Long Family Letter
Creator
Long Family
Title
Long Family Letter
Description
Private Long was a member of the 51st Alabama Cavalry Regiment , a regiment organized at Oxford on August 11 , 1862 , with men from Calhoun , Dallas , Mobile , Montgomery , Perry , Pike , Saint Clair , Talladega , and Tuscaloosa counties . Ordered to Tennessee , the regiment was under the command of General Nathan Bedford Forrest . The regiment laid down its arms at Durham Station near Raleigh , North Carolina , on April 26 , 1865 . The collection contains a small envelope addressed to Mrs . N.W.E . Long at Perote , Pike [Bullock] County , Alabama , from Private Long , Co . 'B ' 51st Ala. , and a letter from Mrs . M . A. Jackson to her sister , Mrs . M . J . Long , dated May 16 , 1862 . The letter consists of questions inquiring about family members , such as their health and whereabouts .
Date
1862-05-16
Time Period
1862-05-16
LC Subject Headings
Long Family--History Confederate States of America. Army. Alabama Cavalry, 51st United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Personal narratives--Confederate side Alabama--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Personal narratives
EOA Categories
Government & Politics -- Military Peoples -- Military Life Peoples -- Domestic Life History -- 1838-1874: Sectionalism, the Civil War, and Reconstruction
Type
Text
Format
PDF
Record Group
RG 1001
File Name
1001-06-0032mc.pdf
Link to catalog
http://aubiecat.auburn.edu/vwebv/holdingsInfo?bibId=2502133
Repository
Auburn University . Special Collections and Archives
Digital Publisher
Auburn University Libraries
Language
eng
Rights
This finding aid is the property of the Auburn University Libraries and is intended for non-commercial use. Users are asked to acknowledge the Auburn University Libraries. For information and questions about the collection described in this finding aid, please contact the Auburn University Libraries Special Collections & Archives Department at archives@auburn.edu or (334) 844-1732.
Submitted by
Coates , Midge
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