Batchelor, Albert A. Papers, 1853-1930 (bulk 1870-1900). 27 linear ft., 41 volumes. Location: S:140-164, J:13, 98:B, OS:B. Albert Agrippa (A. A.) Batchelor was a doctor and planter in Red River Landing in Pointe Coupee Parish, Louisiana. The papers include personal and business papers, correspondence, diaries, and account books, all of which pertain principally to local events and the operation and management of several plantations in Pointe Coupee Parish, including Bella Vista, Lakeside, Phoenix, Highland, and Normandy. Early letters among Batchelor family members describe conditions at the Kentucky Military Institute and the Silliman Female Collegiate Institute, and mention events such as slave insurrections and military operations. Several letters describe Civil War battles, including the 1862 Battle of Kernstown and the 1863 battles of Gettysburg and Chancellorsville. Mss. 919. [Also available on microfilm 5735 and 6061: Records of southern plantations from emancipation to the Great Migration, Series B, Selections from Louisiana State University, pt. 5, Louisiana sugar plantations, reels 1-15; Confederate Military Manuscripts, Series B, Holdings of Louisiana State University, reels 1-2.]