Manuscript Database
Creator/Title
Stone, May, compiler. Henry Lane Stone. A short biography Resolutions and letters after his death May 31 1922 Followed by correspondence during the War between the States 1861-1865 in Stone and Bourne families. Originals of these letters presented to Kentucky State Historical Society Frankfort by May Stone. In loose-leaf binder. Stone Collection.
Call No.
Mss. A S878 1
Content
Contains Henry Lane Stone's certificate of service in Kentucky Volunteers, Confederate States Army, and record of service of his brother, Valentine Hughes Stone, in the U.S. Army, 1861-1867. Henry Lane Stone's Civil War letters, 1862-1865, were written to his parents and brothers during his service under Gen. John Hunt Morgan, while in prison at Camp Douglas and in exile in Canada. The diary, Feb. 14-June 24, 1865 was kept by Henry Lane Stone as a private in Ninth Kentucky Cavalry, C.S.A. Letters 1865-1866, to Henry L. Stone from his brother, Valentine H. Stone, who obtained a pardon from President Andrew Johnson with the aid of Senator H. S. Lane. Letters of Walker Bourne, father-in-law of Henry Lane Stone, describing conditions in vicinity of Mt. Sterling, Ky. in 1864-1865. Henry Lane Stone's account of his trip with Mrs. Stone to Greene County, Ala. to visit the grave of Butler Bourne in November 1913.