This letter from Capt. Thomas West Daggett (1828-1893) to South Carolina Gov. Francis Wilkinson Pickens (1805-1869) was written from All Saints Parish, South Carolina, on June 1, 1861. Daggett was captain of the Waccamaw Light Artillery and in charge of the coastal defenses from Winyah Bay in Georgetown Co., South Carolina, to Little River Inlet in Horry Co., South Carolina. In the letter he resigns as captain of that unit and states his reasons for doing so.
This letter, dated March 13, 1861, was written by John R. Beaty from Fort Alston, located on North Island, Georgetown District, South Carolina to his young daughter (Isabella) in Conwayborough, South Carolina.
This letter, dated December 14, 1861, was written by John R. Beaty from Camp Marion, located on North Island, Georgetown District, South Carolina to his wife (Melvina) in Conwayborough, South Carolina.
This letter, dated February 16, 1861, was written by John R. Beaty from Camp Norman, located on North Island, Georgetown District, South Carolina to his wife (Melvina) in Conwayborough, South Carolina.
This letter, dated February 18, 1861, was written by John R. Beaty from Camp Norman, located on North Island, Georgetown District, South Carolina to his wife (Melvina) in Conwayborough, South Carolina.
This letter is the second installment of John R. Beaty’s account to his friend, Dr. James H. Norman, in which Beaty gives a colorful description of a trip to the upstate resort of Williamston Spring, South Carolina. This letter describes his arrival in Williamston, South Carolina by way of train from Columbia, South Carolina and then colorfully describes a day at Williamston. The letter was written in August, 1860.
This letter, dated August 18, 1860 by John R. Beaty to Dr. James H. Norman, is the first of three letters in which Beaty gives a colorful description of a trip to the upstate resort of Williamston Spring, South Carolina. This letter describes the first leg of the trip from Conwayborough (Conway, South Carolina) to Fair Bluff, North Carolina where he boards a train for the second leg of the trip to Columbia, South Carolina and then on to Williamston Spring.
This letter is the third installment of John R. Beaty’s account to his friend, Dr. James H. Norman, in which Beaty gives a colorful description of a trip to the upstate resort of Williamston Spring, South Carolina. This letter gives a colorful description of a Ball in Williamston Spring, South Carolina. The letter was written in August, 1860.
This letter from Colonel Edward Manigault (1817-1874) to South Carolina Governor Francis Wilkinson Pickens (1805-1869) was written in Charleston, South Carolina, on October 5, 1861. Col. Edward Manigault was the Chief of Ordnance for South Carolina in 1861. The letter is in reference to the transferring of funds to cover the cost of the "establishment of a Coast Police for the State of South Carolina." Page 3 is a handwritten enclosed form dated October 7, 1861, for the Gov. to sign and send with a draft to Gen. DeSaussure.
This letter, dated February 22, 1861, was written by John R. Beaty from Camp Norman, located on North Island, Georgetown District, South Carolina to his wife (Melvina) in Conwayborough, South Carolina.
