John Cabell Breckinridge Letters,1847-1874

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Title

John Cabell Breckinridge Letters

Date

1847-1874

Repository

The Filson Historical Society Special Collections Louisville, Kentucky 40208 USA

Conditions Governing Access note

Open to researchers.

Preferred Citation Note

[Identification of item], John Cabell Breckinridge Letters, 1847-1874, Special Collections, The Filson Historical Society, Louisville.

Extent

17 items

Scope and Content

State legislator, U.S. congressman, vice -president, U.S. senator, Confederate general and Confederate secretary of war. Letters discussing political matters, recommendations, speaking engagements, elections, contemporary issues, and sectional strife prior to the Civil War. His 22 September 1847 letter to General John McCalla requesting that John Hunt Morgan's company either be attached to the 3rd Kentucky Infantry or that he be commissioned a lieutenant in the army; his 8 June 1856 letter to John C. Rives discusses the 1852 and 1856 elections for vice-president; his 2 July 1860 letter to Henry Randall discusses Democratic politics; his 19 September 1863 letter written to D.H. Hill, during the battle of Chickamauga, describes his position, enemy movements, and his lack of orders; and his 9 April 1865 telegram to P.G.T. Beauregard urges special attention to transportation concerns. Card index in repository

Subjects

• Chickamauga (Ga.), Battle of, 1863-- Sources.
• Morgan, John Hunt, 1825-1864.
• Presidents-- United States-- Election-- History-- Sources.