Collection Details:

Collection Name and Number: James Hardeman Stuart Papers (Z/0632).
Creator/Collector: James Hardeman Stuart.
Date(s): 1862; 1901-1911.
Size: 0.20 cubic feet.
Language(s): English.
Processed by: MDAH staff, before 1983.
Provenance: Gift of unknown donor.
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.

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Preferred citation: James Hardeman Stuart Papers (Z/0632), Mississippi Department of Archives & History.

 

Biography:

James Hardeman Stuart

Biography to come.

 

Scope and Content Note:

Letters concerning the diary of James Hardeman Stuart, double third cousin of General J. E. B. Stuart, and member of Burt Rifles of the Confederate Army during the Civil War, who became a captain in the Signal Corps on General Stuart's staff and was killed at Second Manassas, August 30, 1862, aged 22. Also included are two copies of the diary which covers the period from July 1 to August 26, 1862. One copy was made by R. B. Mayes, nephew of James Hardeman Stuart.