Collection Details

Date(s): 1843; 1861-1864; n.d.

Size: 0.16 cubic ft.

Language(s): English.

Provenance: Gift of Mrs. Julius Melton, Clinton, Mississippi, on May 21, 1940 and by Lorna Villeneuve and Diana Corbally of Salisbury, England, on September 23 and 27, 1994.

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: Smith (Robert A.) Papers, Z/0622, Mississippi Department of Archives & History.

 

Biography

Robert A. Smith

 

Robert A. Smith was colonel of the Tenth Regiment, Mississippi Infantry, during his service in the Confederate army. Colonel Smith was killed at Munfordville, Kentucky, in September of 1862, and he was later buried in Jackson, Mississippi, where a monument was erected honoring him in 1868. He was the brother of James Smith, for whom Smith Park in Jackson was named. 

 

Related Materials:

Smith-Quitman Rifle Minute Book (Z/0151).

 

Scope and Content:

The collection contains letters, dispatches, orders, reports, and court-martial proceedings. A later addition to the collection is Colonel Smith’s leather-bound King James Version of the Bible with appendices of psalms and hymns used by the Church of Scotland.

 Materials are fragile.

 

Series Identification:

 

Series 1: Papers. 1843; 1861-1864; n.d. 

This series contains letters, dispatches, orders, reports, and court-martial proceedings.

Box 1, Folders 1-2

 

Series 2: Bible. 1843. 

This bible belonged to Col. Robert A. Smith and has an inscription inside the front cover with information about his death and burial. 

Box 1, Folder 3

 

Box List:

Box 1

Folder 1: Correspondence, muster rolls, notes, and newspaper clipping. Undated; 1861 (39 items)

Folder 2: Correspondence, muster rolls, notes, and newspaper clipping. 1861-1864.

Folder 3: Bible. 1843.