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AUBURN UNIVERSITY SPECIAL COLLECTIONS & ARCHIVES DEPARTMENT
Guide to the Irenus Watson Landingham Collection, RG
552
Listed by: BFS
Date: April 28, 1980
Date Span: 1859-68
Scope / Content: Letters (1859-64) from Landingham to his mother
and sister in Texas, including descriptions of the Battle of Jonesboro
and the fall of Atlanta; copies of general orders and other documents (1862-65)
from Hood's and later Gen. Joseph E. Johnston's headquarters, including
the orders carrying out the surrender of the Army of Tennessee; and memorabilia
(1859-1868).
Biographical Sketch: Landingham, an Alabama native, enlisted
in Co. A, 5th Texas Infantry, in May 1861. He was detached to the staff
of Gen. John B. Hood, where he served as a clerk throughout the war.
CALENDAR:
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1859 - Cotillion Party Invitation
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1861 - CSA oath form
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Letter - Landingham to sister - September 14, 1861
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Letter - Landingham to mother - November 1, 1861
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Letter - Landingham to sister - November 1, 1861
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1862 - General Order #69 (2 copies) March 20, 1863
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Appointment papers for Joseph E. Dayer - April 27, 1862
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Letter - R.E. Lee to Gen. Louis T. Wigfall - September 21, 1862
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Letter - Wigfall to [Lee] September 26, 1862
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Letter - M.W. Gary to J.B. Hood - November 15, 1862
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1863 - Letter requesting Landingham to travel to Richmond - January 4,
1863
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Contributions of Hoods Division for the Relief of the Sufferers of Fredericksburg
- January 1863
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Legal documents - claims against CSA Army - April 24, 1863
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Letter - J.B. Hood to Gen. J. Cooper - June 3, 1863
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Letter - Charles Morris to Gen. J.B. Hood - June 13, 1863
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1864 - Letter - Landingham to mother - July 14, 1864
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Letter - Landingham to mother - September 6, 1864
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Partial payroll for Hood's Crops - 1864
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1865 - General Order No. 9 - Gen. R.E. Lee - April 19, 1865
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General Order No. 18 - J.E. Johnston - April 27, 1865
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Terms of military convention at Bennett's Station, NC - April 26, 1865
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Special Field Orders #65 - April 27, 1865
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Pass for return home - Landingham - May 1, 1865
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General Order #22 - May 2, 1865
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1867-68 - Draft for $50 on Johnson & Cooch Law, Collection and Exchange
Office - August 16, 1867
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Application for citizenship by Louis Belgart - November 2, 1868
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Maps (see also microfilm in MADD)
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n.d. - List of Generals in CSA
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n.d. - Letter - Landingham to mother
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n.d. - Letter - Landingham to______
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