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I.Y. Jones, camp near Romney, West Virginia, to "my dear Tyler" [James Rochelle Tyler?]., 1862 Box 1, Folder 3

Constantly on the march; weather very bad, horses porrly shod; hoping to meet the enemy in order to break the monotony; wishes he knew someone who could get him a commission in the regular army; much sickness; if he does well in the field there is a small chance he will get a commission, but they go to men who know someone. 3 pp. ALS.

  1. College of William and Mary
  2. John Tyler, Jr. Papers, 1800/1928
  3. Series 1: John Tyler, Jr. Papers Group A, 1844/1899
  4. Box 1
  5. Folder 3, 1862

John Tyler, Jr. Papers, 1800/1928 13.75 Linear Feet

Beauregard, Pierre Gustave Toutant, 1818-1893

Series 1: Group A, Acc. 78 T97 and 1992.63: Papers, 1856-1895, of John Tyler, Jr., post Civil War Republican Party activist. Subjects covered by the collection include alcoholism, Republican Party politics, Presidential elections, political patronage, Reconstruction, Methodist Episcopal Church, Florida, Braxton Bragg, and the Fenian Brotherhood. Prominent correspondents include Charles Francis Adams, Chester Alan Arthur, Pierre G. T. Beauregard, James Gillespie Blaine, James Buchanan, Jefferson Davis, Benjamin Stoddert Ewell, Henry Stuart Foote, Nathan Bedford Forrest, James A. Garfield, John Brown Gordon, Horace Greeley, Wade Hampton, Rutherford B. Hayes, Andrew Johnson, Joseph Eggleston Johnston, L. Q. C. Lamar, William Mahone, Raphael Semmes, William Henry Seward, John Sherman, Leroy Pope Walker, and William Lowndes Young. Acc. 1992.63 consists of letters of John Tyler, Jr., son of the President, to Mrs. Laura Holloway, author of a book on the ladies of the White House. Letters written from Washington, D.C.

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John Tyler, Jr., Richmond, Virginia, to Thomas H. Watts, Attorney General of the Confederate States, [Richmond, Virginia?], 1862 Box 1, Folder 3

Wants a field position, not a desk job; has been asking General [Leroy Pope] Walker, Secretary [Judah P.] Benjamin, General [Braxton] Bragg, and others for a field position, but in vain; let General Walker withdraw his resignation, then will be assigned to his staff; criticisms of Bragg are well-founded; not liked by his men. 4 pp. Cy of ALS. Including AN, by John Tyler, Jr., stating that letter is about his case. 1 p.

  1. College of William and Mary
  2. John Tyler, Jr. Papers, 1800/1928
  3. Series 1: John Tyler, Jr. Papers Group A, 1844/1899
  4. Box 1
  5. Folder 3, 1862

John Tyler, Jr., Tupelo, Mississippi, to William Lowndes Yancey, Richmond, Virginia, 1862 Box 1, Folder 4

Agrees Davis is unable to meet the crisis of war; fears Davis means to make himself a king if Congress passes the conscription law and the law giving Davis power to remove officers at will; thinks Bragg will not live long; West Pointers too dominant in the Army; says he has no official duty in the Army since he opposes Davis' conduct of the war; solicites Yancey's aid in obtaining a commission in the regular army for James R. Tyler. 7 pp. ALS. Including AN by John Tyler, Jr. summarizing contents of letter.

  1. College of William and Mary
  2. John Tyler, Jr. Papers, 1800/1928
  3. Series 1: John Tyler, Jr. Papers Group A, 1844/1899
  4. Box 1
  5. Folder 4, 1862

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