Date Original
1853-1903
Description
This collection consists of letters written by W.P. McCollum to his parents while he was a Confederate private camped in Mississippi. Other correspondents are D.C. Ross, Gaven Payne, W.P. Payne, Mary McCollum, and Mattie Payne. The letters date from 1853 to 1868. Also included are two medical diplomas, dated 1861 and 1903, belonging to W.E. Arnold.
Biographical/Historical Note
William P. McCollum was a private in the Confederate Army, Company B, 20th Regiment, Arkansas Infantry. He was captured July 4, 1863, in Vicksburg, Mississippi, paroled four days later, and captured again in Longview, Arkansas, on March 29, 1864. He died of pneumonia on August 2, 1864, at the military prison in Rock Island, Illinois, and is buried in the Rock Island Confederate Cemetery. William E. Arnold was a physician and Confederate sergeant who married Mary McCollum in Hempstead County, Arkansas, on December 27, 1868. He practiced medicine in Prescott, Arkansas, and died there on February 25, 1923, after a long illness.
Physical Description
Document, 8.5" x 11"
Geographical Area
Arkansas; Mississippi; Texas
Language
English
Identifier
MS.000022
Resource Type
Text
Collection
Arnold-McCollum family papers, MS.000022
Publisher
Arkansas State Archives
Contributing Entity
Arkansas State Archives
Recommended Citation
Arnold-McCollum family papers, Arkansas State Archives, Little Rock, Arkansas.
Rights
Use and reproduction of images held by the Arkansas State Archives without prior written permission is prohibited. For information on reproducing images held by the Arkansas State Archives, please call 501-682-6900 or email at state.archives@arkansas.gov.
Disciplines
United States History
