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Hugh H. Wilson U.S. Civil War papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0125
Abstract:

Many of these letters are courtship letters to Wilson's future wife, Mary Grier, containing information on the aspirations and attitudes of people in South Carolina whose wealth was based on the stolen labor of enslaved people during the U.S. Civil War period. Wilson also relays information about hospitals, medicine, schools, cemteries, camp life and the military, and the issue of conscription.

Dates: 1862 - 1868

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  • Subject: Personal correspondence X
  • Names: Wilson, Mary Grier X