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Guide to the Hugh H. Wilson U.S. Civil War papers, 1862-1868 MS 125Biographical NoteHugh H. Wilson was a resident of Sumter District, South Carolina. He owned several slaves (at least) and ran a farm or plantation with them. In the summer of 1862 he began to court Mary Grier (or, at least, one letter has a pencilled-in notation by the name "Mrs. Grier": "Our grandmother"), a resident of Cheraw. In October, Mary and Hugh were married. In the meantime, Hugh Wilson was searching for an appropriate position in the South Carolina army. Concerned with various possibilities of the Conscription Act and its Exemption Bill, Wilson sought a position either in medical or commissary work. Exploiting a family connection with the Witherspoon family, he finally became quartermaster sergeant on the staff of Col. James H. Witherspoon, 8th Regiment of the South Carolina Reserves, assigned to coastal defense. That Wilson survived the war is attested by a letter written in 1868. An oblique reference in a letter written in 1874 seems to indicate he was living in that year. The course of his subsequent life is unknown. Return to the Table of Contents Scope and ContentsThe letters of H.H. Wilson consist of 21 autograph letters with 7 drafts for the letters. In addition, a letter of January 3-4, 1864, is preserved in an undated newspaper clipping, and there is a letter of 1874 written to Mrs. Wilson on the death of her child by Betty M. McLeod. With the exception of one letter, written in 1868, all of Wilson's letters cover the period from 1862-1864. Many of the letters are courtship letters. They contain much information on the aspirations and attitudes of the South Carolina upper classes. In addition, Wilson pays special attention to hospitals and medicine, schools, and cemeteries. Some material is contained in the letters which pertains to camp life and the military. Much of the material concerns the problem of conscription. Return to the Table of Contents
Return to the Table of Contents RestrictionsAccess RestrictionsThis material is open for research. Use RestrictionsPermission to publish material from the Hugh H. Wilson U.S. Civil War papers must be obtained from the Woodson Research Center, Fondren Library. Return to the Table of Contents
Return to the Table of Contents Administrative InformationPreferred CitationHugh H. Wilson U.S. Civil War papers, 1862-68, MS #125, Woodson Research Center, Fondren Library, Rice University] Acquisition InformationGift of Mrs. Hardin Craig, Jr. (granddaughter of Wilson), 1956. Processing InformationFinding aid prepared by John Fowler, 1978. Return to the Table of Contents Detailed Description of the Collection
Return to the Table of Contents Correspondence IndexAntietam, Battle of 18621862, 9-25
Artillery Batteries n.d.
Benbow, Col. C.S.A.1862, 9-11
Bleeding (Medical procedure)1862, 9-11
Blockade of civilian traffic 2186, 9-11
Camp Hampton1866, 12-5
Camp life
Casualties
Cavalry1863,6-23
Cemeteries
Charleston Mercury1868, 7-3
Chesterfield Academy1862, 8-22
Church Services (Presbyterian)1862, 10-23
Cider1862, 9-11
Civilian desertion of countryside on CSA occupation1863, 5-22
Coit's Battery5-22
Colzy, Sam 1862
Commissary Department (C.S.A.)
Conscription
Conscript Law (in South Carolina)
Conscript Law (Exemption Bill)
Cooper, Eli1862, 7-11
Cooperation between Confederate and state government
Corinth, Battle of 18621862, 8-22
Cotton
Cox, Mrs. from Masiou1863, 6-23
Crane, Dr. and Mrs. 1862
Crane, [Elizabeth] "Lizzie"1862, 8-22
Deserters (C.S.A.) executedn.d.
Dick, J.H.1862, 7-11
Edgeworth Seminary1862, 7-21
8th Regiment South Carolina Reserves1862, 8-22 and n.d.
English, T.R., Rev.1862, 10-23
Family connections1862, 6-30
Foreigners, attitudes toward1862, 9-20
Furlough1863, 5-22
Friendship1862, 7-11
Gilmer, Congressman1862, 7-21
Grier, Mrs.n.d.
Hollywood Cemetary
Hospitals
Human Nature1862, 8-29
Jenkins, Micah Gen. C.S.A.1862, 9-11
Jews1862, 10-10
Joint stock companies
[K]no[w]-nothing Party1862, 7-21
LaCaste, Miller
LaC[a]ste, Sam1862, 8-6
Lee, Stephen Dill (?) Col. C.S.A.1862, 7-11
Mayes, William (Dr.)
McBride, James1862, 7-21
McCutcheon, George1862, 9-8
Medical personnel
Methodist College1862, 7-21
Mills, Mr. (H.H.W.'s neighbor)
Mills, Anderson
Mills, William
Molloy, T.1862, 8-6
Montgomery, Mrs. (H.H.W.'s sister)
Montgomery, John1862, 10-15
Montgomery, Sue (H.H.W.'s niece)
Moore, Hannah1862, 9-25
Morehead, Governor1862, 7-21
Moses, F.J. Col. C.S.A.1862, 7-21
Mount Pleasant, S.C.n.d.
Mount Zion, S.C.1862, 8-22
Music1862, 9-25
Negro Slaves
Newspapers
Passports, internal
Plantation managementn.d.
Planter's Cotton Bank1862, 8-6
Potatoes1862, 12-5
Powder mills1862, 8-6
Prices cloth
Prisoners, Confederate1862, 8-22
Railroads
Reserves, South Carolina
Rice1862, 10-10
Rich and poor, conflict between1862, 10-10
Richmond Cemetary1862, 7-21
Richmond General Hospital1862, 7-21
Roberts, Lt. Col. C.S.A.1862, 9-11
Rutledge, Col. C.S.A.n.d.
Sanduskey, Ohio1862, 8-22
Sasnasky (sic.), Madam, High School of 18621862, 9-20
Savannah, Georgia1862, 9-20
School-mates1862, 9-20
Schools
Scott, Mrs. (H.H.W.'s sister)
Scott, John (H.H.W.'s nephew)
Scott, May (H.H.W.'s niece)
Scudder, "Sissie" 1862
"Second Revolution"1862, 7-21
Servants (free)1868, 7-3
Shaw, Dwight1862, 9-8
Shaw, Mary1862, 8-22
Sicknesses
Smythe, Bob1862, 9-20
South Carolina, invasion of, 18611862, 9-11
Sullivan Island, South Carolinan.d.
Sumter Gazette1862, 9-8
Supply wagons1862, 12-5
Taxes and tarriffs1862, 7-21
Teachers (and Professors)
Telegraph1862, 9-8
Thornwell, Dr. and Mrs.
V[arun], James
Virginia Campaign (1862)1862, 9-11
Walker, William S. Gen. C.S.A.n.d.
Whilden, Maj. C.S.A.1862, 9-11
White's Battery1863, 6-23
Wilson, Dr.1863, 6-23
Wilson, Clara1862, 10-23
Wilson, Moultrin.d.
Wilson, R.E.1862, 9-8
Wilson, W.W.1862, 10-23
Witherspoon, Capt. C.S.A.1862, 9-20
Witherspoon, A.J., Rev.1862, 8-22
Witherspoon, Dunham, from Yorkville 18621862, 9-20
Witherspoon, James H. Col. C.S.A.
Witherspoon, J[ohn] E.
Word's Battery1863, 6-23
Worley Battery1863, 6-23
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