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Box 1

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Contains 14 Results:

Willis Keith Civil War correspondence, shelling at Fredericksburg, marching to Pennsylvania, aftermath of Gettysburg, numerous mentions of the effects of the march on his slave, Paris. Political thoughts on the Confederacy, 1863

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 11
Collection Overview From the Collection: The Wilkinson-Keith Family Papers consist of correspondence and other documents among the Wilkinson, Keith, Siegling, Haskell, and Marshall families and their friends dating from 1785 to 1920. The bulk of the correspondence dates from 1820 to 1890, a large portion of which chronicles Willis Keith's experiences as a Confederate soldier in 1862-1863.Antebellum correspondence discusses Charleston fires, great details of family illnesses and their cures, plantation life (more...
Dates: 1863

Willis Keith Civil War correspondence, everyday activities and appeals for letters from "the girls", undated

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 12
Collection Overview From the Collection: The Wilkinson-Keith Family Papers consist of correspondence and other documents among the Wilkinson, Keith, Siegling, Haskell, and Marshall families and their friends dating from 1785 to 1920. The bulk of the correspondence dates from 1820 to 1890, a large portion of which chronicles Willis Keith's experiences as a Confederate soldier in 1862-1863.Antebellum correspondence discusses Charleston fires, great details of family illnesses and their cures, plantation life (more...
Dates: undated

Johnnie Keith Civil War correspondence, recounts fishing at Fort Pemberton and the filling of Stones River with torpedoes, undated

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 13
Collection Overview From the Collection: The Wilkinson-Keith Family Papers consist of correspondence and other documents among the Wilkinson, Keith, Siegling, Haskell, and Marshall families and their friends dating from 1785 to 1920. The bulk of the correspondence dates from 1820 to 1890, a large portion of which chronicles Willis Keith's experiences as a Confederate soldier in 1862-1863.Antebellum correspondence discusses Charleston fires, great details of family illnesses and their cures, plantation life (more...
Dates: undated

Telegram to Trapier Keith, Willis not injured in battle, 1863 July 7

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 14
Collection Overview From the Collection: The Wilkinson-Keith Family Papers consist of correspondence and other documents among the Wilkinson, Keith, Siegling, Haskell, and Marshall families and their friends dating from 1785 to 1920. The bulk of the correspondence dates from 1820 to 1890, a large portion of which chronicles Willis Keith's experiences as a Confederate soldier in 1862-1863.Antebellum correspondence discusses Charleston fires, great details of family illnesses and their cures, plantation life (more...
Dates: 1863 July 7