Julia Wise letter
Scope and Contents
This letter from Julia Wise to her aunt describes people and conditions during an early part of the siege of Vicksburg, Mississippi during the American Civil War. Among the individuals named in the letter are: Sophranna Ross, Joel Wise, Andrew Currie, Albert Currie and Martin Fortner. A photocopy and transcription of the letter are housed with the item.
Dates
- Creation: 1862
Creator
- Wise, Julia (Person)
Conditions Governing Use
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Extent
1 Item
Language of Materials
English
Physical Location
This collection is housed in a box containing WLU collections 0173-0180.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of Rev. Bruce Gannaway, WLU class of 1925
Subject
- Ross, Sophranna (Person)
- Currie, Albert (Person)
- Wise, Joel (Person)
- Wise, Andrew (Person)
- Fortner, Martin (Person)
Geographic
Temporal
Topical
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
Repository Details
Part of the Washington and Lee University, University Library Special Collections and Archives Repository