A handwritten, two-page letter from Joseph Alston to his mother and sister, Emma and Susan Alston, in which he discusses the actions of Union troops in South Carolina during the Civil War, particularly mentioning them "stealing" enslaved people and destroying property. He also requests that they send two enslaved men, Alec and Mack, to bring him news and other requested items such as his mare.
Letter from Robert Woodward Barnwell sent to the Charleston Courier for publication. Barnwell, on behalf of the South Carolina Hospital Bureau in Virginia, informs the city of their move from Charlottesville to Richmond due to the withdrawal of Confederate troops and gives directions on the best way to send supplies. ca. 1863.
A handwritten, one-page letter from Susan Alston to her father, Charles Alston, in which she relays news of her brothers, Joseph and John Julius Alston, who were fighting in the Civil War. She also describes the state of Charleston and the work of an enslaved man named Mack.
Letter from David W. Humphreys arguing that Emancipation is necessary to hurt the Confederacy and listing his reasons for fighting the Civil War. Letter written from the Union Army's Head Quarters in Murfreesboro, Tennessee.
