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Size | About 103 items |
Abstract | The Simpson family of Tallassee, Tallapoosa County, Ala., included Lieutenant James M. Simpson, 13th Alabama Infantry Regiment, Confederate States of America, who served in Virginia. The complete collection exists on microfilm, and includes personal letters between Simpson and his mother and his wife, Addie Alden Simpson, describing, among other matters, religious life in camp, the Battle of Gettysburg, and family and community news from Tallassee. Also included are a letter from J. Wheeler to the citizens of Tennessee calling for more volunteers, an autobiographical sketch of Charles Teed Pollard (born 1805) of Alabama(?), written in 1887, and love letters between James and Addie Simpson. |
Creator | Simpson (Family : Tallassee, Ala.)
Simpson family. |
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: Kathryn Michaelis, January 2011
This collection was processed with support from the sponsorship of a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities, Office of Preservation, Washington, D.C., 1990-1993.
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The Simpson family of Tallassee, Tallapoosa County, Ala., included Lieutenant James M. Simpson, 13th Alabama Infantry Regiment, Confederate States of America, who served in Virginia.
Back to TopThe complete collection exists on microfilm, and includes personal letters between Lieutenant James M. Simpson, 13th Alabama Infantry Regiment, Confederate States of America, serving in Virginia, and his mother and his wife, Addie Alden Simpson, in Tallassee, Tallapoosa County, Ala., describing, among other matters, religious life in camp, the Battle of Gettysburg, and family and community news from Tallassee. Also included are a letter from J. Wheeler to the citizens of Tennessee calling for more volunteers, an autobiographical sketch of Charles Teed Pollard (born 1805) of Alabama(?), written in 1887, and love letters between James and Addie Simpson.
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Typed copies of four letters too dim for filming, 1862-1864 |
Reel M-929/1 |
Papers, 1857-1887Positive microfilm containing larger collection of Alden and Simpson family papers from which the letters in folder 1 are taken. |
Microfilm (Reel M-929/1)
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