Manuscript Database

Creator/Title

Clark-Strater-Hill family. Papers, 1675-2011. 10 cu. ft. & 1 ovsz. box

Call No.

Mss. A C595a / 2, 184

Content

This collection primarily consists of correspondence, memory books, diaries, plays, short stories, and ephemera from several generations of the related Clark, Strater, and Hill families. In several letters, to James Clark, various family members wrote of the Civil War, mentioning specific battles such as the fall of Vicksburg, and the Battle of Gettysburg, and people including General Lee, General Braggs, and General Johnstone. The collection also contains material from William Agnew Milton including a journal relating to the Civil War and a certificate for the Confederate Association of Kentucky.

Subject Heading

United States - History - Civil War, 1861-1865