Date Span: 1847-65

Scope / Content: Correspondence of the Dent family, and of Henry L. Lowe. Organized into 5 series:  I. Letters - Stouten Hubert Dent, 1860-1865;  II. Letters - Anna B. Young Dent, 1861-1863;  III. Letters - Stouten Warren Dent, 1857-1859;  IV. Family letters, Miscellaneous, 1858-1861; V. Miscellaneous Items, also includes Henry L. Lowe letter in the Mexican War; 10 items

Biographical Sketch: Dent, a Maryland native, practiced law in Eufaula, Alabama from 1856-1861. He enlisted in the Eufaula Rifles and became adjutant of the 1st Alabama Infantry in 1861. In April 1862, he joined the newly-formed Robertson's Battery, later called Dent's Battery when he became its captain in 1863. After the war, he returned to Eufaula, where he entered business and practiced law.

SERIES 1: LETTERS - STOUTON HUBERT DENT; 1860-65

• Clayton, Alabama - November 8, 1860
• Eufaula, Alabama - December 1, 1860
• Clayton, Alabama - December 5, 1860
• Camp of Eufaula Rifles near Montgomery - February 14, 1861
• Barrancas Barracks, Florida - February 23, 1861
• Barrancas - June 5, 1861
• Barrancas - June 7, 1861
• Barrancas - June 16, 1861
• Barrancas - June 20, 1861
• Camp "Alabama" - June 23, 1861
• Barrancas - June 26, 1861
• Barrancas - August 14, 1861
• Barrancas - September 9, 1861
• Barrancas - October 18, 1861
• Barrancas - November 7, 1861
• Barrancas - November 23, 1861
• Barrancas - December 7, 1861
• Barrancas - December 13, 1861
• Barrancas - December 19, 1861
• Barrancas - December 30, 1861
• Camp near Corinth, Mississippi - March 22, 1861
• Camp near Corinth - April 23, 1862
• Camp near Tinersville [Tynersville] - September 2, 1862
• Camp in Sequatchie Valley, Tennessee - September 2, 1862
• Camp near Bardstown, KY - September 27, 1862
• Camp eight miles from Knoxville - October 25, 1862
• Camp near Murfreesboro - December 11, 1862
• Near Shelbyville, Tennessee - February 6, 1863
• On Picket Eaglesville Pike, 7 miles from Shelbyville, Tennessee - March 18, 1863
• Near Shelbyville, Tennessee - May 1, 1863
• Camp near Shelbyville, Tennessee - June 5, 1863
• Camp near Shelbyville, Tennessee - June 9, 1863
• Camp near Shelbyville, Tennessee - June 13, 1863
• Camp near Chattanooga, Tennessee - July 11, 1863
• Camp near Bridgeport, Alabama - August 1, 1863
• Camp near Missionary Ridge - November 16, 1863
• Camp near Dalton, Georgia - May 1, 1864
• Camp near Dalton, Georgia - May 4, 1864
• Dent's Battery, Johnston's Army [near Marietta] - June 7, 1864
• [West of Marietta on Powder Springs Road] - June 21, 1864
• Dent's Battery, Johnston's Army - June 22, 1864
• [One-half mile North of the Chattahoochee] - July 7, 1864
• [On the Alabama side of the Chattahoochee] - July 9, 1864
• "In the Field" - July 21, 1864
• "In the Field" - August 11, 1864
• [Somewhere South of Atlanta] - September 7, 1864
• Camp near Lovejoy's Station - September 10, 1864
• Near Fayetteville - September 18, 1864
• Columbus, Georgia - October 6, 1864
• Near Nashville, Tennessee - December 4, 1864
• Near Columbus - February 1, 1865
• Near Mobile, Alabama - February 10, 1865

SERIES II. LETTERS -- ANNA BEALL YOUNG DENT (Mrs. S.H. Dent) 1861-1863

• August 15, 1861
• October 14, 1861
• September 14, 1863

SERIES III:   LETTERS -- S.W. DENT [father of S.H. Dent]; 1857-1859

• October 6, 1857
• January 10, 1858
• February 12, 1858
• September 16, 1858
• September 16, 1858
• December 3, 1858
• October 24, 1859

SERIES IV:  FAMILY LETTERS; 1858-1861
 

SERIES V:  MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS

• 2 newspaper clippings -- one clipping of Memorial Services held at the Methodist Sunday School following Capt. Dent's death; other clipping re: street improvement in Birmingham and property owner's tax.
• 1 telegram, March 8, 1861, from H.A. Young, Pensacola
• 1 fragment of certificate of Lt. Dent's membership in the Eufaula Rifles, 1861
• 5 letter covers (envelopes)
• 1 letter written by Louisiana Bradford, Talladega, Alabama, 1862 [mother of soldier in Dent's Battery, apparently]
• 1 Mexican War letter written by Henry L. Lowe (not Dent family; duplicated on microfilm only]

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