Date Original
1863-1925
Description
This collection contains letters written during the Civil War by Confederate soldier Isaac Brownlow to his wife.
Biographical/Historical Note
Isaac Newton Brownlow was born in Tennessee in 1820. He married Edna Frances "Fannie" Wallace(also known as Eady Frances Pelley) of Tuscaloosa County, Alabama, in Carroll County, Mississippi, March 12, 1863. Fannie and Isaac had one son, Samuel L. Brownlow. Isaac joined Company C, 5th Mississippi Cavalry, Confederate States Army, August 7, 1863. He was listed on his company's muster roll as "Absent without leave February 21, 1864." He was taken prisoner by the Union Army at Nashville, Tennessee, on December 15, 1864, and later died at Camp Douglas, Illinois, February 18, 1865.
Physical Description
Document, 8.5" x 11"
Geographical Area
Arkansas; Tennessee; Mississippi; Illinois
Language
English
Identifier
SMC.005.002
Resource Type
Text
Collection
Isaac N. Brownlow papers, SMC.005.002
Publisher
Arkansas State Archives
Contributing Entity
Arkansas State Archives
Recommended Citation
Isaac N. Brownlow 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
