Speake-McCalla Letters (1863-1865)
This is the photocopied typescript of correspondence (1863-1865) between Richard Calvin McCalla and his wife, Margaret Lewis McCalla. McCalla, a native of Chester District, South Carolina, was a railroad engineer working in North Carolina and East Tennessee. In October 1861, he joined Prestman'...
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Letters Speake-McCalla Letters (1863-1865) McCalla, Margaret Lewis, 1830-1914; McCalla, Richard Calvin, 1826-1899 |
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Letters McCalla, Margaret Lewis, 1830-1914; McCalla, Richard Calvin, 1826-1899; Longstreet, James, 1821-1904; Confederate States of America. Army. Corps of Engineers. 3rd Regiment; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865 History – 1838-1874: Sectionalism, the Civil War and Reconstruction; Peoples -- Military Life; Government and Politics -- Military |
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This is the photocopied typescript of correspondence (1863-1865) between Richard Calvin McCalla and his wife, Margaret Lewis McCalla. McCalla, a native of Chester District, South Carolina, was a railroad engineer working in North Carolina and East Tennessee. In October 1861, he joined Prestman's Battalion, later 3rd Regiment, of the Confederate Engineering Corps, and served in East Tennessee. He became captain of Company A in 1863. In March 1864, he was temporarily named chief engineer of Longstreet's I Corps, and accompanied the corps to Virginia when it returned there in May. |
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Speake-McCalla Letters (1863-1865)McCalla, Margaret Lewis, 1830-1914; McCalla, Richard Calvin, 1826-1899McCalla, Margaret Lewis, 1830-1914; McCalla, Richard Calvin, 1826-1899; Longstreet, James, 1821-1904; Confederate States of America. Army. Corps of Engineers. 3rd Regiment; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865History – 1838-1874: Sectionalism, the Civil War and Reconstruction; Peoples -- Military Life; Government and Politics -- MilitaryThis is the photocopied typescript of correspondence (1863-1865) between Richard Calvin McCalla and his wife, Margaret Lewis McCalla. McCalla, a native of Chester District, South Carolina, was a railroad engineer working in North Carolina and East Tennessee. In October 1861, he joined Prestman's Battalion, later 3rd Regiment, of the Confederate Engineering Corps, and served in East Tennessee. He became captain of Company A in 1863. In March 1864, he was temporarily named chief engineer of Longstreet's I Corps, and accompanied the corps to Virginia when it returned there in May.Auburn University Libraries1863-08-12/1865-4-2575 letters, various sizesTextPDFRG 0703This image is the property of the Auburn University Libraries and is intended for non-commercial use. Users of the image are asked to acknowledge the Auburn University Libraries. For information about obtaining high-resolution copies of this and other images in this collection, please contact the Auburn University Libraries Special Collections & Archives Department at archives@auburn.edu or (334) 844-1732.www.american-south.orghttp://www.lib.auburn.edu/archive/find-aid/703.htmengSpeake-McCalla Civil War CorrespondenceAuburn University Libraries. Special Collections and Archives.http://cdm17353.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/civil2/id/26983 |
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Speake-McCalla Letters (1863-1865) |
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Speake-McCalla Letters (1863-1865) |
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McCalla, Margaret Lewis, 1830-1914; McCalla, Richard Calvin, 1826-1899 |
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McCalla, Margaret Lewis, 1830-1914; McCalla, Richard Calvin, 1826-1899 |
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