Pelayo, Mrs. Sidney M. Newspaper clipping collection, 1903-1965, undated 47 items. Location: Nsp., 99:. Newspaper clippings pertaining to Baton Rouge, the 1927 Mississippi River flood, LSU, people and places of historical interest in Louisiana, the United Confederate Veterans, the death of Franklin D. Roosevelt, and World War II. For further information, see online catalog. Mss. 2600-73.

Petetin, Eugene B. Papers, 1864-1865. 5 items. Location: Misc. Retail merchant of Opelousas, Louisiana, and Confederate private in the Louisiana Reserve Corps during the Civil War. Papers consist of Confederate tax receipts, an application for exemption from military service, an assignment to the Reserve Corps, a disability certificate for field service, and a permit to go home. For further information, see online catalog. Mss. 2133, 2142.

Pitts, John. Letter, 1863. 1 item. Location: Misc. Federal soldier stationed at New Madrid, Missouri. Letter by Pitts expressing aversion to the use of African Americans in the Union army. For further information, see online catalog. Mss. 1427.

Parish, Robert T. Diary. 1861. 1 vol. photocopy. Location: B:66. Itinerant Methodist minister assigned to northern Rapides Parish, Louisiana. He married Judity Merrill in 1850, and they had a son and daughter at the time the diary was written. Diary begins with Parish's tenure in the vicinity of Alexandria, Louisiana, and reflects the day-to-day life of an itinerant minister. He comments on Catholicism, excitement over the Civil War, and the religious failings of his charges, African American and white. For further information, see online catalog. Mss. 4564.

Robert E. Lee photographs, circa 1865-1870. 3 photographic prints. Location: E:67. Confederate general in the Civil War. Formal photographic portraits of Robert E. Lee taken probably after the Civil War. These are copies of the original photographs made sometime around 1973.For further information, see online catalog. Mss. 2788.

Mullen, Robert A. Correspondence, 1863-1865. Location: Misc.:M. A New Orleans native and Confederate naval officer; prisoner of war at Fort Warren, Boston, Massachusetts. Letters to Eliza Brenan of New Orleans, Louisiana, describe his emotional state and his experiences in the navy before his capture. Letters to Mullen from Sister Aloysius of the Caritas Carney Hospital in Boston remark on her attempts to have him released. For further information, see online catalog. Mss. 4140.

Mouton, Alfred. Photograph, circa 1861. 1 item. Location: E:67. Confederate general killed at Mansfield, Louisiana, April 8, 1864. Copy of photograph made through glass with original still in frame; shows Mouton in full uniform, front view. For further information, see online catalog. Mss. 3306.

Nineteenth Corps, 1st Division circular, 1863 Aug. 15. 1 item. Location: MISC:N. Colonel Wickham Hoffman served as Assistant Adjutant General under Major General William Buel Franklin. Circular establishes office hours and location for Franklin's headquarters in Baton Rouge, La. For further information, see online catalog. Mss. 4292.

Mullet, Thomas. Letter, 1862 July 16. 1 item. Location: Misc:M. Confederate soldier in the Louisiana Artillery, 8th Battalion Heavy, during the Civil War. Letter written to General Daniel Ruggles reports military action at Red River Landing and Bayou Sarah, Louisiana. Mullet also comments on the possibility that certain members of Ruggles' staff are not in full agreement with the Confederate cause. For further information, see online catalog. Mss. 2764.

Newton, John. Log book, 1861-1863.1 vol. Location: F:10. Marine aboard the Union blockade ship U.S.S. FLAG in the Charleston, South Carolina, harbor during the Civil War. Logbook recording activities aboard the FLAG. Included are views on Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation, the status of African Americans, and Admiral Dupont's command decisions during the Ft. Sumter blockade. The volume contains manuscript maps of Confederate and Union positions at Charleston and Port Royal, South Carolina; and Savannah, Georgia; and a list of ships captured by Union forces. For further information, see online catalog. Mss. 3782.