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Size | 0.5 feet of linear shelf space (approximately 225 items) |
Abstract | Isaac Barton Ulmer was a Confederate soldier of Demopolis, Ala. The collection is chiefly family correspondence, 1850s to 1890s, with some writings and Ulmer, Johnston, and DuBrutz family records. Included are letters from Ulmer to his family while he was at school in Green Spring, Ala., and at Oglethorpe College, Talmage, Ga., 1859-1861; while he was serving with Company A., 3rd Alabama Cavalry Regiment, Confederate States of America, in Tennessee, 1861-1865; and postwar letters exchanged between Ulmer, then in Marengo County, Ala., and his mother, Abigail (Cromwell) Ulmer, who was living in Choctaw County, Ala. Also included are manuscript writings by Ulmer about his Civil War experiences, especially at the Battle of Shiloh, and historical sketches by and about South Carolina members of the family dating back to the Revolution. |
Creator | Ulmer, Isaac Barton, 1842-1925. |
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: Nancy Kaiser, May 2021
Finding aid updated for digitization by Kathryn Michaelis, November 2010
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Isaac Barton Ulmer was a Confederate soldier of Demopolis, Ala.
Back to TopThe collection is chiefly family correspondence, 1850s to 1890s, with some writings and Ulmer, Johnston, and DuBrutz family records. The collection includes letters from Ulmer to his family while he was at school in Green Spring, Ala., and at Oglethorpe College, Talmage, Ga., 1859-1861, and while he was serving with Company A., 3rd Alabama Cavalry Regiment, Confederate States of America, in Tennessee, 1861-1865; and postwar letters exchanged between Ulmer, then in Marengo County, Ala., and his mother, Abigail (Cromwell) Ulmer, who was living in Choctaw County, Ala. Also included are manuscript writings by Ulmer about his Civil War experiences, especially at the Battle of Shiloh, and historical sketches by and about South Carolina members of the family dating back to the Revolution.
Back to TopArrangement: chronological.
Folder 1 |
Original finding aid |
1838-1861 |
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Folder 2 |
1862 |
Folder 3 |
1863-1865 |
Folder 4 |
1867-1873 |
Folder 5 |
1874-1879 |
Folder 6 |
1880-1885 |
Folder 7 |
1890-1897 |
Folder 8 |
1901 |
1907-1929 |
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Undated |
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Folder 9 |
Clippings and undated manuscripts |
Reel M-1834/1-2
M-1834/1M-1834/2 |
Microfilm |
Microfilm (M-1834/1-2)
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