General N. P. Banks recommending Beebe to Andrew G. Curtin, governor of Pennsylvania. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 3302.

Belcher, Francis A. Letters,[1863 Apr. 1]. 2 items. Location: MISC:B. Soldier in the 4th Massachusetts Infantry, Company D. Letters to his family describe marching and camp life and mentions Port Hudson and the explosion of the "Mississippi." Mss. 3966.

Belcher, F. A. Letter, 1863 April 18. 1 item (10 pages). Location: Misc:B. Union soldier. Letter to Belcher's mother and brother written from Brashear City (now Morgan City), St. Mary Parish, Louisiana. It remarks on fighting in the area, the death of 'Matthew,' and General N. P. Bank's practice of remaining with his troops during battle. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 3196.

Bell, Helena Jones, Letter, 1938 Jan. 28. 1 item. Location: Misc.: B. Southern civilian during the Civil War. Letter describes Union occupation, the loyalty of a former slave, Union soldiers killing a child, and harsh living conditions during and after the war. For further information, see online catalog. Mss. 4545.

Bell, James T. Letter: Johnson Island Prison, Ohio, to Mary Whitaker, Alabama, 1864 February 28. 1 item (2 leaves). Location: Misc:B. Available on microfilm: UPA Confederate Military Manuscripts Series B, Reel 2. Confederate officer in the Civil War. Bell assumed charge of the 21st Alabama Infantry after Captain John B. (Boyington) Hazard died at Johnson Island Prison, February 1864. Letter written to Hazard's sister, Mrs. Mary Whitaker and her husband, Benjamin Andrews Whitaker, describing Hazard's illness, l ast wishes, death, those present at his death, and general conditions of the medical facilities and the prison itself. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 3453.Complete finding aid.

Bell, John W., Captain. Papers, 1862-1864. 3 items. 1 vol. Location: Misc:B. Available on microfilm: University Publications of America Confederate Military Manuscripts Series B, Reel 2. Captain in the 32nd Alabama Infantry who served in Alabama and Tennessee during the Civil War. He was married to Nancy Bell of Coffeeville, Clarke County, Alabama. Letters to Nancy written from Camp Forney, Alabama, and Lavergne, Tennessee, discuss monetary concerns of the soldiers. Also described are local economic conditions, women searching for food for their children, and women who worked as laundresses. Included is a notebook listing personal items and expenses of John W. Bell. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 771.

Bell, William R., ca. 1814-1874. Papers, 1842-1941 (bulk 1842-1874). 78 items, 2 vols. Location: C:6. Native of Scotland, mortician, and owner of Union Stables in New Orleans. Business papers document Bell's stable and mortuary and include transactions with Union soldiers occupying New Orleans. Correspondence with his family discusses economic conditions and the Civil War. Collection includes a photograph of Bell. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 2117, 2118.

Benedict, Edwin Letters, 1862 Dec. 12-1863 Mar. 20. 13 items.Location: Misc:B. Corporal with Company G of the 23rd Connecticut Infantry. Mentions the building of Fort Massachusetts and the presence of female Confederate prisoners at Ship Island, and describes food, camp conditionsand illness, as well as duty guarding Louisa Plantation, his interaction with slaves, and belief war is divine lesson for slaveholders. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 4318.

Bennett Family Papers, 1862-1910, n.d. 220 items, 1 ms. vol. Location: W:25. Residents of Trenton, Monroe, and Plain Dealing, Louisiana. Confederate soldier's letters, from John Bennett, describe Civil War camp life, the Battle of Corinth, and aspects of the Vicksburg campaign. Family letters pertain mainly to children's welfare and education, household management, and social life. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 2976.

Bell, James T. Letter: Johnson Island Prison, Ohio, to Mary Whitaker, Alabama, 1864 February 28. 1 item (2 leaves). Location:Misc:B. Confederate officer in the Civil War. Bell assumed charge of the 21st Alabama Infantry after Captain John B. (Boyington) Hazard died at Johnson Island Prison, February 1864. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 3453.

Belmont, August, 1816-1890. Letter, 1863 September 10.1 item (2 leaves). Location: Misc:B. German immigrant, financier, and diplomat of New York City, who was married to Caroline Slidell Perry in 1849. Letter written to Rhode Island governor William Sprague recommending the promotion of Captain William J. Slidell, giving an account of his war record, and commending him for resisting inducements to join the Confederacy under the patronage of his uncle. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 1557.

Ben. Roach Inv.  1 item. Location:32:79. Mss. 3683.

Bennett, Ezra. Family Papers, 1818-1881. 217 items on 1 microfilm reel. Location: Mss.Mf:B. Planter and storekeeper of Cheneyville, Rapides Parish, Louisiana. Papers include letters written from Port Hudson and Camp Pratt, Louisiana, during the Civil War. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 2896.

Benson Family Papers, 1775-1967, n.d. 447 items, 4 ms. vols., 4 printed vols., microfilm., 25 enlargement prints. Location: Mf., OS:B. Cotton planters of DeSoto Parish, Louisiana. Letters, documents, and plantation diaries reflect plantation economy, the administration of secondary schools, the history and administration of the Baptist Church, and civilian and military participation in the Civil War. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 2424.

Benson Family Papers, 1784-1969, n.d. 2,231 items, 18 ms. vols., 1 printed vol. Location: Mf. Cotton planters of DeSoto Parish, Louisiana. Business papers, letters, and documents reflect plantation economy in Alabama and Louisiana, social life, and schools. Papers include cotton factors' letters, receipts and statements, blacksmiths' bills, and letters from Confederate soldiers. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 2440.

Betts, Ephraim. Diaries, 1862-1864. 4 items (2 ms. vols.). Location: J:13. Sergeant in the 114th New York Volunteers during the Civil War. Betts enlisted in 1862 and was stationed in Louisiana until he was discharged in 1864 because of trouble with his eyes. Diaries describe Betts' journey from New York to New Orleans, camp life, the assault on Port Hudson and the Confederate surrender, the Sabine Pass Expedition, and events on the boat back to New York. Included in the diaries are lists of men in Betts' command, personal cash accounts, and lists of letters sent and received. Loose papers in the pocket of one diary include two military passes. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 3433.Complete finding aid.
*The Ephraim Betts Diaries are also available on microfilm, location: Mf.B

Billiu, John L., Civil War Letters, 1861-1862. 12 items. Location: 107:18. Civil War letters written by John S. Billiu of the 4th Regiment, Louisiana Infantry from May 1861 - March 1962. They comprise a first person account of a Confederate soldier's life at Louisiana and Mississippi camps early in the Civil War. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 4941.

Bills, John H. Family Papers, 1825-1880 (bulk 1855-1861). .15 linear ft. (103 items). Location: A:17. Postmaster, merchant, and major of Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tennessee, who also owned a plantation on Bayou Bartholomew, Louisiana. Bills was the father-in-law of Tennessee and Louisiana legislator Horace M. Polk. Personal and business letters discuss lands in Arkansas, dealings with factors, cotton trade, national and Louisiana state politics, the Democratic Party, the Civil War Battle of Shiloh, and slave customs and behavior. Correspondents include Daniel Graham, James Walker, and Horace M. Polk. Additional items consist of statements of accounts, receipts, and bills of lading. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 2075.

Binning, Wayne. Collection, 1830-1896. 106 items. Location: U:114. Professor of history at University of Mississippi. Constable's bills of costs (1830, 1832) St. Augustine, Territory of Florida; and other items (1850, 1877-1896) pertaining to the treatment and railroad transportation of prisoners and the insane in the state of Florida. Photographs of American and European historical figures, largely nineteenth century, include Civil War military and political figures. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 2043.

Birge, N. A. Papers, 1861-1865 (bulk 1862-1864). 88 items. Location: U:15, OS:B. Available on microfilm: University Publications of America Confederate Military Manuscripts Series B, Reels 2-3. Confederate assistant quartermaster at Monroe Army Post and Shreveport, Louisiana, and agent of the Trans-Mississippi Department at Jefferson, Texas. Papers include requisitions, vouchers, and receipts for clothing, camp equipment, transportation, and medical supplies; copies of official forms, routine correspondence from army personnel, a few letters from soldiers, and a list of conscript Negroes. The impressment of cotton in Texas is discussed in two letters from Lieutenant Colonel W. A. Broadwell, Office of the Cotton Bureau, Headquarters, Trans-Mississippi Department. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 918, 1036. Complete finding aid (PDF).

Bishop Polk Benevolent Society. Record book, 1862, 1865-1868. 3 items, 1 ms. vol. Location: Misc., M:20. Treasurer's book for benevolent societies at Trinity Church, New Orleans. Entries record the receipts and expenditures of the Benevolent Society. Entries for 1862 give the officers of the 'Ladies Society for the Promotion of Christian Objects.' For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 772.

Black, Norman P. Document, 1861. 1 item [copy]. Location: Misc. Deed of a slave by William Loudon to Norman P. Black, certified by the notary public John A. McHugh. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 893.

Blair, Frank P. (Frank Preston) 1821-1875. Letter, 1866 July 15.1 item. Location: Misc:B. Union soldier and statesman, originally from Lexington, Kentucky, who was a close associate of Andrew Jackson and a confidant of Lincoln. Letter from Blair to John Bigelow, U.S. Minister to France, introducing a Civil War Medal of Honor winner, General Adelbert Ames. Blair requests Bigelow's friendly aid for him. The letter refers to Ames' gallant conduct in battle, explaining that he traveled to France to observe the French Army. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 3666.

Blanchard, A.H. Papers. Location:Range 14, A:2 1S. Mss. 3615.

Blanchard, D. A. Receipts, 1863.3 items. Location: Misc:B. Available on microfilm: UPA Confederate Military Manuscripts Series B, Reel 3. Confederate captain in the Civil War. Receipts for payment of Blanchard's wages by G. Barksdale, captain and assistant quartermaster, at Richmond, Virginia. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 2142.

Boardman, J. G. Letter, 1862 April 8. 1 item (2 leaves). Location: Misc:B. Union soldier in the Civil War. Letter written from Camp Taylor, near Huntsville, Alabama, to Boardman's brother comments on the town of Huntsville and its residents and reports that some of the local residents were arrested and held for the good behavior of the rest. It also describes the departure of Boardman's unit from Tuscumbia, and their burning of bridges to cut off Confederate travel and communication by road. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 3092.

Boggs, William R., 1829-1911. Reminiscences, 1891. 3 items [photocopies]. Brigadier general of the Confederate army and chief of staff of the Trans-Mississippi Department from November 1862 until the end of the Civil War. Boggs' reminiscences, written in 1891 at the age of 62, cover the entire period of the war, from the election of 1860 until his surrender in June 1865. Also included are two obituary notices from Boston and New Orleans. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 3058.

Bond of James Graham, Marshal, 1863. 1 item. Location: MISC:B. Surety bond issued for Graham and his deputies, one of which was Michael Hahn. He was appointed U.S. Marshal of the Eastern District of Louisiana in May 1863. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 4006.

Bond, Priscilla Munnikhuysen, 1838-1869. Papers, 1858-1866. .7 linear ft. (98 items, 3 ms. vols.). Location: B:15. Available on microfilm: University Publications of America Southern Women and Their Families in the 19th Century: Papers and Diaries Series E, Reel 33. Resident of Terrebonne Parish, Louisiana, to which she had moved with her parents from Maryland. Priscilla married Howard Bond; she had no children. Two diaries record Bond's daily activities and observations. Subjects covered include plantation life, runaway slaves, social engagements, hypnotism, and Civil War experiences and thoughts, including participation by African-American soldiers. Collection also includes correspondence, poems, and photographs. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 2155. Complete finding aid (PDF).

Bonner, Samuel C. Family Papers, 1772-1886 (bulk 1808-1886). 172 items. Location: UU:111. Cotton planter of Pickens County, Alabama. Papers include family correspondence describing antebellum and post-bellum social conditions in Alabama, South Carolina, Mississippi, and Louisiana, including education at the University of Alabama and news about the Civil War and Reconstruction. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 1472, 1507.

Bonny, P. L. Papers, 1862-1864. 18 items. Location: Misc. Confederate lieutenant who was commandant of the post at Lake Shore, Mandeville, St. Tammany Parish, Louisiana, during the Civil War. Papers consist of special orders and related items pertaining to the destruction of cotton, blockade runners, conscription, and an incident entailing a threat by a U.S. gunboat to fire on the town of Mandeville. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 1435.

Boothby, Charles W. Papers, 1861-1898 (bulk 1861-1874). 1 linear ft. Location: T:19, OS:B. Captain of the 1st Louisiana Regiment, New Orleans Infantry, U.S. Army (unit organized at New Orleans, March 6, 1864, for the defense of New Orleans and the District of La Fourche), customs official, and superintendent of education for New Orleans. Remained in New Orleans after military service, participating in local politics. Personal and military correspondence, printed military orders, and quartermaster's records of the 1st Louisiana Regiment, Co. D, document Civil War and postbellum New Orleans, personal experiences, military engagements, including participation by African American soldiers, and political events during the Civil War. Later papers reflect the local and national political environment during Reconstruction. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 4847. Complete finding aid.

Bosley, Hubbard S. Papers, 1825-1947 (bulk 1850-1880). 10 linear ft., 39 vols. Location: C:1-5, O:1, OS:B 98:B. Planter of Telegram Plantation, Red River Parish, Louisiana. Bosley was the son-in-law of William A. Powell, a planter of Mount Flat Plantation who moved from Alabama to Caddo Parish in 1843, then settled in Red River Parish. Collection includes plantation records, personal correspondence, and business papers of William A. Powell, Hubbard S. Bosely, and families. Included are bound volumes of the Bosley family. Available (with some omissions) on microfilm: University Publications of America Records of Southern Plantations from Emancipation to the Great Migration, Series B, Part 2, Reels 12-13, or Records of Ante-Bellum Southern Plantations from the Revolution through the Civil War, Series I, Part 2, Reel 19. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 963. Complete Finding Aid

Boston Museum playbill, 1861. 1 item. Location: Impr. Abolitionist playbill from the Boston Museum offering The Octoroon, or Life in Louisiana, and billed as Dion Bourcicault's greatest production. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 1558.

Bower, Garner and Harrison. Papers, 1863-1868, n.d. 126 items. Location: E:51. New Orleans commission merchants. Letters to a member of the firm at Baton Rouge (1863) and at Natchez, Mississippi (1864-1868). For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 1388.

Bowers(?), J.A. Letter, 1863. 2 items. Location:Unprocessed--1N. Letter written from Port Hudson, Louisiana, and a certificate stating that James Bowers has furnished an able-bodied substitute and is free from service in the military, signed by C. Kavanaugh, Captain of the Cavalry. Mss. 3770.

Boyd, David French, 1834-1899. Papers, 1833-1934 (1860-1899). 9 linear ft., 45 v. Location: D:14-21, vault, U:179, Mf:Mss:B, OS:B. Confederate soldier during the Civil War who was later appointed president of the Seminary of Learning at Alexandria, Louisiana.  He was elected president of LSU in 1884 and resigned in 1886. He spent his last years as a professor at LSU. Papers are comprised of correspondence, including correspondence with William T. Sherman; writings about Civil War figures and his Civil War diary; academic papers reflecting his life as an educator; photographs; financial papers; and printed items. Manuscript volumes consist of school notebooks; memoranda; diaries; morning reports from Kentucky Military Institute and Locust Dale Academy; and a minute book of the Demostherman Society. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 40, 99, 794, 890, 893, 1400, 1612, 4234.

Boylston, William A. Diary, 1864-1865. 1 item. Location:Misc:21. South Carolina native, who was a Private in the 9th Louisiana Infantry before his capture in Winchester, Virginia, on September 19, 1864, during the Civil War. Boylston provides brief daily accounts of his unit's activities and movements, including his 1864 capture by Union forces, and his eventual release. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 4733.

Bradford, James L. Papers, 1856-1865. 19 items. Location: E:4. Available on microfilm: University Publications of Areturns recording the company's stores and supplies; and doctors' statements regarding the health of enlisted men. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 727.

Bradley, James E. Family Papers, 1862-1884 (bulk 1862-1865). 25 items and 2 vols. on 1 reel of microfilm. Location: Mss.Mf:B. Itinerant Methodist Episcopal minister in Louisiana, Mississippi, and Oregon. Diary and paublished in the Kosse (Texas) CYCLONE, May 23, 1907. Included is a copy of Brady's obituary and a picture of his family. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 3176.

Bragg, Braxton, 1817-1876. Letter, 1860 December 7. 1 item. Location: Misc:B. Confederate general in command of the Army of Tennessee during the Civil War. Letter written from Thibodaux, Louisiana, while Bragg was a major general in the Louisiana militia. It presents his opinions on theuest for biographical information, Bragg discusses his situation as a sugar planter in Louisiana at the beginning of the Civil War; laments the wartime misfortunes of his 'happy and contented' slaves; and describes his military career. Filed in the manuscript card catalog under Bragg, Braxton. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 2537.

Breda, Jean Philippe, 1808-1882. Family Papers, 1776-1921. 1,070 items and 31 vols., 3 mf reels. Location: B:64-65, OS:B, J:13, Vault 13, 98:B, Mss,Mf:B. Letter to General G.T. Beauregard, sent from Alexandria, Virginia, recalling the Petersburg Mine Assault in 1864. Included are corrections in Beauregard's hand, some signed with his initials 'G.T.B.' For further information see online catalog. Mss. 3196.

Brent, Rosella Kenner, 1849-1928. Papers, 1902-1915. .1 linear ft. Location: U:210. Daughter of Ascension Parish, Louisiana, planter and politician Duncan Farrar Kenner and wife of Confederate brigadier general Joseph F. Brent. Two narratives of Brent's recollections of Ashland Plantation, including a sketch of slave Henry Hammond. She also recounts an 1862 incident in which her father escaped to Bayou Lafourche upon learning that Union troops were coming to arrest him. Three letters pertain to Rosella Kenner Brent's husband, Brigadier General Joseph L. Brent, C.S.A. A 1910 letter describes General Brent's service in the Confederate army. Available on microfilm: University Publications of America Records of Southern Plantations from Emancipation to the Great Migration, Series B, Part 1, Reel 14. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 1167, 1822.

Bringier, Louis Amadee, 1827-1897. Papers, 1786-1901. 599 items and 14 vols. Location: T:96-97, F:9, OS:8, Mf. Planter of Ascension Parish, Louisiana, and Confederate officer. Bringier served as commander of the 4th Louisiana Cavalry and the 7th Louisiana Regiment in the Civil War. Papers include correspondence, business papers, military orders and communications, records relating to the administration of Hermitage Plantation in Ascension Parish and Houmas, Burnside, and Bagatelle plantations. Collection includes a letter (1862) telling of a woman killing a federal soldier in New Orleans; also includes papers (1786-1825) relating to the Augustin M. Tureaud family. Some items in French. Available (with some omissions) on microfilm: University Publications of America Records of Southern Plantations from Emancipation to the Great Migration, Series B, Part 1, Reels 1-2, or Records of Ante-Bellum Southern Plantations from the Revolution through the Civil War, Series I, Part 1, Reel 13. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 43, 139, 544. Complete Finding Aid

Brinkley Letter.  1 item. Location:32:79. Mss. 3868.

Brown, Charles L. Letters, 1862-1863. 5 items. Location: Misc. Civil War letters by a Union soldier stationed in Virginia to his family in Waltham, Massachusetts. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 2423.

Brown, E. Y. Letter, 1863 April 21. 1 item. Location: Misc.:B. Letter written while aboard the steamboat Natanzas, describing the scenery along the Mississippi river, war-torn New Orleans, and a visit to a military hospital. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 3802.

Brown, Orville Hickman, 1806-1881. Speech, 1862 March 10. 1 printed item. Location:Impr. U.S. Senator from Illinois. Speech delivered before the United States Senate during debate on a bill to confiscate Confederate property and slaves discusses various implications of the bill. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 2918.

Brown, Sarah Goodwin. Collection, 1840-1944. 31 items. Location:U:181. Materials documenting the history of Baton Rouge and Clinton, Louisiana. Included are two letters referring to the enlistment of a Northern school teacher in the Confederate army. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 1573, 1986.

Brown, Silas H. Letter, 1863 May 22. 1 item. Location: Misc:B. Civil War soldier. Letter written at an unnamed army camp in Baton Rouge to his family. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 4573.

Bruce, Seddon, and Wilkins plantation partnership records, 1741-1865 (bulk 1847-1854). 607 items, 6 ms. vols. Location: S:124-125, J:20. Available (with some omissions) on microfilm: University Publications of America Records of Ante-bellum Southern Plantations Series I, Part 1, Reels 9-10. William Webb Wilkins, James Coles Bruce, and James Alexander Seddon, partners in the ownership of sugar and cotton plantations, a saw mill, and a cooper's shop in Saint James Parish and Carroll Parish, Louisiana. Papers include legal documents, bills and receipts, correspondence, and manuscript volumes related to plantation operations and slave matters. Included are photocopies of a Union Army-issued circular and broadsides regarding slave employment and the subsistence of federal troops. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 2668.Complete finding aid.

Brusle, Charles A. Diary, 1861 July-September. 1 ms. vol. Location: Safe:2. Sugar planter of Plaquemine, Iberville Parish, Louisiana; and Confederate army officer; state senator and representative; tax collector; and sheriff. Brusle's diary contains an account of his trip to the Creek Nation, Indian Territory, to muster a regiment of Creeks into the military service of the Confederacy under orders from General Benjamin McCulloch. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 1627.

Brusle, Charles A. Papers, 1854-1905. 32 items (includes 3 vols.). Location: U:20, F:11. Available (with some omissions) on microfilm: University Publications of America Confederate Military Manuscripts Series B, Reel 3. Sugar planter of Plaquemine, Iberville Parish, Louisiana; and Confederate army officer; state senator and representative; tax collector; and sheriff. Papers include diaries, a record book, and a scrapbook, primarily concerning Brusle's activities in the Civil War and in politics. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 558, 1605, 1627.

Buck-Ellis Family Papers, 1812, 1826-2000. 14 linear ft and 27 volumes. Location: 16:1-14, OS:B, J:27, Vault 1. Ellis family of Tangipahoa Parish, La.; a family of educators, lawyers, and public officials. Ellis family papers (1812, 1826-1987) are comprised almost entirely of personal correspondence relating to daily activities, politics, health, religion, employment, military service, education and travel of five generations. Other material includes financial papers, legal documents, speeches and lectures related to the study of law, printed items, account books, diaries, inventories, family scrapbook and minute books of United Daughters of the Confederacy, Blue Cross Chapter. The Carroll and Martina Ellis Buck papers (1922-2000) consist primarily of personal correspondence from family and friends, but include some professional correspondence, primarily from his legal and public career. Mss. 4820. For additional information see online catalog. Complete finding aid.

Buman, A. W. Letter, 1865 February 18. 1 item. Location:Misc. Union soldier during the Civil War. Letter from Lincoln Hospital, Washington, D.C., describes the routines and privileges at the hospital, and mentions visits to the public buildings in Washington. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 2425.

Burnham, B. Letters, 1863 January 4-May 23. 2 items. Location: Misc:B. Union soldier in a regiment stationed at Camp Parapet, near New Orleans, and Fort Butte-a-la-Rose (also called Camp of Fort Burton), Louisiana. His regiment was brought to Louisiana by transport ship. Letters describe the conditions of the regiment's camp, Confederate attacks on transport boats, and a black regiment stationed near Camp Parapet. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 3443.Complete finding aid.

Burnham, Howard and Horace. Letters, 1862-1863. 4 items. Howard Burnham, apparently a Union soldier in an Illinois regiment stationed in Arcadia, Missouri. Horace Burnham, apparently a Union soldier in the Marine Hospital in New Orleans in the Civil War. Howard Burnham's two letters (1862) tell of the number of men ill and in hospitals; Horace Burnham writes of accommodations at the Marine Hospital in New Orleans, African Americans, and sanitation facilities. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 1181.

Burrows, Lottie. Letters, 1860-1864. 38 items. Location: U:100. Resident of New York. Civil War letters to Burrows from family members enlisted in the Union army. Written primarily from Louisiana, they relate military life, personal health, and conditions in camp; and include descriptions of military engagements in Louisiana and Texas. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 4686.

Burruss, John C. Family Papers, 1825-1882. 407 items. Location: C:56, Mf. Methodist minister of Virginia and planter of Woodville and Cliffwood Plantation, Pinckneyville, Wilkinson County, Mississippi. Correspondence and personal and business papers of Burruss, his children, and grandchildren. Included are papers of the family of Edward McGehee of Wilkinson County, Mississippi. Papers relate to the Methodist church, family life, the Civil War, and slavery. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 1209.

Burt, Joseph, Jr. Papers, 1856-1876 (bulk 1862-1863). 16 items. Location: Misc:B. Union soldier in the 57th Massachusetts Infantry during the Civil War. Papers include correspondence while Burt was stationed in New Orleans in 1863 commenting on military life, Confederate prisoners of war, and off-duty recreation including the shooting of alligators. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 2721.

Burnett Family Papers, 1778-1862.6 items. Location: Misc. Papers include bills of sale of slaves; two pieces of private script; one piece of Continental currency for eight dollars; and an 'extra' edition of the RICHMOND ENQUIRER, giving the text of Confederate President Jefferson Davis' inaugural address. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 901.

Butler Family Papers, 1663-1950. 16.5 linear ft. Location: S:2-S:8, OS:B, Vault. Available on microfilm: University Publications of America Records of Ante-bellum Southern Plantations Series I, Part 5, Reels 13-27. Cotton and sugar planters in West Feliciana Parish, Louisiana. Papers include letters, personal papers, financial and legal documents, photographs, and printed items. Papers discuss the Civil War; plantation life; Thomas Butler's judicial and political career; and antebellum life in the Gulf South states. Included is correspondence from prominent Louisiana residents and others. Letters from Anna Butler who lived in the White House (1849-1850). For further information see online catalog. Mss. 1026.Complete finding aid.

Butler, Benjamin F. (Benjamin Franklin), 1818-1893. Letter, 1890 March 1. 1 item. Location: Misc. Union general during the Civil War. Letter from Butler replying to a request for facts pertaining to the execution of William B. Mumford, refers the writer to James Parton, General Butler in New Orleans (1862). For further information see online catalog. Mss. 1802.

Butler, Benjamin F. (Benjamin Franklin), 1818-1893. Letter: Lowell, Massachusetts, to Mr. Haskell, 1861 September 16. 1 item. Location: Misc. B. Union general during the Civil War.  Letter, written from Lowell, Massachusetts, to Mr. Haskell, discusses notices written by Haskell about Butler's role in the battle of Big Bethel, Virginia, the first land battle of the Civil War.  Filed in the manuscript card catalog under Butler, Benjamin Franklin. For further information see online catalog.  Mss. 3193.

Butler, Margaret, 1821-1890. Correspondence, 1847-1880. .5 linear ft. Location: S:24. Available on microfilm: University Publications of vAmerica Records of Ante-bellum Southern Plantations Series I, Part 5, Reel 2. Daughter of Louisiana judge Thomas Butler and Ann Ellis Butler. She lived at the Cottage in West Feliciana Parish near St. Francisville. The Butlers were sugar and cotton planters. Letters from family and friends reflect the life of the Butler family in the antebellum, Civil War, and Reconstruction periods. Antebellum letters depict plantation life and religious life in the Episcopal church. Several family members served in the Confederate army and corresponded with Margaret, describing the life of army personnel. Later letters illustrate social and economic conditions after the war. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 1068.

Butler, Thomas, 1785-1847. Papers, 1804-1945. 5.5 linear ft. Location: S:13-S:15, OS:B. Available (with some omissions) on microfilm: University Publications of America Records of Ante-bellum Southern Plantations Series I, Part 5, Reels 9-13. Judge of the Louisiana Third District Court. Butler owned plantations in West Feliciana and Terrebonne Parishes. Papers include correspondence and documents related to household and business finances, documenting the plantation economy in the antebellum and post-bellum periods. Civil War papers include Confederate military orders and other official correspondence. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 2850.Complete finding aid.

C. Paraput returns. Location:Range 32:Misc. Unprocessed.

Cable, James B. (James Boardman), 1846-1915. Papers, 1862-1913 (bulk 1885-1913). .5 linear ft. (61 items; 1 printed. vol.). Location: U:106, M:18. Available (with some omissions) on microfilm: University Publications of America Confederate Military Manuscripts Series B, Reel 3. Writer of Long Beach, Mississippi. His brother was the writer George Washington Cable. Papers chiefly consist of Cable's published and unpublished poetry and short stories. Letters from Cable to his mother mention his work as an orderly at Oliver Hospital, Lauderdale, Mississippi, during the Civil War. There are also letters from George. Some genealogical material regarding the Cable family and an article about James B. Cable are included. The printed item is a first edition of George Cable's Grandissimes. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 1765. Complete Finding Aid (PDF)

Cahan, Solomon. Application for discharge, 1863. 2 items. Location: Misc:C. Available on microfilm: University Publications of America Confederate Military Manuscripts Series B, Reel 3. French citizen and merchant conscripted as a private into the Crescent Regiment (also known as the 24th Louisiana Infantry Regiment), by Captain H. B. Stevens, provost marshal of Vermilion Parish. Cahan's application (August 1863) requests a discharge from the Confederate army and states that he is a French citizen. The application is signed by Cahan's superior officers. Included is a memorandum (April 1863) from headquarters, District of Louisiana at Alexandria, stating that an application for discharge of a French subject [name illegible] has been denied. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 1063.

Campbell, Zoe J., d. 1866. Diaries, 1856-1866. 5 items; 10 ms. vols. Location: P:1, Misc:C. Available on microfilm: University Publications of America Southern Women and Their Families in the 19th Century: Papers and Diaries Series E, Reels 4-5. Resident of New Orleans; daughter of James and Zoe Lambert Campbell and sister of Lambert Campbell, a Confederate soldier in the Civil War. Dairies document expenses, condolence visits, and piano lessons. Beginning in May 1861, they deal with the Civil War, including events in occupied New Orleans. Papers also include a funeral announcement for Campbell and a personal letter. In French. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 1274.

Capell family. Papers, 1816-1931 (bulk: 1840-1880). 1 linear ft; 30 v.. Location: U:299; F:11; OS:C; MssMf:C. Planters and merchants of Amite and Wilkinson Counties in Mississippi. Eli Jackson Capell was a planter of Pleasant Hill Plantation in Amite County and operated a store near Rose Hill, Mississippi. His son Henry Clay was an attorney in Centerville. Business and plantation papers and legal documents comprise the bulk of this collection. These include land deeds; invoices and correspondence regarding shipping cotton; slave bills of sale; diaries, ledgers, and scrapbooks that document daily activities of Pleasant Hill Plantation; and a daybook from the Rose Hill store. Personal correspondence includes two letters from Jefferson Davis and letters of recommendation written for Henry Clay Capell when he was seeking employment with the federal government. Available (with some omissions) on microfilm: University Publications of America Records of Southern Plantations from Emancipation to the Great Migration, Series B, Part 4, Reel 2. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 56, 257, 1751, 2501, 2597. Complete Finding Aid.

Capell, Eli J. (Eli Jackson), 1814-1888. Family Papers, 1840-1932 (bulk 1886-1900). 1.3 linear ft., 16 v. Location: E:47-48, F:11, OS:C, Mss.Mf:C. Planter of Pleasant Hill Plantation, Amite County, Mississippi. Capell also operated a store near Rose Hill, Mississippi. Correspondence and business records of the Capell family and related Crawford family. Business, plantation, and legal papers include letters, accounts, and invoices with cotton factors and memorandum books of cotton and merchandise sold; labor contracts and laborers' record book; land deeds; and records from the Rose Hill store. Family correspondence from Crawford relatives (1880-1899) relates geographic, economic, race relations, health, and social conditions in parts of Missouri, Texas, Colorado, Utah, and Montana, and letters to Capell daughters concern news of friends, personal relationships, and social activities (1865-1879). Available (with some omissions) on microfilm: University Publications of America Records of Southern Plantations from Emancipation to the Great Migration, Series B, Part 4, Reels 3-5. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 674. Complete Finding Aid

Card, H. T. Letter, 1863 October 7. 1 item (2 leaves). Location: Misc:C. Union soldier in the Civil War. Letter written to Card's brother and sister from Glendale, Mississippi, describes travel by railroad through Corinth, Mississippi, life in military camp, and the local landscape. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 3245.

Carmouche, Annie Jeter, 1843-1921. Papers, 1853-1964. 5 items; 4 ms. vols. Location: W:18, H:24. Available on microfilm: University Publications of America Southern Women and Their Families in the 19th Century: Papers and Diaries Series E, Reel 5. Annie Jeter Carmouche spent her childhood in Virginia and New Orleans and lived in Saint Landry and Bossier Parishes, Louisiana, during and after the Civil War. She married Emile A. Carmouche. Collection includes family letters, papers, and tablets containing Carmouche's memoirs. Correspondence relates to social life, the Civil War, and family events. The memoirs recall Carmouche's childhood, the Civil War, and the postwar period. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 2878.

Carpenter, Horace. Papers, 1891, 1896. 2 items. Location: Misc. Confederate veteran of the Civil War and author of an article on the Battle of Port Hudson published in Century Magazine. Letter to Carpenter containing a Union soldier's recollections of personal happenings in the Port Hudson area following the surrender of the city. Included is a photograph of Carpenter. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 546.

Carr, Louis F. letter, 1861. 1 item. Location: MISC:C. Letter from Louis F. Carr in Memphis (Tenn.) to J. Currie. Carr mentions cotton prices and his desire to sell and purchase property. He writes about secession, noting that several Northern states are willing to concede to Southern demands, which Carr characterizes as "our inalienable and constitutional rights." Mss. 3975.

Carrigan, Jo Ann, 1933. Civil War Collection, 1862-1968. .3 linear ft. (26 items, 1 ms. vol., 2 printed vols.) Location: UU:72, OS:C. Professor of history at Louisiana State University.  New York muster rolls, photographs, & publications pertaining largely to the state of New York's participation in the Civil War. Included are postcards depicting Civil War scenes and photographs of maps of New Orleans during the War of 1812. There is also an autograph book containing the names, ranks, and addresses of soldiers in the 10th New York Artillery. Artifacts include Civil War uniform buttons, commemorative ribbons, and a medal. For futher information see online catalog. Mss. 2455.

Carrollton Centennial Exhibit collection, 1959. 53 items [photocopies]. Location: OS:C. Exhibit created for the Carrollton Branch, Whitney National Bank of New Orleans. Materials pertain to Carrollton, Louisiana, formerly part of Jefferson Parish, later annexed into New Orleans. Collection includes maps; photographs; petitions; reports; city ordinances, regulations, and orders; and interpretive explanations of items relating to the New Orleans and Carrollton Railroad, the Carrollton Hotel and Gardens, public schools, and homes. There are also interpretive explanations for fire companies, the federal occupation in the Civil War, the levee, and roads. The photocopies are made from original items dating from 1832 to 1908. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 1623.

Carson, John H., 1837-1911. Papers, 1854-1976. 4 items, 2 vols., and 1 microfilm reel 35 mm. Location:Vault:4. Carson emigrated from Tennessee to East Texas in 1858. He enlisted in the Texas Partisan Rangers Regiment of the Confederate cavalry in August 1862. After his parole on July 24, 1865, he returned to his family in East Texas. Papers are comprised of two manuscript volumes: a personal narrative recounting his experiences in Louisiana during the Civil War and a record book with a list of expenses incurred during his move to Texas. Other items include his parole certificate, a photograph taken with his wife, Elizabeth, and a photocopy giving a short history and list of officers of Crumps Regiment, Texas Cavalry. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 1960.

Carson, William Waller. Family records, 1845-1930. 1 vol. Location: F:23. Residents of Tennessee and Mississippi. Family records include genealogical listings, biographical and autobiographical sketches, and correspondence, all pertaining to the history of the Carson and related Waller, Green, Hutchins, and other families. Included is information about plantation life, slavery, and the Civil War. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 2919.

Carson, William Waller. Letter, 1923. 1 item. Location:32:81. Sergeant-major in the 4th Louisiana Cavalry in the Civil War. Letter recounts his Civil War experiences, including an unsuccessful operation to capture the U.S. gunboat RATTLER at Natchez, Mississippi. Unprocessed collections list. Mss. 4068.

Carter, A. G. Letter, 1862 July 13. 1 item. Location: Misc:C. Available on microfilm: University Publications of America Confederate Military Manuscripts Series B, Reel 3. Letter to Brigadier General Daniel Ruggles from A. G. Carter and John C. Miller, Deputy Provost Marshalls, documents actions of Union forces against the inhabitants of the Louisiana parishes of East and West Feliciana and East Baton Rouge. The letter also requests troops to defend the parishes and to plant batteries along the Red River. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 4623.

Cartwright, Samuel A. (Samuel Adolphus), 1793-1863. Family Papers, 1826-1864. 67 items, 2 ms. vols. Location: U:109, Vault. Physician of Natchez, Mississippi, and Louisiana. Cartwright was a Confederate army physician, and at one time a professor of diseases of the Negro in the Medical Department of the University of Louisiana. Papers include correspondence, photoprints, and a European travel diary. Correspondence relates to politics, slavery, and education in the South, including letters from Jefferson Davis and other prominent individuals. Included is a treatise on 'camp dysentery' written by Cartwright. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 2471, 2499.

Casso, Evans J., 1914-. Papers, n.d. 2 linear ft., 1 item. Location: 1:66, Vault. Louisiana historian and author. Papers include manuscripts and research materials for his books, Louisiana Legacy, A History of the State National Guard, and Lorenzo, A History of the Casso Family in Louisiana; and correspondence on Italians and other ethnic groups in Louisiana. Included are typed manuscripts and research on the Civil War in Ascension Parish, Louisiana. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 3119.

Causey, R. J. Correspondence, 1863 September 25-November 19. 4 items. Location: Misc. Letters from Causey's wife comment on a black riot near Tickfaw, Tangipahoa Parish, Louisiana; Confederate farm taxes; and transportation difficulties of sending cotton to Baton Rouge. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 2133.

Chadbourne, Danville S. Letters, 1862-1863. 13 items. Location: C:72. Private in the 22nd Maine Infantry in the Civil War. Chadbourne's letters relate his experiences while stationed in Louisiana as part of General Nathaniel Banks' army at Baton Rouge, Donaldsonville, Morgan City, Washington, and Port Hudson. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 1128.

Chaille, Stanford. Stock certificate, 1862. 1 item. Location: Misc. Stock certificate for thirty shares in the capital stock of the Bank of Louisiana to Dr. Stanford Chaille. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 1187.

Chalmers, James R. (James Ronald), 1831-1898. Letter, 1861 [sic.1862] January 3. 1 item. Location: Misc:C. Available on microfilm: University Publications of America Confederate Military Manuscripts Series B, Reel 3. Confederate general and United States congressman. Letter to Major General Braxton Bragg written while Chalmers was a colonel in the 9th Mississippi Regiment acknowledges on behalf of the officers of the unit receipt of a barrel of golden syrup from Mrs. Bragg. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 2699.

Chambers, Rowland. Diaries, 1849-1863. 7 vols. Location: U:25. Available on microfilm: University Publications of America Confederate Military Manuscripts Series B, Reels 3-4. Itinerant dentist from Vicksburg, Mississippi. Chambers practiced dentistry in various places, including Yazoo County, Mississippi, and Madison Parish, Louisiana. Six diaries cover the period 1849-1863 and describe Chambers's activities in North St. Louis, New Orleans, Panama City, Yazoo County, Mississippi, and Madison Parish, Louisiana. The diary from 1862-1863 describes experiences in Vicksburg and includes an account of the siege of Vicksburg. Collection also includes a diary of Augustus Lattz of the 76th Illinois Regiment. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 839.

Chandler, E. H. Letter, 1861 May 30. 1 item. Location: Misc. Agent of R. F. & P. Railroad Company. Letter from Confederate Army Headquarters, Fredericksburg, Virginia, instructing Chandler to report to the mayor of Fredericksburg the arrival by railroad of all suspicious persons and to detain them for questioning by military authorities. Included are instructions about the issuance of railroad passes to soldiers. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 2487.

Chandler, Zachariah. Papers, 1861-1864. Microfilm. Location: Mf. Radical U.S. senator of Michigan during the Civil War. Papers consist of letters from Chandler during the Civil War and correspondence of politicians and generals. The microfilm represents part of the Chandler papers in the Library of Congress. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 746.

Chickamauga-Chattanooga National Military Park. Photographs, 1900. 29 items. Location: W:52. Albumen prints of photographs of the Chickamauga-Chattanooga National Military Park. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 4504.

Chinn, Jane McCausland. Civil War reminiscence, 1863. 1 item [16 pages, typescript copy]. Location: Misc. Mistress of Fair Oaks Plantation, West Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana, and widow of Cabell Breckinridge Chinn. Reminiscences taken from her diary record encounters with Union soldiers and the burning of grain stores. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 2647.

Chisolm, A.R. Document, 1861. 1 item [typewritten copy]. Location: Misc. Confederate colonel under the command of General P.G.T. Beauregard during the Civil War.  Journal of events before and during the bombardment of Fort Sumber kept by Chisolm. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 764.

Christian, James Marshall. Letter, 1862 June 23. 1 item [manuscript and transcription]. Location: UU:115. Confederate sergeant in the 25th Louisiana Infantry during the Civil War. Letter describes the town of Pontotoc, Mississippi, and refers to the activities of the Confederate cavalry and to General John Cabell Breckinridge in North Mississippi. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 2432.

Christie, William J. Letters, 1862. 4 items. Location: Misc:C. Union soldier in the Civil War probably from Minnesota. Letters to Christie's brother written from Corinth, Mississippi, comment on the occupation of Corinth by Union troops; camp life; the landscape and people of Corinth and Alcorn County; Union troop movements; and the Battle of Shiloh. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 3245.

Civil War campaign maps. Location:Map collection. Mss. 3614.

Civil War cartoon album, 1861. 1 vol., 1 mf reel. Location: Vault, Mss.Mf:C. Bound volume, Historical Envelopes I, Willie Sargent Smith, 1861, containing approximately 400 envelopes. The envelopes bear printed Northern caricatures of Southern politics, finances, trade, warfare, morals, race relations, and leaders, including P. G. T. Beauregard and Jefferson Davis. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 3411.

Civil War Extras, 1861-1864. 2 items. Location:E Impr. Newspaper extras from the VICKSBURG WHIG summarizing news events from New York to Tennessee for June-July 1861, and from Amite, Louisiana containing the latest news in the South obtained by telegrams from newspaper offices and correspondents. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 3705.

Civil War Letters, 1861-1866. 21 items. Location:MISC:C. Letters from Union soldiers describing military life principally in the Virginia area but also in Vicksburg, Mississippi. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 983.

Civil War New Orleans orphanages receipts, 1863. 2 items. Location:MISC:C. Handwritten receipts of payment from the U.S. Army, Department of the Gulf, to the Female Orphan Asylum and St. Vincent's Infant Asylum, two orphanages run by the Catholic Churrch in New Orleans. The items reflect the nature of interaction between Federal occupation forces and the local population.

Civil War Officer Letter, 1863 Mar. 30. 1 item. Location:MISC:C. Letter from officer stationed near Vicksburg, Miss., to his sister. He praises common soldiers as true patriots, and describes the negative effects of war on the morality of both soldiers and civilians. He encourages his sister in her educational pursuits. Mss. 3941.

Civil War orders, 1865.3 items. Location: E:84. Photocopies of orders issued by Joseph E. Johnston and W. T. Sherman regarding the logistics and terms of the surrender of Johnston's command in North Carolina. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 736.

Civil War photograph album, 1862-1900. 1 vol. .5 linear ft. Location: M:22. Album containing photographs of Civil War military personnel, including private soldiers and officers, mostly Confederate. Many of the individuals depicted are identified. Includes photographs of Jefferson Davis, P. G. T. Beauregard, and J.E.B. Stuart. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 2572.

Civil War Quartermaster document, 1863. 1 item. Location: Misc. Quartermaster receipt for purchase of materials for the Female Orphan Asylum in New Orleans. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 3365.

Civil War Soldiers Letters, 1863. 6 items. Location: Misc. Sam White and F. A. Belcher, Union soldiers stationed in Louisiana during the Civil War. Letters to their families describe their sea voyage to New Orleans and encampments at Baton Rouge, Algiers, and Brashear City (now Morgan City), Louisiana. Other topics include contraband slaves as laborers and as military recruits; and medical care. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 3188.

Clark, E.J. Letter. 1 item. Location:Range 32:Misc. Unprocessed. Mss. 4079.

Clarke, Powhatan. Diary, 1862-1863. 1 vol. Location: M:18. Available on microfilm: University Publications of America Confederate Military Manuscripts Series B, Reel 4. Surgeon, professor of chemistry, and aide-de-camp to Brigadier General D. M. Frost during the Civil War. Colonel David French Boyd was a captain of engineers on General Richard Taylor's staff (1863). Diary includes Clarke's round trip from Rapides Parish, Louisiana, to Camden, Arkansas. Later entries by Boyd include his military and topographical notes of the area between Sicily Island, Catahoula Parish, and Waterproof, Tensas Parish, Louisiana. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 893.

Clary, Hiram T. Papers, 1862-1889. 9 items. Location: Misc:C. Surgeon and physician serving inn Payne. Letter. 1 item. Location:32:79. Mss. 3868.

Clinton FELICIANA DEMOCRAT, 1865 May 6. 1 item. Location:Impr. For further information see manuscript card catalog.

Cogswell, William. Letter: to Samuel A. Christie, 1889.1 item. Location: Misc:C. Brigadier general of the 2nd Massachusetts Infantry Regiment in the Civil War. Letter recounts the capture of Confederate guerillas (1862) in Virginia during Cogswell's command. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 2874.

Cohn Brothers. Store ledgers, 1902-1936. 5 vols. Location: G:22. Store in Lorman, Mississippi, founded in 1875 by the Cohn Brothers, a family of Jewish merchants from Alsace. Ledgers include one store account book and four cotton gin books containing names and cotton weight records. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 4679.

Columbus (Miss.) Petition, 1863. 1 item. Location: MISC:C. Petition from citizens of Columbus, Miss., requesting that Confederate Brigadier General Daniel Ruggles, commander the Department of Mississippi, order all able men to enroll in Confederate service. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 4105.

Concordia Parish collection, 1794-1896 (bulk 1800-1860). 235 items, 8 printed vols. Location: U:26, F:12, OS:C. Official records documenting the history and development of Concordia Parish. Includes payrolls of Louisiana military units in the War of 1812, the Mexican War, and the Civil War, and 38 maps of the lower Mississippi Valley. Photocopies of military pay rolls made from originals in the National Archives and copies of maps made from originals chiefly in the Library of Congress. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 55, 79.

Confederate military report, 1862.1 item. Location: Misc:C. Available on microfilm: UPA Confederate Military Manuscripts Series B, Reel 4. Report recording battles and skirmishes around Richmond,rans Scrapbooks (acc. #1114). Mss. 1114.

Confederate song sheet, 1861. 1 item. Location: Impr. THE SOUTHERN WAGON, printed on an unused leaf of a blank receipt book, used for the sale of slaves in the 1850s. For further information see manuscript card catalog.  Mss. 2752.

Confederate States Army Collection, 1863-1865, n.d. 8 items. Location: E:84. Appointment of W. T. Watson as captain in the Adjutant General's Department; two telegrams sent by Major General D. H. Maury; and paroles of honor of Captain T. E. Coffin, Captain W. B. Kemp, and Brigadier General Randall Lee Gibson, prisoners of war. Included is a parole issued to Private J. Shroeder, Louisiana Volunteers, and a newspaper clipping about Brigadier General M. L. Smith in command at Vicksburg at the beginning of the siege. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 893.

Confederate States Army Collection. Army of rgia,MISSING PORTION: to Quincy, Florida, a printed form completed in manuscript. It lists passenger names, seats, places of origin and destination, and fees paid. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 2281.

Confederate States of America Collection, 1861-1865, 1915, 1917.12 items, 2 pamphlets. Location:E:64. Copies of letters to President Jefferson Davis from J.P. Benjamin, Acting Secretary of War, regarding a petition of W.T. Blackiston and from James D. McCabe, Jr., proposing to publish in England a book on outrages committed by the Union Army. Also a letter from Postmaster General John Reagen pertaining to conditions of surrender and adjustment of difficulties between the Confederacy and the Union. Included are miscellaneous Confederate items. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 80, 893, 1187.

Confederate States of America Collection. Army department of Western Louisiana, 1864. 1 item [printed copy]. Location: E:64. Correspondence between E. Warren Moise, Judge of the Confederate Court, Natchitoches, Louisiana, and Lieutenant General S. B. Buckner, Commander of the Department of Western Louisiana, Alexandria, relating to the trial and execution of a soldier. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 2527.

Confederate States of America Collection. Department no. 1, 1862 February 25. 1 item. Location: E:64. Joseph G. Pickett, Acting Adjutant General, New Orleans. Letter to Major Rainy, president, New Orleans, Jackson, and Great Northern Railroad, requesting assistance in obtaining guns from the Bennett and Surget foundry. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 2133.

Confederate States of America Collection. Quartermaster's department, 1861-1862. 3 items. Location: E:64. Letter to the president of the New Orleans, Jackson and Great Northern Railroad Company requesting someone to handle transportation accounts. Circular on the issuance of transportation coupons to soldiers who re-enlist for military service. Also a letter to H. J. Ranney, Confederate major in New Orleans, requesting assistance for replacement of two engines on the East Tennessee and Georgia Railroad. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 2133.

Confederate States of America. Army. Louisiana Cavalry Regiment, 2nd. Company A. Notebook, 1863-1865. 1 vol. [typewritten copy]. Location: F:12. Notebook kept by a clerk or adjutant of the 2nd Louisiana Cavalry (also called Vincent's Volunteers), contains muster and payroll notes, notes of clothing issued and furloughs received, detailed service memoranda, and miscellaneous notes. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 585.

Confederate States of America. Army. Louisiana Cavalry Regiment, 3rd. Muster roll, 1862 August 15-October 31. 1 item (2 leaves) [photostatic copy]. Location: E:84. H. Gibbs was a captain in the 3rd Louisiana Cavalry Regiment during the Civil War. This regiment was commanded by Colonel J. Frank Pargond. Muster roll records the company's payroll, names of members and their absences. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 884.

Confederate States of America. Army. Louisiana Infantry Regiment, 4th. Fourth Louisiana Regiment muster rolls, 1861 August 31-October 31. 11 items. Location: OS:Confederate. Available on microfilm: University Publications of America Confederate Military Manuscripts Series B, Reel 21. Muster rolls for companies in the Fourth Regiment record payroll information and list names of members, dates of their enlistment, and absences. The muster rolls are signed by the regiment's assistant quartermaster, J. G. Kilbourne. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 23.

Confederate States of America. Army. Louisiana Infantry Regiment, 16th. Muster and pay rolls, 1862-1863. 22 items. Location: OS:C. Available on microfilm: University Publications of America Confederate Military Manuscripts Series B, Reel 4. John W. Addison and Robert P. Oliver were captains of Companies D and H of the 16th Louisiana Infantry during the Civil War. Rolls of Company D, signed by John W. Addison, and rolls of Company H, signed by Robert P. Oliver, document the companies' service in Mississippi, Tennessee, and Georgia. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 587.

Confederate States of America. Army. List of officers, 1864.1 item. Location: E:84. Available on microfilm: UPA Confederate Military Manuscripts Series B, Reel 3. A list of Confederate officers employed in the office of the Provost Marshal, Richmond, Virginia, signed by provost J. H. Carrington. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 247.

Confederate States of America. Army. Georgia Infantry Regiment, 17th. Company E. Muster roll, 1864 February 29-April 30.1 item. Location: E:84. Available on microfilm: UPA Confederate Military Manuscripts Series B, Reel 3. Muster roll, signed by Captain Joshua N. Tyus, records the company's payroll and lists names and absences of company members. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 521.

Confederate States of America. Army. Trans-Mississippi Dept. Bureau of Conscription. General orders no. 6, 1863 Aug 4. 1 item. Location: Misc.:C. A printed act of the Confederate States of America Congress with a handwritten order from Brigadier General Elkanah Braken Greer, chief of the Bureau of Conscription, attached. The act repealed certain draft exemptions. The order is signed by William Stedman, a member of Greer's staff. It provides for the detention of persons claiming draft exemptions under section 2 of the act. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 4864.

Confederate States of America. Louisiana Cavalry Regiment, 8th. Muster rolls and plan, 1865. 12 items. Location: E:84. Available on microfilm: University Publications of America Confederate Military Manuscripts Series B, Reel 3. Field, staff, and band member rolls for 8th Louisiana Cavalry, Companies A-I and K, in the Civil War. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 1059.

Confederate topographical report of Port Hudson (La.), 1862. 1 item. Location: MISC:C. Report by topographical engineer Leon J. Fremaux to Confederate Brigadier General Daniel Ruggles on topography at Port Hudson as it concerned placement of light artillery. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 3921.

CONFEDERATE WAR JOURNAL and CONFEDERATE VETERAN, 1894-1895. 1 printed vol. Location:F:16. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 1721.

Conner, Lemuel Parker, 1827-1891. Family Papers, 1810-1953, n.d. 12.5 linear feet and 22 ms. vols. Location: A:, 98:C, OS:C, Vault, J:24. Planter from Natchez, Mississippi. Papers include correspondence, cotton statements, legal and business papers (including slave testimony in an alleged slave uprising, 1861), plantation records, and Civil War papers of Confederate soldiers and civilians, family letters from LSU and Smith College, and First Presbyterian Church (Natchez) records. Also included are papers of Levin R. Marshall, the Sessions family, and Henry R. Chotard; 256 pieces of published sheet music (1824-1883); a minstrel show program (1879); and miscellaneous programs of Natchez concerts and music recitals. Available (with some omissions) on microfilm: University Publications of America Records of Ante-bellum Southern Plantations Series I, Part 3, Reels 14-18. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 81, 1403, etc. Complete finding aid

Conrad, Archelus M. Papers, 1861-1890 (bulk 1861-1865). ca. 100 items. Location: E:41, OS:C. Union officer in command of a Corps d'Afrique Engineers company in Louisiana in the Civil War. Papers include military orders, muster papers, charges of military crimes, and other items relating to the 97th Engineer Regiment. It also includes a carte-de-visite showing Conrad in New Orleans. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 4126.Complete finding aid.

Constable, N. S. Inventory, 1864 December 21. 1 item (4 leaves). Location: Misc:C. Captain and acting quartermaster in the Union army in New Orleans in the Civil War. Inventory of furniture and other articles in a New Orleans residence assigned as quarters for troops by Constable. Misc:C. For further information see online catalog.

Conway, Martin Franklin, 1827-1882. Speech of Hon. M.F. Conway of Kansas, delivered in the House of Representatives January 27, 1863, 1863 January 27. 1 printed pamphlet, 15 p.; 23 cm. Location:E:Impr. United States Representative from Kansas. Speech expresses opposition to the conduct of the Civil War and advocates formal recognition of the independence of the Confederacy as a means of preserving freedom and the distinct identity of the North. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 2632.

Cook, Benjamin Franklin, b. 1867. Memorandum, 1948. 1 item. Location: Misc:C. Son of Samuel B. Cook, a member of the Kansas Calvary. William Clark Quantrill was the leader of a band of guerillas with Confederate sympathies in Kansas and Missouri during the Civil War. The band was mustered into the Confederate army in 1862. Memorandum describes the murder of Frank Cook and others by Quantrill near Olathe, Kansas, and Samuel B. Cook's challenge to meet Quantrill in a duel. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 2140.

Cooper, John Daniel, d.1864. Diary, 1864. 1 vol. Location:Misc:C. Confederate soldier from Mississippi killed in Georgia in 1864. Diary containing daily memoranda of military activities and personal reflections, including poems written by Cooper. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 2728.

Corbin, Robert A., d. 1906. Papers, 1835-1917 (bulk 1870-1898). 1202 items; 10 vols. Location: E:8-9. Available on microfilm: University Publications of America Southern Women and Their Families in the 19th Century: Papers and Diaries Series E, Reels 6-8. Land speculator and businessman of Louisville, Kentucky, New Orleans, and Hammond, Louisiana. Collection includes land sale and business papers. Civil War-era papers deal with Kentucky claims against the federal government. Post-1870 papers with business partnerships with Lucy I. Burgess, including purchase of the Melrose Dairy in New Orleans. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 705.

Confederate States of America Collection. Tax receipt, 1864-1865.3 items. Location: E:64. Receipts for payment of tax-in-kind of rice, peas, and fodder; and an estimate and assessment of agricultural products of Orangebury County, South Carolina. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 2142.

Confederate States of America Collection. Treasury department circular, 1861 August 22. Location: E:84. 1 printed item. Circular issued by Carl G. Memminger, Secretary of the Treasury, for the purpose of selling bonds in order to raise revenues. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 2785.

Confederate States of America flag, 1979. 1 item. Location: T:78. Modern replica of a Confederate flag bearing the autograph of T. Harry Williams, LSU Professor of History, for student Wade Becnel. Williams's signature was given on the last day of his last Civil War course in May 1979. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 3382.

Contraband slaves cartoon, 1862 ca., n.d. 1 item. Location: Impr. Anonymous cartoon shows contraband slaves fleeing from their master to the sanctuary of Fort Monroe, Virginia. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 3032.

Cormier Family Papers, 1863-1864. 5 items [photocopies]. Location: Misc. Residents of St. Landry Parish, Louisiana. Legal documents. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 2741.

Cotton, George. Letters, 1862. 4 items. Location:Misc:C. Letters by George Cotton to his wife and to a fellow Union officer concern personal and family matters and relate war news, with references to the Battle of Shiloh and evacuation of Corinth, Mississippi. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 4744.

Cotton, William Davis and Family. Papers, 1852-1989. .8 linear ft., 4 vol. Location: S:136, OS:C, H:14. Collection contains correspondence and papers belonging to the Cotton Family. This includes the Civil War correspondence of Dr. Drury P. Gibson and his sister Mary Gibson Cotton, correspondence between George Spencer Cotton and his fiancée Lizzie Davis (1888-1890), and correspondence, photographs, and printed items belonging to William Davis Cotton, attorney of Rayville, La, and former president of LSU Alumni Federation (1969-1989). For further information see online catalog. Mss. 4780. Complete finding aid (PDF)

COURIER (THE), Natchez, 1862. 1 item. Location: 99:. Issue of May 22, 1862 printed on blue paper. Filed in the manuscript card catalog under newspaper collection. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 3365.

Cousinard, Edward. Papers, 1829-1909 (bulk 1863-1875). 848 items, 7 ms. vols. Location: U:44-45. Public official of East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana. Cousinard served as Baton Rouge mayor, parish sheriff, and superintendent of the Louisiana Institute for the Blind. Papers include memorandum books (1862-1869) and a receipt book (1865-1866); a list of members of the Vigilante Committee (1862-1865); and receipts and business letters pertaining to Cousinard's duties as sheriff. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 87.

Cree, A. B. (Alfred B.). Letters, 1863-1864. 7 items. Location: Misc:C. Captain of the Iowa 22nd Infantry Regiment during the Civil War. Letters to Cree's wife, Mattie, in Iowa City, written from the Atchafalaya River Basin of Louisiana. They refer to camp life and military engagements at Brashear City (now Morgan City), Berwick City, the Vermilion River, and Morganza Bend. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 4064.

Crescent Regiment descriptive list, 1862 November 26. 1 item. Location: E:84. Available on microfilm: University Publications of America Confederate Military Manuscripts Series B, Reel 3. The Crescent Regiment, also called the 24th and the Consolidated Regiment of Louisiana Infantry in the Civil War. Descriptive list of Captain A. D. Lewis's Company K. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 1908.

Currency collection, 1864.1 item. Location: Vault-4. Confederate States of America ten dollar bill, Richmond, Virginia. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 2060-83.

Currency collection, n.d. Location: Vault. Colonial currency issued by New Jersey; Continental currency issued by South Carolina; Civil War currency issued by the Confederate States of America, individual states, parishes, counties, cities, banks, and other private businesses or persons. Included is script issued by the City of Baton Rouge; and currency issued by the governments of Japan (Philippine occupation), Russia, Austria-Hungary, France, Italy, and Poland. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 893, 965, 1177, 1187, 1294, 3531, 3472.

Curtis, John Calvin. Letter, [1862] Oct. 24. 1 item. Location: Misc:C. John Calvin Curtis, a native of Bridgeport, Conn., joined Company I of the Connecticut 9th Infantry Regiment in 1861. Letter from Curtis in New Orleans, La describes his experience recuperating at St. James Hospital there, malnourishment among Union army soldiers, guerilla attacks on his regiment in sugar cane fields, the Battle of Baton Rouge (1862), and Union Army maneuvers. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 4865.

Daigre, H. L. Document, 1862 August 12. 1 item. Location: Misc. Confederate captain and a member of the Creo