Dates: 1862-1864.

Biography:

Stephen D. Daniel

Stephen D. Daniel was born in Georgia around 1845. He was the son of E. P. and Edna Daniel of Butts County, Georgia. E. P. Daniel bought approximately forty acres of land in Newton County, Mississippi, on May 23, 1859. The Daniel family subsequently moved to Newton County where they engaged in farming.

In the summer of 1862, Stephen D. Daniel enlisted as a private in Company I, Forty-sixth Regiment, Mississippi Infantry, Confederate States Army. He was granted a furlough due to illness in September of 1862. Daniel was reported as a deserter early in 1863. However, official records indicate that Daniel had joined another unit as a sergeant in Company K, Eleventh Regiment (Perrins), Mississippi Calvary, in October of 1863. He served at least until August of 1864.

Daniel and his wife, Cordelia, had eight children, including Laura E. (b. ca. 1866), Richard H. (b. September 1870), Walter C. (b. ca. 1873), Stephen D. (b. ca. 1878), and Hattie T. (b. February 1881). He was employed as a merchant in Newton County in 1870. Daniel still resided with his family in Newton County and was employed as a farm manager in 1880. He died sometime between 1881 and 1889.

 
Scope and Content Note:

This collection consists of two letters that were written by three members of the Daniel family of Mount Pleasant, Newton County, Mississippi. The first letter, which is in two parts, was written to Stephen D. Daniel in 1862. E. P. Daniel wrote the first part of the letter. It informs Stephen D. Daniel of the deaths of Second Lieutenant Adams and Andrew Hog and notes the health of family and friends. Stephen D. Daniels sister, Emily, wrote the second part of the letter. It notes the burial locations of Adams and Hog and reports on the health of family members, possibly her children. Stephen D. Daniel wrote the second letter to his sister, Emily, while visiting family on leave near Indian Springs, Butts County, Georgia, in 1864. He relates news of family and friends in Georgia and laments the decline of the former Daniel family homestead.

 

Series Identification:

Series 1: Correspondence. 1862-1864. 1 folder.