Riley, Lewis ( -1863), Papers, 1857-1875 (C326)

2 folders

DONOR INFORMATION

The Riley Papers were donated to the University of Missouri by Robert C. Hanger on 30 June 1980 (Accession No. 4289).

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH

Lewis Riley emigrated with his wife Anna Little Riley from Crawford County, Illinois to Tuscumbia, Missouri, about 1857. They were the parents of eight children. Riley bought land in Miller County, Missouri. He died during the Civil War in 1863 of typhoid fever.

SCOPE AND CONTENT NOTE

The Riley Papers consist of letters from a 6th Missouri, Union cavalryman (Wood's Battalion) to his wife describing battles and scrimmages in the South, particularly at Vicksburg, Mississippi; near Memphis, Tennessee; and Little Rock, Arkansas. The letters describe the morale in his unit, cavalry raids into Mississippi from Helena, Arkansas, and fighting around Vicksburg and the siege and surrender of that city. There are also letters from Riley’s friends to their relatives, a deed for land in Miller County, receipts, and a pension certificate issued to Riley’s survivors.

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FOLDER LIST

f. 1Correspondence, 1862-1863
f. 2Miscellaneous, 1857-1875

INDEX TERMS

These index terms are the subjects, people, places, etc. under which this collection is listed in all available indexes at the Western Historical Manuscript Collection-Columbia. If you are interested in a specific index term, please contact the reference staff.

  • Ahast, James R.
  • Anderson, Thomas
  • Arkansas, Helena
  • Arkansas, Little Rock
  • Benton (Gunboat)
  • Benton Barracks, St. Louis, Missouri
  • Big Black River
  • Booth, Richard
  • Brumley, Jackson
  • Civil War--Battle of Memphis, 1862
  • Civil War--Battle of Vicksburg
  • Civil War--Black soldiers
  • Civil War--Correspondence
  • Civil War--Mississippi
  • Civil War--Pictorial works
  • Ellison, Mary
  • Ellison, Thomas
  • Gold Mines & Mining
  • Goodrich, Isaac R. (1846- )
  • Haley, John
  • Hawkins, James
  • McDaniel, William C.
  • Mississippi River
  • Mississippi, Batesville
  • Mississippi, Greenville
  • Mississippi, Grenada
  • Mississippi, Jackson
  • Missouri Cavalry, 6th Regiment, Volunteers, Company I
  • Missouri Cavalry, 6th Regiment, Woods Battalion
  • Missouri, Miller County
  • Missouri, Rolla
  • Nofs, Sallie M.
  • Price, Sterling (1809-1867)
  • Riley, Anna Little
  • Riley, Converse (1851-1925)
  • Riley, James Wesley
  • Riley, Letha E.
  • Riley, Louis
  • Riley, Louis, Jr.
  • Riley, Margaret
  • Scott, William
  • Sherman, William Tecumseh (1820-1891)
  • Sigel, Curtis Asboth
  • Thompson, Thomas
  • Tiry, David
  • Tiry, Samuel
  • Umphres, Monroe
  • White River