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[Identification of item], in the Basil Manly Papers, #2723-z, Southern Historical Collection, The Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

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• Alabama--History--Civil War, 1861-1865.
• Baptists--Alabama--History--19th century.
• College presidents--Alabama--History--19th century.
• Confederate States of America. Army--Military life.
• Confederate States of America. Army. Hilliard's Legion.
• Manly, Basil, 1798-1868.
• Manly, C. (Charles), 1837-1924.
• Manly, Richard Fuller, 1845-1919.
• Mississippi--History--Civil War, 1861-1865.
• Soldiers--Confederate States of America--Correspondence.
• University of Alabama--Presidents.

• Basil Manly (1825-1892) Papers (#486-z), Southern Historical Collection, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Basil Manly (1798-1868), Baptist clergyman, president of the University of Alabama, husband of Sarah Murray (Rudulph) Manley.

Letters to and from Manly, chiefly concerning the University of Alabama and Baptist church affairs. Also included are letters from Manly's son, Richard Fuller Manly, with Hilliard's Legion, Confederate States of America, in Alabama and Mississippi; and letters to another son, Charles H. Manly, concerning Basil Manly's death.