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Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], in the Thomas Read Rootes Cobb Letters, #2458-z, Southern Historical Collection, The Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Acquisitions Information

Copies made from originals lent by Marion Hull of Atlanta, Ga., May 1942.

Location of Originals

Originals returned to private owner in 1942.

Additional Descriptive Resources

A copy of the original finding aid for this collection is filed in folder 1.

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• Cobb, Howell, 1815-1868.
• Cobb, Thomas Read Rootes, 1823-1862.
• Confederate States of America. Army--Officers--Correspondence.
• Fredericksburg, Battle of, Fredericksburg, Va., 1862.
• Lee, Robert E. (Robert Edward), 1807-1870.
• Mississippi River--Description and travel.
• Mitchell, William Letcher, 1805-1882.
• New Orleans (La.)--Description and travel.
• New York (N.Y.)--Description and travel.
• Presbyterian Church--United States--History--19th century.
• Travelers--United States--History--19th century.
• United States--Religion--19th century.
• Virginia--Description and travel.

Thomas Read Rootes Cobb (1823-1862) was a lawyer of Georgia and later a Confederate brigadier general. He was killed at the Battle of Fredericksburg, Va.

The collection includes typed transcriptions, chiefly letters, 1858, from Thomas Read Rootes Cobb to William Letcher Mitchell (1805-1882), Georgia lawyer, educator, and engineer, written while Cobb was on a trip to New Orleans, La., up the Mississippi River, to New York, N.Y., and south through Virginia. The letters describe the journey and discuss religion and Presbyterian church affairs. Also included is an undated letter from Robert E. Lee to Cobb's brother, Major General Howell Cobb, on the death of Thomas Read Rootes Cobb, who was killed at the Battle of Fredericksburg.