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Jordan, Thomas, 1819-1895

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Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

South Carolina military court cases, 1863 - 1864

 File — Box 1, Folder: 9
Scope and Contents Folder nine contains documents concerning the Confederate military court of South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida in 1864 including a multipage fragment of a running list of military courts martial cases listing defendant’s names, charges, specific details of the charge, and witnesses. There are two letters by Jamison concerning court martial procedure. Also included are brief essays presumably in Jamison’s hand, titled “The Origins of Artillery”, “New trial”, and “The Military Courts of the...
Dates: Majority of material found within 1863 - 1864

South Carolina military court correspondence, 1863

 File — Box 1, Folder: 8
Scope and Contents

Folder eight contains documents concerning the Confederate military court of South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida in 1863 and includes court cases on soldier desertions some with David F. Jamison’s commentary. Included is an interesting petition for the discharge of South Carolina Confederate soldier William Fender, a shoemaker, requesting his return to his home in Barnwell, South Carolina for its desperate lack of shoes.

Dates: 1863