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Harrison, Burton Norvell Lawyer; Private
(1838-1904) Secretary to President Davis
Family papers, 1812-1926. ca. 18,600 items.
Includes the correspondence and papers of Constance Cary
(1843-1920), whom Harrison married in 1867. Contains information
on the movement and training of Confederate soldiers
near Manassas Junction in June 1861, the Battle of 1st
Manassas, the progress of the war, and the effect of the war on
noncombatants in the South. Also, letter to Cary from her
brother, Clarence Cary, C.S.S. Palmetto State, Feb. 1, 1863,
describing the attack on the U.S.S. Mercedita off Charleston
Harbor; letters to Harrison from his sister in Oxford, Miss.,
discussing troop movements and the effect of the war in northern
Mississippi; postwar letters from Harrison to Cary concerning
his imprisonment at Fort Delaware and his experiences
during the war; and postwar correspondence between
Jefferson Davis and Harrison on the location of letters received
by Davis as President of the Confederacy, the official records of
the C.S. Government, and various events during the war. Miscellaneous
items in the collection include an account of the
Battle of Drewry's Bluff, copy of a letter from John C. Breckinridge
to President Davis [Apr. 6,1865] concerning the military
situation on the eve of the Appomattox Campaign; copy of Davis'
address to the Confederate Congress, Feb. 3, 1864; letter from
Thomas C. Reynolds to Davis, Marshall, Tex., Dec. 17, 1864,
criticizing Gen. Sterling Price; copy of a letter from Gen. R. E.
Lee to John C. Breckinridge, Mar. 9, 1865, assessing the overall
military situation; report and correspondence of Alexander
H. Stephens, Robert M. T. Hunter, and John A. Campbell on
the Hampton Roads Peace Conference; copy of an essay by
C. C. Buell entitled "Who Began the War, and What Was the
Cause of It?" (1887); and military passes, photographs, and
telegrams.
Finding aid available.
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Harrison, James O. (1804-1888) Lawyer-Educator,
Kentucky and Louisiana
Papers, 1803-1912. ca. 5,000 items.
Includes a few letters from Harrison to his wife, Nov.-Dec.
1864, Richmond, Va., concerning the progress of the war and
events in Richmond; a letter from Harrison's sister-in-law, Ellen
Reily Harrison, on the death of her husband, Jilson Harrison,
in a skirmish near Franklin, La., in 1863; letters from Harrison's
son, James O. Harrison, Jr. (1839-1867), Apr. 1861-
Feb. 1862, concerning fortifications at Pensacola, Fla., plans to
attack Federal ships off Fort Pickens, Fla., and camp life,
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