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Size | 0.5 feet of linear shelf space (approximately 150 items) |
Abstract | Leroy Moncure Nutt (1828-1882) of Culpeper County, Va. was a lawyer and captain of scouts in the Confederate Army of Tennessee. This collection contains papers pertaining primarily to Confederate Lieutenant General Nathan Bedford Forrest (1821-1877) and his men. The bulk of the collection consists of letters, 1866-1867, from veterans of Forrest's command written to Forrest or to his biographers, General Thomas Jordan (1819-1895) and J. P. Pryor. These detailed letters contain descriptions of the service of various Tennessee, Alabama, Kentucky, and Mississippi regiments and batteries, primarily in Tennessee; sketches of fellow officers killed in the war; narratives of battles; and eyewitness accounts of Forrest himself. Also included are military messages from Forrest's adjutant regarding troop movements in the Nashville campaign, November-December 1864, and scattered personal and military papers of Leroy Moncure Nutt of Shreveport, La., captain of scouts in the Army of Tennessee. |
Creator | Nutt, Leroy Moncure, 1828-1882. |
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: Adam Fielding, Kate Stratton and Jodi Berkowitz, September 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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Leroy Moncure Nutt (1828-1882) of Culpeper County, Va. was a lawyer and captain of scouts in the Confederate Army of Tennessee. In 1863, he was briefly was imprisoned in Ohio after being captured in battle of Arkansas Pest, Ark.
Back to TopThis collection consists of papers pertaining primarily to Confederate Lieutenant General Nathan Bedford Forrest (1821-1877) and his men. The bulk of the collection consists of letters, 1866-1867, from veterans of Forrest's command written to Forrest or to his biographers, General Thomas Jordan (1819-1895) and J. P. Pryor. These detailed letters contain descriptions of the service of various Tennessee, Alabama, Kentucky, and Mississippi regiments and batteries, primarily in Tennessee; sketches of fellow officers killed in the war; narratives of battles; and eyewitness accounts of Forrest himself. Also included are military messages from Forrest's adjutant regarding troop movements in the Nashville campaign, November-December 1864, and scattered personal and military papers of Leroy Moncure Nutt of Shreveport, La., captain of scouts in the Army of Tennessee.
Back to TopArrangement: Chronological
Folder 1a |
Original finding aid |
Folder 1 |
1835, 1861-1862 |
Folder 2 |
1863 |
Folder 3-4
Folder 3Folder 4 |
1864 |
Folder 5 |
1865 and undated |
Folder 6 |
1866 |
Folder 7 |
October 1866-March 1867 |
Folder 8 |
April 1867-December 1867 |
Folder 9 |
Undated, 1866 or 1867 |
Folder 10 |
1868, 1879, 1880, 1892, 1927, undated and miscellaneous |
Special Format Image SFP-2285/1 |
Picture |
Image PF-2285/1 |
Picture |