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Barrier Family Letters

 Collection
Identifier: MSN/CW 5057
Abstract

More than one hundred letters written during the Civil War by two brothers serving in the Confederate army, Sgt. William Lafayette Barrier (1st North Carolina Cavalry) and Col. Rufus Barrier (8th North Carolina Infantry). The letters are mostly directed to the brothers' father, Mathias Barrier, in Mt. Pleasant, Cabarrus County, North Carolina.

Dates: 1861-1868; Majority of material found in ( 1861-1865)

Cicero R. Barker Letter

 Collection
Identifier: MSN/CW 5040
Scope and Contents

A manuscript personal letter written from the defenses of Richmond on 1 December 1864 by Confederate soldier Cicero R. Barker, 8th North Carolina Infantry.

Dates: 1 December 1864

Richard C. Morgan Letter

 Collection
Identifier: MSN/CW 5050
Abstract

A personal letter written from Columbus, Ohio on 25 August 1863 by Confederate Col. Richard C. Morgan, 14th Kentucky Cavalry, following his capture on John Hunt Morgan's Indiana-Ohio Raid. The letter is directed to sister-in-law Martha Ready Morgan, John Morgan's wife.

Dates: 25 August 1863