Scope and Contents
From the Series:
The majority of these papers are Mary Day Lanier's incoming letters either from her husband Sidney or about him after his death. Mary's letters to Sidney are in Series 2 and to his brother Clifford in Series 1. There are letters from other family members such as her brother-in-law Clifford, her father Charles Day and her brother Henry. Henry was attached to General Breckinridge's corps and set three letters (1863) describing army life including a map of the engagement at Lookout Mountain...
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1859, 1863-1921, undated