Library: Stuart A. Rose Manuscript, Archives, and Rare Book Library / Date: 1862 to 1869 / Subject - Topics: Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877) / Access: Public - Emory Digital Collections Search Results

Start Over Library Stuart A. Rose Manuscript, Archives, and Rare Book Library Date 1862 to 1869 Subject - Topics Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877) Access Public

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Letter from Nathaniel Beverly Tucker (St. Catherine's, Ontario, Canada) to "Beloved Johnny." Written on advertising sheet of the Stephenson House of which Tucker was the proprietor - June 5, 1869

Creator:: Tucker, Nathaniel Beverly
Date:: June 5, 1869
Format:: Text
Access:: Public

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Letter from T. S. Smith (Treasury Department, First Auditor's Office [Washington]), to John Shulock (Savannah, Georgia) - November 15, 1869

Creator:: Smith, T. S.
Date:: November 15, 1869
Format:: Text
Access:: Public

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Letter in the form of a poem written to Nathaniel Beverly Tucker by Hugh Caperton and conveying the good wishes of 20 of Tucker's friends assembled at a dinner in Richmond - December 28, 1869

Creator:: Caperton, Hugh
Date:: December 28, 1869
Format:: Text
Access:: Public

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Letter from Oliver A. Patton (Louisville, Kentucky) to "My Dear Gentleman," regarding the conditions in the South after the war and lambasting R. B. Carpenter as a carpetbagger. Patton was a Lieutenant Colonel who commanded Patton's Battalion Partisan Rangers which was organized in Morgan County, Kentucky, during the spring of 1863 - December 22, 1868

Creator:: Patton, Oliver A.
Date:: December 22, 1868
Format:: Text
Access:: Public

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Letter from John Singleton Mosby (Baltimore, Maryland) to [?] Early, recommending Martin Maddox as a landlord - November 16, 1867

Creator:: Mosby, John Singleton, 1833-1916
Date:: November 16, 1867
Format:: Text
Access:: Public

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Letter from William Waller to "My dear sir," regarding the purchase of bonds - July 16, 1867

Creator:: Waller, William
Date:: July 16, 1867
Format:: Text
Access:: Public

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Official copy of telegram from General of the Army Ulysses S. Grant (Washington, D.C.) to Major General Phillip H. Sheridan directing him to preserve order and enforce the law in New Orleans - March 9, 1867

Creator:: Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson), 1822-1885
Date:: March 9, 1867
Format:: Text
Access:: Public

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Official copy of telegram from General of the Army Ulysses S. Grant (Washington, D.C.) to Major General Phillip H. Sheridan informing him of the Act of Congress "to provide for the more efficient government of the rebel states" - March 9, 1867

Creator:: Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson), 1822-1885
Date:: March 9, 1867
Format:: Text
Access:: Public

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A printed copy of Army General Orders No. 10 issued by Ulysses Simpson Grant, quoting the act of Congress "An Act to provide for the more efficient government of the rebel States", establishing five military districts in the South, each commanded by a Union general, as well as laying out the requirments for southern states to be readmitted into the Union - March 11, 1867

Date:: March 11, 1867
Format:: Text
Access:: Public

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Letter from Carman A. Robinson (Poughkeepsie, New York) to "Miss Southworth" (Memphis, Tennessee). Robinson, as a Union soldier, had been befriended by Miss Southworth during the war. He asks her to help him find employment in Memphis - January 13, 1866

Creator:: Robinson, Carman A.
Date:: January 13, 1866
Format:: Text
Access:: Public