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Camden, Arkansas, Civil War Record Book

 Collection
Identifier: MC 1375

Scope and Content Note

Ledger book contains material copied ca. 1920 from various Confederate sources pertaining to Civil War events in and around Camden, Arkansas, including obituaries, biographical sketches, speeches, cemetery lists, and social notes. Some entries describe battles at Jenkins Ferry, Prairie Grove, Mansfield, Pleasant Hill, Vicksburg. Loose leaves and fragments are laid in.

Some passages are "copied from Mrs. J. N. Bragg's Scrap Book," from the "Bugle Call," and from correspondence of members of the Bragg family, especially Dr. Junius Newport Bragg, surgeon in the 33d Arkansas Regiment, CSA.

Dates

  • ca. 1920

Language of Materials

Materials are in English.

Access Information

Please call (479) 575-8444 or email specoll@uark.edu at least two weeks in advance of your arrival to ensure availability of the materials.

Use Information

Original is fragile. Use photocopy filed with original. No Interlibrary Loan. Standard Federal Copyright Laws Apply (U.S. Title 17).

Extent

0.02 Linear Feet (2 folders)

Arrangement of the Papers

Collection is housed in two folders.

Acquisition Information

Gift of Mrs. Martha Bragg Crowder, September 1996.

Source

Title
Camden, Arkansas, Civil War Record Book
Status
Completed
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin
Language of description note
Finding aid is written in English.

Repository Details

Part of the Special Collections Department Repository

Contact:
University of Arkansas Libraries
365 N. McIlroy Avenue
Fayetteville AR 72701 United States
(479) 575-8444