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Charles Roberts U.S. Civil War letters

Collection

Identifier: MS 0377

Overview A collection of letters written by Charles Roberts to his family during his years of service in the Union Army of the U.S. Civil War. The letters cover a wide range of emotions and activities, including his regiment’s movements, his career in the army, and his personal opinions regarding the war.

Dates: 1862 - 1864

Found in: Woodson Research Center, Rice University, Houston, Texas

Civil War-era letter from S.M. McAshan to T. W. House

Collection

Identifier: MS 0034

Abstract: S. M. McAshan wrote this letter to T. W. House in Houston, Texas on July 18, 1864. The letter written during the Civil War concerns two items. First, McAshan asks about correspondence for J. M. Putnam in Eagle Pass. Secondly, he asks about a transaction regarding bagging rope and trim for cotton for Lt. Col. Hutchins. The letter consists of a single sheet of paper, with the handwritten correspondence on one side and the handwritten address on the backside. Affixed near the address is a...

Dates: 1864-07-18

Found in: Woodson Research Center, Rice University, Houston, Texas

Colonel Cyrus Burnet Smith U.S. Civil War papers

Collection

Identifier: MS 0411

Abstract: Dr. Cyrus Smith served as a surgeon in the U.S. Civil War. His papers include his diary, military passes, induction and discharge papers, correspondence, photographs, hospital reports, bills of lading relating to the cotton trade in 1850's and Smith's thesis from Medical School.

Dates: 1856-1958

Found in: Woodson Research Center, Rice University, Houston, Texas

Confederate Imprint collection

Collection

Identifier: MS 0071

Overview Official documents, books, advertisements, religious pamphlets, maps, and various other materials related to life in the Confederacy during the period of the U.S. Civil War.

Dates: 1855-1879

Found in: Woodson Research Center, Rice University, Houston, Texas

Earle C. Douglas, Jr. autograph collection

Collection

Identifier: MS 0458

Overview This collection contains the autographs of Jefferson Davis, Judah P. Benjamin, and Steven R. Mallory.

Dates: ca. 1870

Found in: Woodson Research Center, Rice University, Houston, Texas

Edgar S. Maclay letters

Collection

Identifier: MS 0147

Abstract: Letters written by Maclay to Admiral Thomas A. Stevens mentioning his intention to write a comprehensive account of the Navy’s part in the U.S. Civil War.

Dates: 1894 - 1895

Found in: Woodson Research Center, Rice University, Houston, Texas

Eseck G. Wilber U.S. Civil War letters

Collection

Identifier: MS 0030

Overview A collection of letters written by Eseck G. Wilber, a Union soldier, to his family in Cairo, New York.

Dates: 1862 - 1864

Found in: Woodson Research Center, Rice University, Houston, Texas

Frank E. Vandiver papers

Collection

Identifier: MS 0348

Overview The papers of Frank Everson Vandiver (1925-), former Professor of History, Acting-President, and Provost of Rice University consist chiefly of correspondence, manuscripts, and other material generated by Vandiver as a historian, writer, teacher, and lecturer at Rice University. See "Related Materials" note for information on Vandiver's records as an administrator.

Dates: 1947 - 1977

Found in: Woodson Research Center, Rice University, Houston, Texas

General George Cullum Civil War Letter

Collection

Identifier: MS 0112

Abstract: A letter written during the U.S. Civil War on November 14, 1861, from New York by Union Army General George W. Cullum to a close friend (‘My dear Colonel’) concerning Cullum’s recent promotion to the rank of brigadier general of volunteers with assignment to serve under General Henry Halleck; Cullum also reflects on army politics and inquires about family members.

Dates: 1861

Found in: Woodson Research Center, Rice University, Houston, Texas

General Young Marshall Moody family papers

Collection

Identifier: MS 0404

Abstract: The bulk of the correspondence is from Young M. Moody to his “Dear and Confiding Wife.”, written during the U.S. Civil War. In addition there are other family letters, military correspondence, land and business records, photographs, daguerreotypes and badges of rank and an epaulet from General Moody’s uniform.

Dates: 1852-1955

Found in: Woodson Research Center, Rice University, Houston, Texas

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Charles Roberts U.S. Civil War letters

Civil War-era letter from S.M. McAshan to T. W. House

Colonel Cyrus Burnet Smith U.S. Civil War papers

Confederate Imprint collection

Earle C. Douglas, Jr. autograph collection

Edgar S. Maclay letters

Eseck G. Wilber U.S. Civil War letters

Frank E. Vandiver papers

General George Cullum Civil War Letter

General Young Marshall Moody family papers

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