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These posters are reproductions of posters from the Civil War Era.

No donor card.

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A Confederate Civil War soldier’s letter addressed to Opelousas, Louisiana (1st page of letter appears to be missing). The writer is discussing a gentleman of both their acquaintances. Original letter.

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This collection contains copies of news clippings, a Civil War discharge certificate, notes on the Civil War Jayhawkers, and the diary of H.N. Connor. Sergeant Connor’s diary contains illustrative accounts of the battles and the extreme conditions he and other soldiers endured.

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Play about Reverend Mother Amelie (Aloysia) Jouve of the Academy of Sacred Heart at Grand Coteau, Louisiana and General Nathaniel P. Banks during the Civil War. 55 pp, [computer download made September, 2011]. Copyright retained by author.

Scope and Contents The collection consists mainly of letters to Paul DeClouet, son of Alexander DeClouet, Sr. (1812-1890) of St. Martinville, Louisiana. Paul was a student in Virginia, a volunteer in the Confederate army, and a farmer in St. Martinville after the war. For a time in 1862 he and his brother, Alexander, Jr. were prisoners-of-war. The letters usually deal with domestic and personal matters. Some touch upon national politics including the Confederate Congress (to which Alexander DeClouet, Sr. was a...

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This collection consists of a daybook (1877-1879) and index (1877), digitized from the original manuscripts and formatted in PDF for user access. The daybook includes daily charge transactions from December 14, 1877 to February 18, 1879. The index may or may not be the index to the daybook in this collection, as a small sample of names and numbers could not be cross-referenced.

Terry Dupuy loaned the collection for digitization and donated the digital copies.

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Material related to Evans' interest in Henry Watkins Allen (1820-1866), Governor of Louisiana during the Civil War. These items were possibly donated by Vincent Cassidy and Amos Simpson.

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Foster's memoirs were dedicated to his son, Clark Harold Foster, in 1900. There were 79 typed pages.

Mrs. Arthur V.D. Clarkson loaned the memoirs to the State Historical Society of Wisconsin for microfilming. The USL copy was made by Dennis Gibson for the Microfilm Division, University Libraries, 1970s.

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This collection consists of Dr. Gentry's professional and research files. A large portion of the collection consists of material she gathered for a grant called “Acadian History.” These materials include data collection of land grants, original acts, baptisms, marriages, and funerals.

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Civil War Letters written by Jackson addressed to his mother while stationed at Camp Speague, Washington, D.C. Photocopy. Donated by Mark B. Jackson.