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W.A. Crouch Letters

 Collection
Identifier: MC 550

Scope and Content Note

Letters (and positive photocopies written by W.A. Crouch, Cotton Plant, Arkansas, 13 October and 26 October 1862, to his wife. Includes account of capture of a Federal wagon train neat Helena, Arkansas.

Letters, dated October 13 and 26, 1862, from Private W. A. Crouch, Chrisman's Arkansas Cavalry Battalion, stationed in Cotton Plant (Woodruff County), to his wife at Batesville. Crouch describes in considerable detail his part in a raid on a Union army forage expedition near Helena (Phillips County) on October 25, 1862.

Dates

  • 1862

Creator

Language of Materials

Materials are in English.

Access Information

Please call (479) 575-8444 or email specoll@uark.edu at least two weeks in advance of your arrival to ensure availability of the materials.

Use Information

No Use Restrictions Apply.

No Interlibrary Loan.

Standard Federal Copyright Laws Apply (U.S. Title 17).

Extent

0.1 Linear Feet (1 Folder (2 Items))

Arrangement of the Papers

Materials are arranged chronologically in one folder.

Acquisition Information

The W.A. Crouch Letters were donated to the Special Collections Division by Jean Lovell of Odessa, Texas in May 1985.

Processing Information

Processed by Nan Lawler; Completed in January 1986

Creator

Source

Title
W.A. Crouch Letters
Status
Completed
Author
Nan Lawler
Date
1986
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin
Language of description note
Finding aid is written in English.

Repository Details

Part of the Special Collections Department Repository

Contact:
University of Arkansas Libraries
365 N. McIlroy Avenue
Fayetteville AR 72701 United States
(479) 575-8444