3. Robert Woodward Barnwell (1831-1863) correspondence, 1857-1863

Letters of Barnwell to family members describe his duties as a professor at South Carolina College, mention and describe James Louis Petigru and faculty members; a letter to Barnwell from friend George McWillie Williamson from Hawthorn Hill, Louisiana, refers to the democratic nature of Louisiana and his attempt to repudiate the aristocratic nature of South Carolinians. Moving to Charlottesville, Virginia, Barnwell describes the workings of a washing machine he has purchased for his mother, notes his gardening, and mentions (September 24, 1859) a volume written (?) by his aunt Bet. He refers to "Carolina's backwardness" in attacking Fort Sumter, notes his desire to minister to the wounded, describes battlefield deaths, conditions in hospitals, etc. With a letter written to the Charleston Courier regarding the work of, and arrival of supplies to, the South Carolina Hospital Bureau in Richmond, Virginia, and a letter written to him by George Coffin re Barnwell's letter re "the Legion" in the paper, along with other war time topics.