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[Identification of item], in the Sallie Rowan Saufley Papers, #2867, Southern Historical Collection, The Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

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Acquisitions Information

Gift 1952

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• Family--Tennessee--Social life and customs.
• Fort Delaware (Del.)
• Kentucky--History--1865-
• Law students--Kentucky--History--19th century.
• Naval aviation--History--20th century.
• Navy-yards and naval stations--Florida--Pensacola--History--20th century.
• Practice of law--Kentucky--History--19th century.
• Rowan, Stokeley Donelson, fl. 1867.
• Saufley, Micah C., 1842-1910.
• Saufley, Richard Caswell, d. 1916.
• Saufley, Sallie Rowan, b. 1847.
• Soldiers--Confederate States of America--Correspondence.
• United States Naval Academy--Students--History--20th century.
• United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Prisoners and prisons.
• United States. Navy--Aviation--History--20th century.
• United States. Navy--Officers--History--20th century.

Letters received, 1864-1867, by Sallie Rowan of Tennessee from Micah C. Saufley (1842-1910), describing his experiences as a Confederate soldier imprisoned at Fort Delaware, Del., his law studies and practice in Louisville and Monticello, Ky., and postwar conflicts of northern and southern sympathizers in Kentucky; letters from Sallie's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Stokeley Donelson Rowan, in McMinnville, Tenn., after her marriage in 1867; and letters, 1907-1916, from her son, Richard Caswell Saufley (died 1916), United States naval officer, as a student at the United States Naval Academy, at sea, and as an aviator at Pensacola, Fla., about his military activities, his opinion of political affairs, and other matters.