Tuesday, July 14, 2009

The Anderson Letters

The
Anderson Letters:


Correspondence from the Civil War

~from~
WILLIAM R. ANDERSON, C.S.A.
8th Confederate Cavalry
conscript
and
his first wife
FRANCES "FANNIE" LUMPKIN ANDERSON

~also from~
his brother
JOHN R. ANDERSON, C.S.A.
"Ben Hill Infantry", Co. F, 21st Regt. GA
and
his father
JOHN "JACK" RICHARDSON ANDERSON, C.S.A.
planter and horsebreeder


An Introduction

In the summer of 1969, William Earl Anderson, then 16 years old, met his Great Aunt Pauline Anderson Yates on a family visit to Georgia. From that meeting of the generations, the existence of and content of these letters came to light. Together with Aunt Pauline's correspondence, these letters reveal a small but significant slice of life during this rich, yet difficult period of US history. For a brief introduction to the Anderson family and it's involvement in the War Between the States... click here.


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THE LETTERS

The JOHN R. ANDERSON Letter
Correspondence from John R. Anderson to William R Anderson
one letter / archive item #2
[in which John writes home from Camp Instructions near Richmond two weeks after being mustered into the Ben Hill Volunteers]


The WILLIAM R. ANDERSON Letters
Correnspondence from William R. Anderson
to his wife Frances L. Anderson in West Point, Georgia
nine items / archive items #4, 8, 9, 10, 12, 15, 17, 18, 19


The FRANCES ANDERSON Letters
Correspondence from Frances "Fannie" Lumpkin Anderson
to her husband William R. Anderson--
"state hand" / 8th Confederate Cavalry
five letters / archive items #5, 6, 7, 14, 16
[in which Fannie tells her husband about her life back home waiting]


The JOHN R. ANDERSON, Sr. Letters
Correspondence from John R. Anderson, Sr.
to his son Wm. R. Anderson
two letters(enclosures) / archive items #13, 3
[in which father reports to son on the state of his crops, home, etc., and gives some information about Nicholas and James, William's brothers, also serving in the Confederate Army]


The Correspondence of PAULINE YATES
Written in 1969 to her great grand-nephew William E. Anderson, great great grandson of William Richardson Anderson / archive items #21, 22, 23 & 24, 25
[in which more information is given about Wm Anderson's life after his military service and information about the Anderson homestead in Troup Co. GA]


Journal Entries of WILLIAM E. ANDERSON
Pertinent info relating to the exchange of information between Pauline Yates
and William E. Anderson, then 16 years old / archive item #26
[in which WEA writes about meeting his Aunt Pauline,
receiving the Letters, and about Pauline's death.]

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