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Aaron Martin U.S. Civil War letters

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0031
Abstract:

Correspondence from Aaron Martin to his family regarding personal matters, the U.S. Civil War, and army life.

Dates: 1862 - 1865

Albert Sherrad Campbell U.S. Civil War account

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0314
Abstract:

The manuscript consists of four notebooks, written in the hand of Albert Sherrad Campbell at St. Louis, Missouri, covering the early months of the U.S. Civil War. Included are descriptions of battles and other political and military events.

Dates: 1861 - 1862

Alexander Hobbs Diary and Bible

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0370
Abstract:

The Hobbs diary records his experiences as a volunteer recruit in New England, his participation in the Battle of Galveston, and his life as a prisoner in Houston, 1862-1863.

Dates: 1861 - 1863

Alexander N. Shipley Military Commissions

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0328
Abstract:

Five commissions recording the military promotions of Alexander N. Shipley from 2nd Lieutenant (1858) to Brevet Lieutenant Colonel (1866), and containing either authentic or stamped signatures of U. S. Presidents (James Buchanan, Abraham Lincoln, Andrew Johnson); also included is a smaller document relating to Shipley’s promotion to Brevet Lieutenant Colonel .

Dates: 1858 - 1866

Allen and Morris Business Ledger

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0221
Abstract

This collection contains the business ledger of the firm of Allen and Morris, showing transactions for services and sundries with various persons and companies, including the Confederate States of America. The firm was located in Prattville, Alabama, and the ledger’s entries date from June 27, 1862 to November 15, 1864.

Dates: 1862 - 1864

Andrew Forest Muir papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0017
Abstract: This material includes correspondence, research and genealogical notes which reflect the interests of historian and Rice University professor Andrew Forest Muir. They relate to 19th century Texas and Houston history; free African Americans in Texas pre-Civil War; the life and death of William Marsh Rice; the growth of the Catholic, Anglican, and Episcopal Churches in the 19th century via missionary work in Texas and Hawaii; and Hawaiian history, specifically clergymen in Hawaii. These...
Dates: ca. 1916-1969

Ann Marie Stewart Turner correspondence

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0114
Abstract:

The Ann Marie Turner correspondence consists of a collection of letters primarily between Ann Marie Stewart Turner and her husband, James Turner, a Confederate soldier in the U.S. Civil War. The remaining correspondence in this collection is amongst Mrs. Turner and other family and friends.

Dates: 1851 - 1913

Capt. Edwin Fosha U.S. Civil War letters, 1862-1864

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0664
Abstract

30 letters and envelopes written by Captain Edwin Fosha to his wife Rebecca Fosha and children in Illinois

Dates: 1862 - 1864

Card G. Elliott, Jr. Family collection

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0249
Abstract

Letters, diaries, scrapbooks, and notebooks belonging to various members of the Elliott family, dating from 1830-1951. The majority of the collection's letters are from the early 20th-century, though some date from the U.S. Civil War (describing life in Mississippi). Other materials describe farm life in Kansas, railroad business, attendance at Rice Institute, and the family life of the Elliotts.

Dates: 1830 - 1951

Charles B. Johnson Confederate Supply Requisition records

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0332
Abstract:

Charles B. Johnson Confederate Supply Requisition records pertain to the business of the Wichita Indian Agency as well as receipts, quartermasters’ store lists, payment abstracts, invoices, and records of acquisitions made by the Confederate States of America in the State of Texas.

Dates: 1861 - 1865

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United States. Army. Maine Infantry Regiment, 7th (1861-1864) 2
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Abercrombie, John Joseph 1
Allred, James V. 1
Anglican Church in North America 1
Aulbach, Louis 1
Austin, Stephen F. (Stephen Fuller) 1
Autry, James Lockhart, 1830-1862 1
Barnard, J. G. (John Gross) 1
Benjamin, Judah P. 1
Bering family 1
Bering, Louisa Neumann 1
Bobo, Mary J. 1
Brady, Mathew B. 1
Brooker, W. H. 1
Broun family 1
Bussey, Cyrus 1
Campbell, Albert Sherrad 1
Catholic Church. 1
Christ Church Cathedral (Houston, Tex.). 1
Confederate States of America 1
Confederate States of America. Army. Kentucky Infantry Regiment, 6th 1
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Crosby, John C. 1
Dix, John Adams 1
Douglas, Earle C., Jr. 1
Douglas, Stephen A. (Stephen Arnold) 1
Dunban family 1
Dunban, John R. 1
Elliott family 1
Elliott, Card G. 1
Elliott, Mary Alice 1
Elliott, Mary Malone 1
Episcopal Church. Diocese of Texas. 1
Floyd, John B. (John Buchanan) 1
Glass, William S. 1
Gracie, Archibald, 1832-1864 1
Gray, Peter William, 1787-1841 1
Green, William Wilkinson 1
Grimes, James F. 1
Halleck, H. W. (Henry Wager), General 1
Hammeken, George Louis, 1811-1881 1
Hammond, William, General 1
Harris, J.B. (June B.) 1
Hobbs, Alexander 1
House, Thomas William 1
Houston, Sam, 1793-1863 1
Hutcheson, John William 1
Hutcheson, Laura Baker "Wille" 1
James Chesnut, 1815-1885 1
Johnson and Grimes 1
Johnson, Charles B. 1
Johnston, Joseph E. (Joseph Eggleston) 1
Jones, Sara A. 1
Libby Prison 1
Louisiana. Governor (1860-1862 : Moore) 1
Lovejoy, James K. 1
MacDonald, Alexander, of Huntsville, TX 1
Maclay, Edgar S. 1
Mallory, Stephen R. (Stephen Russell) 1
Martin, Aaron 1
McAshan , Samuel Maurice 1
McLeod, Betty M. 1
Miller, Bell 1
Miller, James 1
Miller, Robert 1
Miller, Samuel 1
Missouri-Kansas-Texas Railroad 1
Moody, Young Marshall, 1822-1866 1
Moore, Thomas Overton 1
Mosby, John Singleton 1
Muir family 1
Muir, Andrew Forest, 1916-1969 1
Mussolini, Benito, 1883-1945 1
Myers, Abraham C. 1
Neumann, Emil 1
Oglesby, Thaddeus K. 1
Putnam, J.M. 1
Ramsay, George Douglas, Gen. 1
Reding, James M. 1
Rice University 1
Rice University. Department of History. 1
Rice University. Jefferson Davis Association 1
Rice, William Marsh, 1816-1900 1
Roberts, Charles 1
Robinson, John H. 1
Ross, Lawrence Sullivan 1
Scott, Bettie 1
Scott, William B. 1
Shannon, Alexander May 1
Smith, Cyrus 1
Smith, Louise 1
Smith, Mary Hulbert 1
Storrow, Samuel 1
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