Letters, No Date, fragments
Scope and Contents
Folder ten contains miscellaneous four undated items or fragments of papers. Included is a narrative description of a floating structure for the defense of Charleston Harbor, a resolution for filling vacancies in the South Carolina or Confederate provisional congress; a proclamation giving the governor power to commission officers of coastal military companies; a letter from Thomas J. Glover asking for the Edisto rifles to be part of the infantry; and a letter fragment concerning political allegiances within the Confederate congress specifically mentioning Confederate President Jefferson Davis, Judah Benjamin, and various representatives and/or Senators.
Dates
- Creation: No Date, fragments
Creator
- From the Collection: Keitt, Lawrence M. (Lawrence Massillon), 1824-1864 (Correspondent, Person)
- From the Collection: Barnwell, Robert Woodward (Correspondent, Person)
Extent
From the Collection: 125 Item (1 Box, 10 folders)
Language of Materials
From the Collection: English
Subject
- South Carolina--Charleston Harbor (Organization)
- South Carolina--Charleston (Organization)
- Leffmann, William, b. 1836 (Person)
- Confederate States of America. Congress. (Organization)
- Confederate States of America (Organization)
- Confederate States of America. Provisional Congress (Organization)
- Arthur, Benjamin Franklin, 1826-1870 (Person)
- Bonham, Milledge L. (Milledge Luke), 1813-1890 (Person)
- Pickens, F. W. (Francis Wilkinson) (Person)
- Bartow, Francis S. (Francis Stebbins), 1816-1861 (Person)
- Barksdale, William, 1821-1863 (Person)
- Kenan, Augustus Holmes, 1805-1870 (Person)
- Davis, Jefferson, 1808-1889 (Person)
- Benjamin, J. P. (Judah Philip), 1811-1884 (Person)
- Jenkins, Albert Gallatin, 1830-1864 (Person)
- Gist Rifles (Organization)
- Gist, States Rights, 1831-1864 (Person)
- Confederate States of America. Army. Hampton Legion (Organization)
- Confederate States of America. Army. Gary's Brigade (Organization)
- Glover, Thomas Jefferson, 1816-1874 (Person)
Repository Details
Part of the Washington and Lee University, University Library Special Collections and Archives Repository