Forney, William Henry Letters (1861-1862)
This collection consists of two letters from Captain, later Major, William Henry Forney of the 10th Alabama Infantry Regiment to his wife, Mary Eliza Forney. William Henry Forney (1823-1894) was a lawyer from Jacksonville, Alabama, who served in General Robert E. Lee’s Army of Northern Virginia thr...
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Civil War Letters Collection |
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Auburn University Digital Library |
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Letters |
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Letters Forney, William Henry Letters (1861-1862) Forney, William Henry, 1823-1894 |
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Letters United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865; Forney, William Henry, 1823-1894; Peninsular Campaign, 1862; Confederate States of America. Army. Alabama Infantry Regiment, 10th History -- 1838-1874: Sectionalism, the Civil War and Reconstruction; Peoples -- Military Life; Government & Politics -- Military |
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This collection consists of two letters from Captain, later Major, William Henry Forney of the 10th Alabama Infantry Regiment to his wife, Mary Eliza Forney. William Henry Forney (1823-1894) was a lawyer from Jacksonville, Alabama, who served in General Robert E. Lee’s Army of Northern Virginia throughout the Civil War, eventually rising to the rank of brigadier general. After the war, he was a member of the U.S. Congress from Alabama from 1875-1893. The letters in this collection describe camp life, the Virginia countryside, and the Confederate army’s defensive works near Yorktown, Virginia, during the Peninsular Campaign in 1862. |
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Forney, William Henry Letters (1861-1862)Forney, William Henry, 1823-1894United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865; Forney, William Henry, 1823-1894; Peninsular Campaign, 1862; Confederate States of America. Army. Alabama Infantry Regiment, 10thHistory -- 1838-1874: Sectionalism, the Civil War and Reconstruction; Peoples -- Military Life; Government & Politics -- MilitaryThis collection consists of two letters from Captain, later Major, William Henry Forney of the 10th Alabama Infantry Regiment to his wife, Mary Eliza Forney. William Henry Forney (1823-1894) was a lawyer from Jacksonville, Alabama, who served in General Robert E. Lee’s Army of Northern Virginia throughout the Civil War, eventually rising to the rank of brigadier general. After the war, he was a member of the U.S. Congress from Alabama from 1875-1893. The letters in this collection describe camp life, the Virginia countryside, and the Confederate army’s defensive works near Yorktown, Virginia, during the Peninsular Campaign in 1862.Auburn University Libraries1861-07-15; 1862-04-282 letters, 5 pages, various sizesTextPDFRG 1124, Box 1, Folder 19These images are the property of the Auburn University Libraries and are intended for non-commercial use. Users of the images are asked to acknowledge the Auburn University Libraries. For information about obtaining high-resolution copies of these and other images in this collection, please contact the Auburn University Libraries Special Collections & Archives Department at archives@auburn.edu or (334) 844-1732.engForney WH to Wife letters_1.pdf; Forney WH to Wife letters_2.pdfJohn and Faye Vick CollectionAuburn University Libraries. Special Collections and Archives.http://cdm17353.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/civil2/id/26330 |
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Forney, William Henry Letters (1861-1862) |
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Forney, William Henry Letters (1861-1862) |
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Forney, William Henry, 1823-1894 |
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Forney, William Henry, 1823-1894 |
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