From the Spight (Thomas) Letters. Letter from Thomas Spight to Virginia Barnett, dated 14 December 1860, written from camp near Corinth, Mississippi. Spight, a member of the 34th Mississippi Infantry during the Civil War, writes to his cousin and...
From the Harris (Merry B.) Papers. letter from the "Copiah County Military Aid Society" (Mrs. S. J. Morehead, President and Mollie Brown, secretary), to Captain M.B. Harris. It is sent via a Mr. Johnston, along with various clothing articles for...
From the Harris (Merry B.) Papers. Color enhanced computer scanned image of a photograph of Merry B. Harris in his Confederate Army uniform. Harris was a resident of Copiah County, Mississippi. He served as a captain and later colonel of the Pettus...
From the Harris (Merry B.) Papers. This document contains 15 articles dealing with the organization of the company, election of officers, procedural questions, and responsibilities of members. Harris was a resident of Copiah County, Mississippi. He...
Amendment: To Senate Bill (S.129) to provide for the employment of free negroes and slaves to work upon fortifications, and to perform other labor connected with the defenses of the county.
A Bill: To be entitled, "An Act to amend the existing Acts for the exemption of persons from military service." Mr Perkins moved the following as an amendment to the Exemption Bill, reported from the Committee on Military Affairs; enacted by the...
A Bill: To be entitled, "An Act to facilitate the detection of frauds by the disbursing officers of the Government, with the view to the discovery of frauds and peculations upon the Government, and facilitate the conviction of offenders, under...
A Bill: To be entitled, "An Act to declare what persons shall be exempt from military service." By Mr. Collier, of Virginia; enacted by the Congress of the Confederate States of America circa 1861-1865.
A Bill: To be offered as a Substitute for the Bill reported by the Committee on Military Affairs to consolidate companies, battalions, regiments and brigades. By Mr. Dupre.
A Bill: To be entitled, "An Act to provide for organizing, arming and disciplining the militia of the Confederate States, and for governing such part of them as may be employed in the service of the Confederate States, suppress insurrections and...
