Restrictions to Access

No restrictions. Open for research.

Copyright Notice

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

Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], in the Bigham Family Papers #2656-z, Southern Historical Collection, Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Alternate Form of Material

Microfilm copy (filmed 2005-2006) available.

• Reel 1: Entire collection

Acquisitions Information

Received from Mrs. Edna Bigham Ross of High Point, N.C., in December 1943.

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• Bigham family.
• Family--Mississippi--Social life and customs.
• Mississippi--History--Civil War, 1861-1865.
• Point Lookout (Md.).
• Soldiers--Confederate States of America--Correspondence.
• United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Prisoners and prisons.

Joseph W. Bigham and John Bigham were brothers from Mississippi who served with the Confederate Army during the Civil War.

The collection includes Civil War letters, 1860-1864, of Joseph W. Bigham and John Bigham, two Mississippi brothers serving in the Confederate Army. Most of the letters were written from Maryland and Tennessee to their father, J. W. Bigham, in Mississippi. Included is a letter telling of John's death in prison at Point Lookout, Md.