Manuscript Database
Creator/Title
Bush-Beadchamp Family Papers, 1835-1982.
Call No.
Mss. A B978 1,27-29,37,43
Content
Corres. of Bush-Beauchamp and allied families re: draft in Ky. during Civil War, quotas, raids on livestock by soldiers of both sides, troops in Louisville, Paducah and other towns, the Union blockade of Louisville and Ind. ports across from the city, adverse comments on Lincoln and his administration, deaths of family members in the war and war-time weddings, etc. Also, in fl. 37 are certificates of membership in various Confederate organizations as well as in the U.D.C., 1910- 1946. The Bush-Beauchamp family correspondence about above-cited subjects is from 1860-1865.