255 letters, 930 manuscript pp., dated 1844-1896, the bulk of the letters dated 1844-1863. About twenty to twenty-five percent of these letters have water damage and/or ruffling or chipping at edges, causing some loss of text. Most letters were excised from a… more >
14 letters, 14 pp. (mostly typed), dated 14 October 1890 to 14 March 1891; of the 14 letters, 13 were written to Mrs. S.L. Oberholtzer, 1 letter is addressed simply “Dear Sir,” but likely the recipient was a Professor Thompson; some minor… more >
Dramatic eyewitness account of Confederate General Earl Van Dorn’s early morning surprise attack on Holly Springs, Mississippi, the resulting capture by the narrator, a cotton buyer from Rhode Island, and the destruction at the Union supply hub