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Barbee, James Dodson (1832-1904) and
David Rankin (1874-1958)
Papers, 1784-1951. ca. 5,000 items.
In part, transcripts and photocopies.
Includes research notes of historian David R. Barbee on
the capture of Jefferson Davis, and the postwar correspondence
of Rev. James D. Barbee concerning restitution for Methodist
properties confiscated during the war. Miscellaneous items
include an anonymous memorandum on the possible involvement
of Andrew Johnson in the assassination of President
Lincoln; a letter by Robert E. Lee, May 5, 1861, discussing his
sentiments on the war; a letter by Cornelia Grinnaw, Sept. 12,
1863, on depredations in Virginia; a letter from Albert Bledsoe
to Jefferson Davis, Sept. 21, 1864, describing friends of the
Confederacy in England; Bledsoe's manuscript apology of the
South; and an essay by Col. Fred A. Olds, "How Sherman's
Army Entered Raleigh," 1865.
Finding aid available.
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Barbour, Lucian (1811-1880) Lawyer
Papers, 1838-1939. ca. 1,000 items.
Contains six letters from Sgt. J. V. Hadley to Mary Alice
Barbour, 1862-63 concerning his service with the 7th Indiana
Volunteers during the 2d Manassas and Chancellorsville
campaigns; three letters from John P. Avery to Miss Barbour,
1862-63, written from camps in Tennessee, Arkansas, and
Mississippi; and a letter from John T. Jackson to Miss Barbour,
Oct. 16, 1861, describing operations in western Virginia.
Includes comments on the attitude of noncombatants in the
South, black life, Confederate morale, and hospital care.
Finding aid available.
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Barnes, James (1801-1869) Gen., USA
Letter, 1865. 1 item.
Letter from Barnes to Maj. Adam E. King, Feb. 2, 1865,
Point Lookout, Md., reporting the location of a suspected Confederate
blockade runner.
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Barnes, Samuel Denham
(1839-1916) Capt., 72d Illinois Volunteers
Papers, 1791-1867. 7 items.
Diary (4 v.), 1860-67, relating in part to Barnes' service
in the 72d Illinois Volunteers, the 7th Louisiana Volunteers of
African Descent, and the 64th U.S. Colored Infantry. Describes
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