Manuscripts

Miscellaneous correspondence of Judge H. F. Simrall. Includes letter from Edward Mayes.

"Muster-Out Rolls" of the Eighth Illinois Infantry Regiment, which was commanded by Colonel Josiah A. Shutz and which was stationed in New Orleans, Louisiana, Oct. 5–12, 1865. Some of the members of the regiment were from Mississippi.

Family letters of Elvie Flewellen of Wymton, Georgia, who married Lt. J. A. Shingleur in the fall of 1861. Includes eighteen letters from Lt. Shingleur who was serving in the Columbus City Light Rifles and stationed in Virginia. Other letters are from her mother, her sister Lizzie, cousin Julia, cousin William, brother Hugh, and Aunt Lea Harris. Of especial interest is Lt. Shingleur's description of the "rifle cannon" shell in his letter of June 17, 1861.

Dates: 1937 - 1951.

Scope and Content Note:

Papers of Thomas H. Shields, who was born at Rokeby, near Natchez, on March 20, 1865, and died at Jackson on February 23, 1948. Captain Shields served during the War with Spain as captain of Company A, First Mississippi Volunteer Infantry, and was a charter member and organizer of the Harry C. Marshall Camp, Spanish War Veterans. Captain Shields was closely identified with the Protestant Episcopal Church in the Diocese of Mississippi, and was executive secretary of the Diocese for 25 years.

Papers of and pertaining to Garvin Dugas Shands (December 5, 1844July 1, 1917), lieutenant-governor of Mississippi from 1882 to 1890. The three items are as follows:

Letters, orders, reports and other military papers of J. F. Sessions, who was born in Franklin County in 1838 and who served as first lieutenant and captain of Company K (Quitman Rifles), Seventh Regiment of Mississippi Infantry, CSA, and later as captain of Company F and of Company B and major in Colonel Frank P. Powers' Regiment of Louisiana and Mississippi Cavalry.

This addition to the Trask-Ventress Family Papers consists of three letterbooks of Ventress Brothers business papers, 1879–1887.

Collection Details:

Collection Name and Number: Trask-Ventress Family Papers (Z/0607).
Creator/Collector: Trask-Ventress Family members; and others.
Date(s): 1791-1921.
Size: 13 microfilm rolls.
Language(s): English.
Processed by: Microfilmed by MDAH, 1973-1974.
Provenance: Materials loaned to MDAH, 1973, for microfilming.