The Resource John Kennedy Street papers
John Kennedy Street papers
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The item John Kennedy Street papers represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Internet Archive - Open Library.This item is available to borrow from all library branches.
Resource Information
The item John Kennedy Street papers represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Internet Archive - Open Library.
This item is available to borrow from all library branches.
- Summary
- Chiefly letters from John Kennedy Street to his wife, Melinda Pace Street (1839-1899), describing marches, camp life, picket duty, sickness, hospitals, bushwhackers, religious revivals, and the formation of a Young Men's Christian Association in his brigade. He also wrote of his battlefield experiences at Shiloh, Perryville, and Murfreesboro, and of the fall of Vicksburg and skirmishing around Jackson, Miss., that took place at the same time. Street commented generally on the war and on southern independence and mentioned family members whom he visited during the course of his military service. There are two letters written by his daughter, Elizabeth Kennedy Street Wallace. Also included is a diary Street kept recounting his time spent in federal prisons at Vicksburg and Memphis; newspaper clippings; an 1862 photograph of Street; a contemporary hand-drawn map of the siege of Vicksburg; a poem, a calling card, and an invitation to a wedding anniversary celebration
- Language
- eng
- Extent
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- 1 online resource (124
- (0.5 linear ft.))
- Note
- In the Southern Historical Collection, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (#4180)
- Label
- John Kennedy Street papers, 1858-1899
- Title
- John Kennedy Street papers
- Inclusive dates
- 1858-1899
- Subject
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- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Maps
- Street, John Kennedy, 1837-1914
- Vicksburg (Miss.) -- History -- Siege, 1863
- Mississippi -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865
- Confederate States of America, Army | Texas Infantry Regiment, 9th
- Vicksburg (Miss.) -- Maps
- Wallace, Elizabeth Kennedy Street, 1862-1912
- Murfreesboro (Tenn.) -- History
- Diaries (Blank-books)
- Confederate States of America, Army -- Military life
- Shiloh, Battle of, Tenn., 1862
- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Prisoners and prisons
- Street, Melinda Pace, 1837?-1899
- Confederate States of America, Army | Texas Cavalry Regiment, 14th
- Soldiers -- Confederate States of America -- Correspondence
- Confederate States of America, Army -- Religious life
- Tennessee -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865
- Revivals -- Confederate States of America
- Soldiers -- Confederate States of America -- Diaries
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- Chiefly letters from John Kennedy Street to his wife, Melinda Pace Street (1839-1899), describing marches, camp life, picket duty, sickness, hospitals, bushwhackers, religious revivals, and the formation of a Young Men's Christian Association in his brigade. He also wrote of his battlefield experiences at Shiloh, Perryville, and Murfreesboro, and of the fall of Vicksburg and skirmishing around Jackson, Miss., that took place at the same time. Street commented generally on the war and on southern independence and mentioned family members whom he visited during the course of his military service. There are two letters written by his daughter, Elizabeth Kennedy Street Wallace. Also included is a diary Street kept recounting his time spent in federal prisons at Vicksburg and Memphis; newspaper clippings; an 1862 photograph of Street; a contemporary hand-drawn map of the siege of Vicksburg; a poem, a calling card, and an invitation to a wedding anniversary celebration
- Additional physical form
- Microfilm copy available.
- Biographical or historical data
- John Kennedy Street (1837-1914), originally of Giles County, Tenn., was a private in the 9th Texas Infantry, July 1861-November 1863, then a chaplain with the 14th Texas Cavalry. He fought in campaigns in Tennessee, Mississippi, Alabama, and Kentucky.
- Cataloging source
- NOC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1837-1914
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Street, John Kennedy
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Confederate States of America
- Confederate States of America
- Confederate States of America
- Confederate States of America
- Diaries (Blank-books)
- Mississippi
- Murfreesboro (Tenn.)
- Revivals
- Shiloh, Battle of, Tenn., 1862
- Soldiers
- Soldiers
- Street, John Kennedy
- Street, Melinda Pace
- Tennessee
- United States
- United States
- Vicksburg (Miss.)
- Vicksburg (Miss.)
- Wallace, Elizabeth Kennedy Street
- Label
- John Kennedy Street papers
- Link
- Note
- In the Southern Historical Collection, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (#4180)
- Extent
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- 1 online resource (124
- (0.5 linear ft.))
- Immediate source of acquisition
- Received
- Specific material designation
- remote
- Type of unit
- items
- Label
- John Kennedy Street papers
- Link
- Note
- In the Southern Historical Collection, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (#4180)
- Extent
-
- 1 online resource (124
- (0.5 linear ft.))
- Immediate source of acquisition
- Received
- Specific material designation
- remote
- Type of unit
- items
Subject
- Confederate States of America, Army -- Military life
- Confederate States of America, Army -- Religious life
- Confederate States of America, Army | Texas Cavalry Regiment, 14th
- Confederate States of America, Army | Texas Infantry Regiment, 9th
- Diaries (Blank-books)
- Mississippi -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865
- Murfreesboro (Tenn.) -- History
- Revivals -- Confederate States of America
- Shiloh, Battle of, Tenn., 1862
- Soldiers -- Confederate States of America -- Correspondence
- Soldiers -- Confederate States of America -- Diaries
- Street, John Kennedy, 1837-1914
- Street, Melinda Pace, 1837?-1899
- Tennessee -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865
- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Maps
- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Prisoners and prisons
- Vicksburg (Miss.) -- History -- Siege, 1863
- Vicksburg (Miss.) -- Maps
- Wallace, Elizabeth Kennedy Street, 1862-1912
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