Contents
- Descriptive Summary
- Conditions for Access
- Conditions Governing Use
- Preferred Citation
- Acquisition Information
- Scope and Content
- Indexed Terms
- Exhibits Note
Collection Access
Leroy Pope Walker papers
Descriptive Summary
- Title
- Leroy Pope Walker papers
- Dates
- 1861-1863
- Creator
- Walker, Leroy Pope, 1817-1884
- Creator
- Bragg, Braxton, 1817-1876, recipient
- Creator
- Davis, Jefferson, 1808-1889, recipient
- Creator
- Confederate States of America War Department
- Creator
- Confederate States of America Army
- Size
- 7 items.
- Language
- Material is in English unless otherwise noted.
Conditions for Access
Advance appointment with special permission required to view a portion of the collection. Photocopies are available for research use for these items.
Conditions Governing Use
Contact the archives for more information on licensing and permissions for use and reproduction.
Preferred Citation
A common citation for archives is as follows: Item, Folder number and/or title, Box number, Collection title, ID number, Repository name, location.
Acquisition Information
Gunther Estate, Purchase 1923.10001861 Bragg appt. Bard, Ralph A., Gift 1952M1952.00353 telegrams 1861 and account of bombardment of Ft. Sumter; formerly in the Barrett collection; purchased by CHS at Parke-Bernet Galleries, lot no. 263.
Scope and Content
Telegrams (3) received by Gen. Braxton Bragg from Walker, Secretary of War, Confederate States of America (Apr. 11, 12, 13, 1861), plus a dispatch dated Apr. 12, 1861, giving an account of the bombardment of Fort Sumter. Also, document by Walker to newspaper correspondents, July 1, 1861, urging them not to reveal military intelligence to the North; Walker's appointment of Braxton Bragg as Major General, Sept. 7, 1861; and Walker's letter, from Selma, Ala., Oct. 22, 1863, to Jefferson Davis, says that Yankee invasion has driven him from his home and he is located with half of the people he enslaved and his overseer, Robert J. McCaleb, in Dallas County, Ala.; asks Davis to exempt McCaleb from conscription.
Indexed Terms
- Walker, Leroy Pope, -- 1817-1884
- Fort Sumter (Charleston, S.C.) -- Siege, 1861
- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865
- United States -- History -- Journalists --Civil War, 1861-1865
- Slaveholders -- Alabama
- Certificates
- Telegrams
Exhibits Note
Exhibited in: "A House Divided, America in the Age of Lincoln," Chicago Historical Society, public exhibition opening, Feb. 4, 1990.Ft. Sumter telegrams (19.1 x 14.6 cm.).