Sanders, Lee and Sargent Families Papers
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Description
Letter, William States Lee, a minister in Edgefield District, South Carolina, to his grandson, William Hollinshed Lee, of Blythe's Regiment, Company A, Corinth, Mississippi. He mentions the evacuation of Columbus and doesn't know if the letter will reach its destination. He writes that the South will not be subjugated. He believes that if the southern states had asserted themselves earlier and more strongly, they might have become an independent nation without a war and discusses God's purposes in the War. He agrees with his grandson's assertion that no one would be ''base enough'' to take office in the South under Lincoln's leadership. Any such man ''would richly deserve a Traitor's doom.'' He writes about the institution of the draft. 1862.
Publication Date
3-29-1862
Time Period
1860-1869
Subjects
Civil war; United States; Confederate States of America; Draft; Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865; Lee, W. H. (William Hollinshed), 1841-1910; Edgefield District (S.C.); Religion; God
Keywords
ASERL
Object Type
text
Format (original)
correspondence: 1 p. ; 19.7 X 16 cm.
Format (digital)
Digital ID
C_ASERL_2010_0105
Source
Mississippi State University Libraries, Special Collections Department, Manuscripts Division, Sanders, Lee, and Sargent families papers, Box 1, Folder 2
Repository
Manuscripts
Digital Publisher
Mississippi State University Libraries (electronic version)
Rights
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Contact Information
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Sanders, Lee, and Sargent families papers, Special Collections Department, Mississippi State University