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Personal Experiences Of Lindsey Zollars During The Civil War, Vicki Betts
Personal Experiences Of Lindsey Zollars During The Civil War, Vicki Betts
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Reminiscences of Lindsey Zollars,106th Illinois Cavalry, of his capture at Marks’ Mills, Arkansas and imprisonment at Camp Ford near Tyler, Texas during the Civil War. Chronicles of Smith County (2021), edited by Vicki Betts and Randal B. Gilbert.
1861 Minutes Of The Commissioners Court, Vicki Betts
1861 Minutes Of The Commissioners Court, Vicki Betts
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Transcription of the minutes of the 1861 Smith County Commissioners Court, including lists of jurors, road crews, slave patrols, and the appointment of men to take a firearms census in Smith County. In Chronicles of Smith County, Texas (2021), edited by Vicki Betts.
Missouri Democrat [St. Louis], January-December 1864, Vicki Betts
Missouri Democrat [St. Louis], January-December 1864, Vicki Betts
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Selected articles from the Missouri Democrat, published in St. Louis, Missouri, taken from the period January through December, 1864.
Mobile Daily Register, January-June 1860, Vicki Betts
Mobile Daily Register, January-June 1860, Vicki Betts
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Selected articles from the Mobile Daily Register, published in Mobile, Alabama, covering the months January through December, 1860.
"To 'Spill Their Hearts Blood In The Good Cause Of Releasing The Yankees': The Plot To Free The Prisoners At Camp Ford." Chronicles Of Smith County, Texas 46 (2015): 12-18., Vicki Betts
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In November, 1863, Northern deserter Joseph K. Davisson discovered a plot to free the federal prisoners at Camp Ford near Tyler, Texas. The plot was headed by former Texas state representative George W. Whitmore and his family, to be assisted by a loosely organized network of East Texas Unionists. Prison commander Col. R. T. P. Allen sent two undercover operatives to the Whitmore home in southeast Smith County where they confirmed the plan and then tricked the men into falling into a Confederate trap where they were captured.
“’So Far From All We Love’: Letters From The Lobdell Family, Civil War Refugees From West Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana.” Chronicles Of Smith County, Texas 46 (2015): 37-45., Vicki Betts
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Five letters from the John Little Lobdell family, who had refugeed with their slaves first to the Natchitoches, Louisiana, area and finally to Canton (Omen) in southeast Smith County, Texas, in very late 1863. These letters describe the area and property, the sale of slave families, visitors, the end of the war, and negotiations with the freedpeople over labor contracts and transportation back to Louisiana.
"Civilian Reaction To The Red River Campaign, 1864, Natchitoches To Mansfield, Louisiana." Military History Of The West 34 (2004): 29-50., Vicki Betts
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This articles examines the impact of the Red River Campaign on civilians between Natchitoches and Mansfield, Louisiana, during the spring of 1864.
"'Dear Husband': The Civil War Letters Of Sophronia Joiner Chipman, Kankakee County, Illinois, 1863-1865." Military History Of The West 29 No. 2 (Fall 1999): 149-199., Vicki Betts
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The letters of Sophronia Chipman to her husband in the 76th Illinois Infantry describe her life in rural Kankakee County during the second half of the Civil War. In them she discusses her concerns for her husband's health, the care of her family, neighbors, the draft, and the near loss of the family farm.
"Newspaper Notes, A Continuation: Miscellaneous." Chronicles Of Smith County, Texas 35 No. 2 (Winter 1996): 18-24, Vicki Betts
"Newspaper Notes, A Continuation: Miscellaneous." Chronicles Of Smith County, Texas 35 No. 2 (Winter 1996): 18-24, Vicki Betts
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Newspaper articles about miscellaneous activities in Tyler and Smith County, Texas, during the Civil War and Reconstruction, gleaned from regional papers.
"Newspaper Notes, A Continuation: Newspapers." Chronicles Of Smith County, Texas 31 No. 1 (Summer 1992): 36-44., Vicki Betts
"Newspaper Notes, A Continuation: Newspapers." Chronicles Of Smith County, Texas 31 No. 1 (Summer 1992): 36-44., Vicki Betts
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Articles gleaned from regional newspapers concerning newspapers in Tyler and Smith County, Texas, 1860-1875.
"The Horace Chilton Memoirs, Part I." Chronicles Of Smith County, Texas 30 No. 1 (Summer 1991): 1-19., Vicki Betts
"The Horace Chilton Memoirs, Part I." Chronicles Of Smith County, Texas 30 No. 1 (Summer 1991): 1-19., Vicki Betts
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Senator Horace Chilton's memoirs of growing up in Tyler, Texas, during secession, Civil War and Reconstruction, including an account of the emancipation of the family's slaves. His father, George Chilton, belonged to the Knights of the Golden Circle, was a delegate to the Secession Convention, and served in the Third Texas Cavalry, then as ordnance officer under Gen. Bee. He was elected to Congress after the war but was denied his seat.
"The Horace Chilton Memoirs, Part Ii." Chronicles Of Smith County, Texas 30 No. 2 (Winter, 1991): 1-11., Vicki Betts
"The Horace Chilton Memoirs, Part Ii." Chronicles Of Smith County, Texas 30 No. 2 (Winter, 1991): 1-11., Vicki Betts
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Senator Horace Chilton's description of Tyler, Texas, from when he was a boy during the Civil War.
"The Civil War Letters Of Elbridge Littlejohn, Part 2." Chronicles Of Smith County, Texas 18 No. 1 (Summer, 1979): 11-50., Vicki Betts
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The letters of Elbridge Gerry Littlejohn, Co. G, 10th Texas Cavalry, to his wife Sallie Jefferies Littlejohn, in Smith County, Texas, during the Civil War.
Introduction To "'I Found The Country Greatly Excited': A Civil War Letter By E. E. Lott." Chronicles Of Smith County, Texas 17 No. 1 (Summer 1978): 65., Vicki Betts
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A letter from E. E. Lott, Starrville, Smith County, Texas, March 21, 1862, to Oran M. Roberts describing a supposed slave insurrection plot in his community.
"The Civil War Letters Of Elbridge Littlejohn, Part 1." Chronicles Of Smith County, Texas 17 No. 2 (Winter, 1978): 8-60., Vicki Betts
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Letters between Elbridge Gerry Littlejohn of the 10th Texas Cavalry, and his wife Sallie Jeffries Littlejohn in Starrville, Smith County, Texas, during the Civil War.