Collection Details:

Collection Name and Number: John C. Rietti Papers (Z/0044).
Creator/Collector: John C. Rietti.
Date(s): 1825-1896; n.d.
Size: 0.50 cubic feet.
Language(s): English.
Processed by: MDAH staff, January 14, 1960.
Provenance: Gift of P.L. Rainwater on February 4, 1959.
Provenance: Additional items were added in December 1971: Parole and Permission dated May 1865.
Repository: Archives & Records Services Division, Mississippi Department of Archives & History.

 

Rights and Access:

Access restrictions: Collection is open for research.

Publication rights: Copyright assigned to the MDAH. All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to Reference Services. Permission for publication is given on behalf of the MDAH as the owner of the physical items and as the owner of the copyright in items created by the donor. Although the copyright was transferred by the donor, the respective creator may still hold copyright in some items in the collection. For further information, contact Reference Services.

Copyright notice: This material may be protected by copyright law (Title 17, U.S. Code).

Preferred citation: John C. Rietti Papers (Z/0044), Mississippi Department of Archives & History.

 

Biography:

John C. Rietti

John C. Rietti (1841-1896) of Jackson, Mississippi, a member of the "Mississippi Rifles," Tenth Mississippi Regiment, CSA, author of Military Annals of Mississippi, and a member of the Jackson Fire Department. 

 

Scope and Content Note:

Scrapbooks, correspondence, and papers of John C. Rietti. The correspondence includes letters describing the attack of the Confederate ram, Arkansas, on Porter's flotilla at Vicksburg, in July 1862; the Battle of Chickamauga; the Mississippi troops in Virginia campaigns; and the battle of Missionary Ridge. The papers include descriptions of the activities of the Tenth Mississippi Regiment, a tribute of respect to Rietti from the Gem Fire Company, and miscellaneous military and personal papers. 

The volumes are as follows: 
(1) Diary of William H. Hill, Company H, Thirteenth Mississippi Regiment, CSA. 
(23) Scrapbooks on the "Mississippi Rifles," Tenth Mississippi Regiment. 
(4) Scrapbook containing information on military organizations in Mississippi, an address of B. G. Humphreys at the reunion of the Thirteenth Mississippi Regiment, and the early history of the Jackson Fire Department. 
(5) Scrapbook of obituaries and marriage notices and additional information on "Mississippi Rifles." 
(6) Scrapbook of obituaries and marriage notices of Mississippians, 1870-1880.

Two additional items include: 
Parole of Sergeant J.C. [Riettie], May 5, 1865, at Charlotte North Carolina.
Permission for J.C. [Riettie], paroled prisoner, May 15, 1865, authorizing United States Transport from Montgomery, Alabama, to Selma, Alabama.

 

Series Identification:

Series 1: Series title. Dates.

Series Description text to come.

Box 1, Folder 1