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[Identification of item], in the Mary T. Lanier Papers, #1488-z, Southern Historical Collection, The Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

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• Alabama--Social life and customs.
• Confederate States of America. Army--Women.
• Davis, Jefferson, 1808-1889.
• Lanier family.
• Lanier, Mary T., fl. 1862-1888.
• Lanier, Sidney, 1842-1881.
• Morgan, John Hunt, 1825-1864.
• Poets, American--19th century--Correspondence.
• United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Participation, Female.

Personal letters received by Mary T. Lanier of Alabama, including two from Jefferson Davis, 1874 and 1888, one discussing a woman who, disguised as a man, served in the Confederate Army; two from her nephew Sidney Lanier, 1877 and 1880, concerning family matters and personal news; and a thank-you letter from General John Hunt Morgan, 1862.