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Creator/Title

Marshall Family Papers, 1806-1955. .66 cu. ft.

Call No.

Mss. A M367a 2

Content

Charles Marshall writes from New Orleans on Nov. 25, 1860, and states that the disolution of the Union is settled, that Louisianna and the other "sugar and cotton states" will follow, but he doesn't know what will happen to "us". In a letter dated April 13, 1861, he describes the military's excitement on hearing of the fall of Fort Sumter. In a letter dated Feb. 15, 1863, Humphrey Marshall, Jr. writes

Subject Heading

United States - History - Civil War, 1861-1865