Box 5
Contains 48 Results:
Proskauer, Adolph Folder II
Pictures (photocopy), excerpts from Sketch of the Twelfth Alabama Infantry, by Robert E. Parks, correspondence (photocopy and oversize), service record and muster roll cards (photocopy and oversize), receipts and vouchers (photocopy and oversize). Mention in TJC, see index pg 510.
Rosenbalm Family
Personal letters, excerpts from 37th Virginia Infantry Regemental History, by Thomas M. Rankin, muster roll card (photocopy), correspondence (typed and photocopy).
Rosenblatt, Bernard—b. 1845 Warsaw, Poland; joined Confederate Service upon declaration of war, but left to join Union Army upon learning of Confederate fight to uphold slavery
Biographical information.
Rosenthal Family
Genealogical information, affidavit from Jonas Rosenthal.
Scherck, Issac—Entered Confederate service as Private in a Mississippi Regiment rising to rank of Major by war’s end
Personal notes, correspondence (re-written and photocopy), diary/ledger (some typed and photocopy). Mention in TJC, pgs 38, 307.
Seixas, James Madison—b. Charleston, SC; moved to New Orleans 1854, Confederate Service as Private, 5th Co. Washington Artillery, rising to rank of Lt.
Personal notes and letters, biographical information, genealogical information. Mention in TJC, pgs 89, 91.
Shelby, Joseph Orville—b. 1837; Confederate service Captain later Brigadier-General
Biographical information. Mention in TJC, pg. 154.
Sternberger, Moses—Confederate service Private, Co. K, 14th Regiment Virginia Infantry
Personal letter, 14th Virginia Infantry information, newspaper (photocopy), genealogical information, muster roll cards (photocopy).
Straus, Isidor—b. 1845 Bavaria; worked in various capacities for the Confederate forces in Europe to purchase supplies throughout the war
Personal notes, biographical inforamtion, excerpts from Under Four Administrations, by Oscar S. Straus, Memoirs of American Jews, by Jacob R. Marcus, History of Macy’s of New York, by Ralph M. Macuer. Mention in TJC, pgs. 33, 270, 371.
Timrod, Henry—b. 1828 South Carolina; Confederate service Co. B, 30th SC Regiment, but health issues kept him from constant service, well regarded poet
Article “Henry Timrod: Poet of the Confederacy,” by William Fidler, “Notes and Documents: Seven Unpublished Letters of Henry Timrod,” by William Fidler; excerpts from A Literary Map of SC, by Beverly Spears, Great South Carolinians. Mention in TJC, pgs. 221, 237-38, 279.