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| Title | Charles S. Taylor Letter, December 4, 1862 |
| Subject |
Correspondence Civil War Sick persons Smallpox Military bands Military camps Military leadership Military life Military maneuvers Military officers Military medicine Military tactics Weather |
| Description | F. Voigt, Camp Bayou, Metoe Prairie County near Brownsville, Ark., to Charles S. Taylor. Voigt is writing Taylor to inform him of the recent "incidents and conditions" of the Texas Regiments in the Arkansas wilderness. He mentions William Taylor's safe arrival along with the clothing wagons they brought with them and the eager reception they received because of the clothing wagon. All brigades are under the command of General Henry E. McCulloch. Major General Holmes has command of entire Department. Sickness has affected many of the men after a recent trip to the White river. Eight men have died from Captain Clark's Company and he expects many more men to perish. Writes of the arrival of a courier riding from camp to camp delivering orders for the preparation to march at moments notice. He describes the preparations taken and the hustle and bustle of the camps. Colonel Dick Hubbard. They moved from Camp Nelson to his current position at Camp Bayou Metoe. During the move they left the sick at Camp Nelson. An outbreak of smallpox is effecting the surrounding areas of Camp Bayou Metoe. Describes the appearance of General Holmes. Voigt also mentions how happy he was to see Lawrence Taylor, Henry Curl, Captain Hancock, Captain Burton, Cundiff, Major Noble, Alex Muckleroy, Swinburn, Steve Perry, and William Barret. The men also have plenty of good army beef and cornbread at the new camp. |
| Date | December 4, 1862 |
| Location |
Nacogdoches County Texas Arkansas |
| Collection |
Charles Stanfield Taylor Papers |
| Collection Identifer | A31, Box1, Folder1 |
| Collection Link | http://libweb.sfasu.edu/proser/etrc/collections/manuscript/personal/taylorcharless/index.html |
| Biographical Note | Charles Stanfield Taylor was born in London, England, in 1808. He came to Texas in 1828, settling at Nacogdoches where he opened a mercantile business. The business was soon abandoned in favor of other pursuits. Charles S. Taylor served as a member of the Nacogdoches ayuntamiento in 1832 and fought in the Battle of Nacogdoches. In 1834 he was elected Alcalde of San Augustine, and was appointed San Augustine Land Commissioner in 1835. Taylor represented the District of Nacogdoches at the First Convention at San Felipe de Austin in Oct. 1832 and was elected as a delegate from Nacogdoches to the Constitutional Convention, where he signed the Texas Declaration of Independence in 1836. He was appointed as Chief Justice of Nacogdoches County in 1837 by Sam Houston. Mr. Taylor served two terms as County Treasurer, 1850-54. After having been licensed to practice law in the Republic of Texas in 1839, Taylor remained very active in the profession for the remainder of his life, and was elected Chief Justice of Nacogdoches County in 1860, until his death on Nov. 1, 1865. |
| Scope and Content Note | Most of the documents in the Charles S. Taylor Papers are in English although there are quite a few in Spanish and some in French. A large number of documents are from the period of the Texas Republic. |
| Associated Dates |
1860-1869 |
| Type | Correspondence |
| Format |
JPEG |
| Repository | East Texas Research Center |
| Repository Link | http://library.sfasu.edu/etrc/ |
| Digitization funded by | Texas State Genealogical Society |
| Rights | This item may be protected under Title 17 of the U.S. Copyright Law. It is available for non-commercial research and education. For permission to publish or reproduce, please contact the East Texas Research Center at asketrc@sfasu.edu. |
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| Title | A31, B1, F1_Item 48_Page 001 |
| Location | Texas |
| Collection |
Charles Stanfield Taylor Papers |
| Collection Identifer | A31, Box1, Folder |
| Collection Link | http://libweb.sfasu.edu/proser/etrc/collections/manuscript/personal/taylorcharless/index.html |
| Biographical Note | Charles Stanfield Taylor was born in London, England, in 1808. He came to Texas in 1828, settling at Nacogdoches where he opened a mercantile business. The business was soon abandoned in favor of other pursuits. Charles S. Taylor served as a member of the Nacogdoches ayuntamiento in 1832 and fought in the Battle of Nacogdoches. In 1834 he was elected Alcalde of San Augustine, and was appointed San Augustine Land Commissioner in 1835. Taylor represented the District of Nacogdoches at the First Convention at San Felipe de Austin in Oct. 1832 and was elected as a delegate from Nacogdoches to the Constitutional Convention, where he signed the Texas Declaration of Independence in 1836. He was appointed as Chief Justice of Nacogdoches County in 1837 by Sam Houston. Mr. Taylor served two terms as County Treasurer, 1850-54. After having been licensed to practice law in the Republic of Texas in 1839, Taylor remained very active in the profession for the remainder of his life, and was elected Chief Justice of Nacogdoches County in 1860, until his death on Nov. 1, 1865. (Hudson, Linda Sybert, "Taylor, Charles Stanfield", The New Handbook of Texas, 1996). A great many documents associated with Charles S. Taylor still survive. The Dallas Historical Society has a collection called the "Taylor family papers, 1831-1921" which consists of 251 items (for description of this collection see the East Texas Research Center). The Catholic Archives of Texas at Austin also has some of Taylor's papers (Also available in the East Texas Research Center). Presumably, these are the papers given to the Catholic Archives by a Taylor descendant when the old Taylor home was dismantled in the late 1950's. |
| Scope and Content Note | Most of the documents in the Charles S. Taylor Papers are in English although there are quite a few in Spanish and some in French. A large number of documents are from the period of the Texas Republic. |
| Type | Correspondence |
| Format |
JPEG |
| Repository | East Texas Research Center |
| Repository Link | http://library.sfasu.edu/etrc/ |
| Digitization funded by | Texas State Genealogical Society |
| Rights | This item may be protected under Title 17 of the U.S. Copyright Law. It is available for non-commercial research and education. For permission to publish or reproduce, please contact the East Texas Research Center at asketrc@sfasu.edu. |
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