Letter to Austin Phelps, 1865

Summary

Creator:

Brown, Columbia Phelps

Date:

1865

Extent:

0.1 Linear Feet (1 letter)

Language:

English

Preferred citation:

Letter to Austin Phelps, ms3987, Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, The University of Georgia Libraries.

Background

Scope and content:

This collection contains an 1865 letter from Columbia Brown, of Cincinnatti, Texas, to her father Austin Phelps in Scipioville, New York. It describes the family's displacement from Louisiana during the Civil War and conditions in Texas.

Biographical / historical:

Columbia Phelps Brown lived in Cincinnatti, Texas during the latter part of the Civil War, displaced from Louisiana.

Indexed terms

Subjects:

United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865.

Names:

Phelps, Austin

Places:

Texas -- Social life and customs -- 19th century.
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Correspondence.
Louisiana -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865.
Texas -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865.

Preferred citation:

Letter to Austin Phelps, ms3987, Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, The University of Georgia Libraries.