Camden, Arkansas, Civil War Record Book
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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
- Crowder, Martha Bragg (Donor, Person)
- 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
University of Arkansas Libraries
365 N. McIlroy Avenue
Fayetteville AR 72701 United States
(479) 575-8444
specoll@uark.edu