Manuscripts Department
Library of the University of North Carolina
at Chapel Hill
SOUTHERN HISTORICAL COLLECTION

#3032-z
BARKLEY FAMILY PAPERS
Inventory

Abstract:          Barkley family of Anderson District, S.C.
                   Correspondence of George R. Barkley,
           Martin V. Barkley, and J. B. O. Barkley, brothers
           serving with the 18th South Carolina Regiment and
           other units at James Island and Sullivans Island,
           S.C., and in Mississippi and Virginia, to their
           parents, reporting on their health, news of relatives,
           longing for the war to end, and shoemaking operations.
           Also included are letters from the parents, Josiah and
           Elizabeth Barkley, to the brothers, regarding
           shoemaking for Confederate troops and other matters.

Online Catalog Terms:
   Anderson District (S.C.)--Social life and customs--19th
      century.
   Barkley, Elizabeth, fl. 1861-1864.
   Barkley family.
   Barkley, George R., fl. 1861-1864.
   Barkley, J. B. O., fl. 1861-1864.
   Barkley, Josiah, fl. 1861-1864.
   Barkley, Martin V., fl. 1861-1864.
   Confederate States of America--Social conditions.
   Confederate States of America. Army--Military life.
   Confederate States of America. Army--Supplies and stores.
   Confederate States of America. Army. South Carolina Regiment,
      18th.
   Family--South Carolina--Social life and customs--19th century.
   Mississippi--History--Civil War, 1861-1865.
   Shoemaking--Confederate States of America.
   Soldiers--Confederate States of America--Correspondence.
   South Carolina--History--Civil War, 1861-1865.
   Virginia--History--Civil War, 1861-1865.

Size:          32 items.

Date Span:     1861-1864.

Provenance:    Purchased from Schindler’s Antique Shop,
           Charleston, S.C., in 1954 and from Charles Apfelbaum
           Rare Manuscripts & Archives, Watchung, N.J., in
           January 1998 (Acc. 98017).

Access:        No restrictions.

Copyright: Retained by the authors of items in these papers, or
           their descendants, as stipulated by United States
           copyright law.