Date Original
1861-1898
Description
This collection contains orders, muster rolls, correspondence, invoices, and receipts illustrating activities of a Confederate unit operating in southern Arkansas during the latter years of the Civil War.
Biographical/Historical Note
Algernon Sidney Holderness was born in Caswell County, North Carolina, in 1834. He studied medicine and surgery at the University of Pennsylvania, and during the Civil War served in the Confederate Army, reaching the rank of lieutenant in Company B, Monroe's Regiment, Cabell's Brigade, First Arkansas Cavalry. He was honorably discharged on May 27, 1865. The husband of Catherine B. Dixon and father of nine children, A.S. Holderness died in Fordyce on April 28, 1904.
Physical Description
Document, 8.5" x 11"
Geographical Area
Arkansas
Language
English
Identifier
MS.000085
Resource Type
Text
Collection
Algernon Sidney Holderness papers, MS.000085
Publisher
Arkansas State Archives
Contributing Entity
Arkansas State Archives
Recommended Citation
Algernon Sidney Holderness 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
