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Creator/Title

Ward Family Papers Papers. 1847 - 1940[?]. 103 items.

Call No.

Mss. C W

Content

This collection of photocopies contains letters written by James Speed, and Peachy and Eliza Peay to John Hardin Ward during the Civil War. The collection also has a history of the Ward family, notes for a biography of John Hardin Ward, and a letter from John Ward, Sr. to his sons, all of which reveal the authors' views and activities during the war. Documents of appointments to the army also included.

Subject Heading

United States - History - Civil War, 1861-1865