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Size | 0.5 feet of linear shelf space (approximately 155 items) |
Abstract | Alexander Cheves Haskell (1839-1910) was a Confederate Army officer, lawyer, and jurist of South Carolina. The collection includes letters, chiefly 1861-1865, from Haskell, colonel and assistant adjutant general of General Maxcy Gregg's brigade, while he was stationed in camps in South Carolina and Virginia, to his parents in Abbeville, S.C., describing army life, battles, comments on officers, and family news; together with a few post-Civil War items, primarily pertaining to the war. |
Creator | Haskell, Alexander Cheves, 1839-1910. |
Curatorial Unit | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection. |
Language | English |
Processed by: SHC Staff
Encoded by: Noah Huffman, December 2007
Updated by: Kate Stratton and Jodi Berkowitz, July 2010
This collection was rehoused and a summary created with support from the National Endowment for the Humanities.
This finding aid was created with support from NC ECHO.
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Alexander Cheves Haskell (1839-1910) was a Confederate Army officer, lawyer, and jurist of South Carolina. He was the son of Charles Thomson Haskell (1802-1873) and Sophia Lovell Cheves (1809-1881). He married first Rebecca Singleton (1839-1862) and then Alice Van Yeveren Alexander (1848-1902).
Back to TopThe collection includes letters, chiefly 1861-1865, from Alexander Cheves Haskell, colonel and assistant adjutant general of General Maxcy Gregg's brigade, while he was stationed in camps in South Carolina and Virginia, to his parents in Abbeville, S.C., describing army life, battles, comments on officers, military promotions, and family news; together with a few post-Civil War items, primarily pertaining to the war.
Back to TopFolder 1a |
Original finding aid |
Folder 1 |
1849-April 1861 |
Folder 2 |
May-June 1861 |
Folder 3 |
July-December 1861 |
Folder 4 |
1862 |
Folder 5 |
January-July 1863 |
Folder 6 |
August-December 1863 |
Folder 7 |
1864-1868 |
Folder 8 |
1894-1905 and undated |
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