Manuscript Database
Creator/Title
Boyer-Castleman family. Papers, 1837-1901. 0.66 cu. ft.
Call No.
Mss. A B791 / 12-17
Content
The bulk of the collection consists of letters received by A. Z. Boyer's future wife, M. Peyton Castleman. Her correspondence includes an extensive number of courtship letters from A. Z. which contain several references to the Secession Crisis of 1860-1861. A. Z. regards himself as a Unionist until Lincoln's call for volunteers in April 1861. His subsequent letters relate to his Confederate service and confinement in the Louisville Military Prison in 1863. Additional letters to both Peyton and her father, relate to the Confederate service of her brother, Bushrod Castleman, who was captured twice and confined in Union prison camps.