Box 1
Container
Contains 48 Results:
Letter from Joseph A. Frazier in France to Eppie (Mitchell) Frazier in Gainesville, Fla., 1944 December 16
File — Box: 1, Folder: 6, item: 6
Scope and Contents Note
From the Collection:
This collection contains letters and other papers documenting members of the McAmis family and their descendants across 90 years. The bulk of this collection consists of letters that family and friends in Tazewell wrote to Mattie (Weir) McAmis during the Civil War. Many of these letters were authored by Mattie's eldest daughters, Mary and Maggie. These letters, while mostly personal in content, also discuss wartime activity in Corinth, Mississippi, and describe East Tennessee during the...
Dates:
1944 December 16
Letters from John and Henry Wildermuth, 1862 September 17-November 19
File — Box: 1, Folder: 1
Scope and Contents Note
From the Collection:
This collection houses 22 letters written between various members of the Wildermuth family during the Civil War, particularly brothers John, Henry, and Eli.John speaks mostly of the battles on the Western front, discussing the siege of Vicksburg in 1862 and describing the city of Memphis, where he was hospitalized in 1863. Henry speaks primarily of the Eastern front, including the siege of Savannah in 1864. Eli writes of the devastation in Alabama and how his only desire is to...
Dates:
1862 September 17-November 19
Letters from John, Henry, and Eli Wildermuth, 1863 January 19-November 3
File — Box: 1, Folder: 2
Scope and Contents Note
From the Collection:
This collection houses 22 letters written between various members of the Wildermuth family during the Civil War, particularly brothers John, Henry, and Eli.John speaks mostly of the battles on the Western front, discussing the siege of Vicksburg in 1862 and describing the city of Memphis, where he was hospitalized in 1863. Henry speaks primarily of the Eastern front, including the siege of Savannah in 1864. Eli writes of the devastation in Alabama and how his only desire is to...
Dates:
1863 January 19-November 3
Letters from John Wildermuth, Henry Wildermuth, Augusta A. Scott, William H. Bennett, George F. Ramsdell, and Otto W. Schonfeldt, 1864 January 28-December 24
File — Box: 1, Folder: 3
Scope and Contents Note
From the Collection:
This collection houses 22 letters written between various members of the Wildermuth family during the Civil War, particularly brothers John, Henry, and Eli.John speaks mostly of the battles on the Western front, discussing the siege of Vicksburg in 1862 and describing the city of Memphis, where he was hospitalized in 1863. Henry speaks primarily of the Eastern front, including the siege of Savannah in 1864. Eli writes of the devastation in Alabama and how his only desire is to...
Dates:
1864 January 28-December 24
Letters from Edwin and Cordelia Wildermuth, 1865 April 2-May 30
File — Box: 1, Folder: 4
Scope and Contents Note
From the Collection:
This collection houses 22 letters written between various members of the Wildermuth family during the Civil War, particularly brothers John, Henry, and Eli.John speaks mostly of the battles on the Western front, discussing the siege of Vicksburg in 1862 and describing the city of Memphis, where he was hospitalized in 1863. Henry speaks primarily of the Eastern front, including the siege of Savannah in 1864. Eli writes of the devastation in Alabama and how his only desire is to...
Dates:
1865 April 2-May 30
Letters from Henry Wildermuth, John Wildermuth, and James Cliffon, undated
File — Box: 1, Folder: 5
Scope and Contents Note
From the Collection:
This collection houses 22 letters written between various members of the Wildermuth family during the Civil War, particularly brothers John, Henry, and Eli.John speaks mostly of the battles on the Western front, discussing the siege of Vicksburg in 1862 and describing the city of Memphis, where he was hospitalized in 1863. Henry speaks primarily of the Eastern front, including the siege of Savannah in 1864. Eli writes of the devastation in Alabama and how his only desire is to...
Dates:
undated
Envelopes, circa 1862-1865
File — Box: 1, Folder: 6
Scope and Contents Note
From the Collection:
This collection houses 22 letters written between various members of the Wildermuth family during the Civil War, particularly brothers John, Henry, and Eli.John speaks mostly of the battles on the Western front, discussing the siege of Vicksburg in 1862 and describing the city of Memphis, where he was hospitalized in 1863. Henry speaks primarily of the Eastern front, including the siege of Savannah in 1864. Eli writes of the devastation in Alabama and how his only desire is to...
Dates:
circa 1862-1865
Partial Letter from Joseph A. Frazier to Eppie (Mitchell) Frazier in Gainesville, Fla., circa 1944
File — Box: 1, Folder: 6, item: 7
Scope and Contents Note
From the Collection:
This collection contains letters and other papers documenting members of the McAmis family and their descendants across 90 years. The bulk of this collection consists of letters that family and friends in Tazewell wrote to Mattie (Weir) McAmis during the Civil War. Many of these letters were authored by Mattie's eldest daughters, Mary and Maggie. These letters, while mostly personal in content, also discuss wartime activity in Corinth, Mississippi, and describe East Tennessee during the...
Dates:
circa 1944