Willis, Edward, 1834-1910.

Edward Willis papers, 1854-1906. - 200 items. 4 4 containers plus oversize. 2.4 linear feet.

Open to research.

Correspondence, ledger, memorandum books, requisition books, newspaper clippings, printed material, drawings, photographs, and other papers relating primarily to Willis's service as chief quartermaster of G.T. Beauregard's division in the Confederate Army. Documents defensive operations along the South Carolina and Georgia coasts, the siege of Petersburg, and movement of troops in Alabama, Georgia, and Mississippi.


Confederate Army officer and merchant of Charleston, S.C.

Finding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room and at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms009271

mm 81045898


Beauregard, G. T. 1818-1893.


Confederate States of America. Army --Supplies and stores.


Alabama--History--Campaigns.--Civil War, 1861-1865
Georgia--History--Campaigns.--Civil War, 1861-1865
Mississippi--History--Campaigns.--Civil War, 1861-1865
Petersburg (Va.)--History--Siege, 1864-1865.
South Carolina--History--Campaigns.--Civil War, 1861-1865
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865.
Virginia--History--Campaigns.--Civil War, 1861-1865


Army officers, Confederate.
Merchants.