The Butler Center for Arkansas Studies has recently processed several new Civil War collections. They are as follows:
MSS.14.07 DeValls Bluff Provost Marshal broadside
This collection contains a broadside listing the instructions for those serving on guard duty at the post in DeValls Bluff, Arkansas, in the spring of 1864.
MSS.14.08 Fayette Allen Civil War letter
This collection contains a letter by Corporal Fayette Allen of Spring Prairie, Wisconsin, to his aunt, written while he was stationed near Little Rock with the 28th Wisconsin Infantry.
MSS.14.20 Address of Colonel John A. Garrett
This collection contains an address to his troops by Colonel John A. Garrett, commander of the 40th Iowa Infantry, following the Camden Expedition and the Battle of Jenkins Ferry.
MSS.14.45 Letter from unidentified German-speaking Union soldier
This collection contains a letter written by an unidentified soldier stationed at Helena, Arkansas, to his sister. It is written in the German language and old German script handwriting. A partial transcription and translation is provided.
MSS.15.81 Almon Hunter Civil War letter
This collection contains a letter written to his mother by Almon Hunter of the 2nd Kansas Cavalry while his company was camped near Jenny Lind, Arkansas.
MSS.15.82 William F. Schafer Civil War letters
This collection contains thirty-nine letters or fragments of letters written by Private William F. Schafer of the 46th Indiana Infantry to his wife and one letter written to Schafer by his sister Anna.
MSS.16.09 Daniel Prosser Civil War diary
This collection contains a pocket diary kept by Daniel G. Prosser of the 1st Indiana Cavalry while he was stationed in Arkansas from 1862 to 1864. The bulk of the entries are from 1862 and 1863.
More information about these collections can be found at https://www.butlercenter.org/civilwararkansas/
Some of you might also be interested in our large collection of Arkansas-related World War I material. You can see that at https://www.butlercenter.org/arkansas-and-the-great-war/