Diary of Catherine M. Fennell, typed , 1860 - 1865
Scope and Contents
The Frances Cabaniss Roberts collection covers the historical records of the Cabaniss Roberts family. This collection contains extensive correspondence records of the Cabaniss Roberts family circa 1830 to 1930.
Dates
- Creation: 1830 - 1930
Creator
- From the Collection: Roberts, Frances Cabaniss, Dr. (Person)
Conditions Governing Access
This collection is open for research in the Archives & Special Collections reading room. Handling guidelines and use restrictions will be communicated and enforced by archives staff members.
Extent
From the Collection: 105 Linear feet (143 boxes and 19 oversize.)
Language of Materials
From the Collection: English
General
, Adlade (slave) 2
, Blanche 12
, Cassie 4
, Charity 14
, Frank (slave) 50, 51
, Frank 14, 32
, Isham (slave) 54
, Kate 1, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 10, 11, 12, 14
, Lothie, 8
, Lothie 3, 4, 6
, Mary 5, 43
, Mattie 14
, Minnie May 2
, Pattie 3
, Queen (slave) 7
, Sallie 14
, Sarah 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 10, 12, 14
, Tom 47
, Wattie 15, 17
, William J., Captain 18
, William 10
4th Alabama Regiment 20
9th Alabama Regiment 18
Adams, Alice 2
Akins, 52
Alabama Convention scheduled 16
Alabama declared Independent State 24
Alabama secedes 16
Albert, Prince of England 25
Allison, David 30, 45
Allison, John 17, 38, 44, 47
Allison, Sallie 30
Allison, William B. 23, 24
Anderson ,Angy 1
Anderson, Angy 2
Anderson, Major 15
Anderson, Mrs. 10
Anderson, 2, 17
Arkansas fight 28
Arkansas secedes 18
Arms, Captain 21
Arnold, Carrie 15
Arnold, Jane 15
Arnold, William 20, 24
Ashby, Colonel 35
Ashmore, 6
Atkins, 52
Atlanta 52
Baker's Creek 44
Baker, Colonel, Federal killed 21
Baltimore Provost-Marshall 41
Baltimore, Maryland battle 17
Banks, General 47
Banks, 34, 40
Baton Rouge 40
Battle at Bethel Church 19
Battle at Cheat Mountain, VA 23
Battle at Columbus, KY 22
Battle at Corinth, MS 29
Battle at Fort Donelson 26
Battle at Fort Pickens 23
Battle at Leesburg, VA 21
Battle at Port Royal, SC 22
Battle at Prestonburg, KY 24
Battle at Springfield, MO 21
Battle at Williamsburg and Staunton, VA 33
Battle in Richmond 35
Battle near New Orleans 31
Battle of Cairo 18
Battle of Cedar Mountain 40
Battle of Chicamauga at Chattanooga 46
Battle of Laurel Hill 20
Battle of Mill Springs 25
Battle of Shiloh 29
Battle on coast of NC 32
Battles at Corinth 33
Bayburn, Sarah 39
Beard, Colonel 47, 54
Beard, Hop 38
Beauregard, General 20, 21, 29, 34
Beauregard, 35
Beaureguard, General 16
Bee, B. S., General 21
Bell, 14, 15
Bellefonte, 14, 15
Berry, Marion 58
Big Bethel Church 22
Blair, General 51, 56
Blountsville 43
Boleany, 8
Booth, killed 57
Booth, 56
Bowling Green, KY 23
Bradley, Lizzie 2, 4, 8
Bradley, Lizzy 2
Bradley, 6, 12
Bragg, General 42, 46
Bragg, 39, 41
Breckenridge, General 39
Breckenridge, 14, 15
Bridgeport Brudge 30
British 23
Brothers prisoners 33
Brown, 2
Bruster, Miss 4
Buckner, General 26, 27
Buckner, 28
Buell, General 34, 37
Buell, 41
Bull Run, VA 20
Bull Run 22
Burning cotton 35
burning houses and stealing 44
Burnside, 49
Burnsides, A. E., General 28
Burr, Mrs. 5, 10, 11
Bushwackers 45
Butler mistreated the Dutch Consul 31
Butler replaced by Banks 31
Butler, General 34
Butler, Silver-spoon, General 31
Calico 43
Camden, Madison County, AL 30
Canby, General 29
Carter, Captain 52
Carter, Lieutenant 21
Casualties listed from Shiloh 29
Casualty numbers 38
Champion, Frank, Private 36
Chandler, Lieut. Colonel 52
Chandler, Lon 56
Charleston 43
Chattanooga battle 35
Chattanooga, TN 14
Chattanooga 34
Cheatham, General 22
Chivington, 29
Christmas party 47
Christmas 24
Clanton, Captain 52
Clanton, 51, 52
Clare, Mrs. 37
Clegett, Mr. 37
Cobb, Catherine 40
Cobb, W. R. W. 2
Cobb, William 9
Columbus 22
Comment by W. H. E. 26
Comments by W. H. E. 31
Confederate fleet 31
Confederate money 33
Confederate thanksgiving 41
Congress to meet in Richmond 19
Conscript Act 39
Conwell, J. 37
Cooksey, 2
Corinth, MS 30
Cornfax 22
Cremer, Bill 45
Crittenden, General 25
Culpepper, Virginia Battle 18
Cumberland Gap 29
Cup and saucer 43
Curry, 6
Dalton, Mrs. 10
Davis inauguarated 26
Davis of Mississippi inaugurated 16
Davis, Jeff inaugurated 26
Davis, Jeff, President 22, 57
Davis, President 20, 29, 36, 43
Davis, Southern Army 17
Davis, 6, 28
Diary hidden 49
Diary 23
Dickey, John 55
Donelson battle 26
Doolittle, Mrs. 3
Doolittle, Senator 6
Douglas, 14, 15
Dunn, Captain 58
Elliers, 4
Erwin, 47
Eubanks, 18
Eustis, 23
Evans, Shanks, General 21
Ewell, General 44
Falsbery, Belle 1
False Reports 18
Farragut, Flag Officer 31
Fayman, Mollie 2
Federals deserting 35
Fennel, Catherine 15
Fennel, Charity 16
Fennel, Frank 16
Fennel, Kate 15
Fennel, Maggie 15
Fennel, Mary 15
Fennel, Sarah 15
Fennel, Willie 20, 23, 57, 58
Fennell house 50
Fennell, Cassie Matilda 24
Fennell, Catherine M. 1
Fennell, Catherine 41
Fennell, Charity 33, 42, 46, 50, 51, 54, 58
Fennell, Frank 40, 57
Fennell, Hubbard 56
Fennell, Hub 21, 32
Fennell, Isham 32, 34, 38, 43
Fennell, Joe 23, 48, 56
Fennell, John canoes 35
Fennell, Johnnie 45, 53, 56
Fennell, John 29, 34, 35, 57
Fennell, Joseph 17
Fennell, Mary 42, 47, 51, 53, 54, 55, 58
Fennell, Matilda 46
Fennell, May 15, 56
Fennell, Sam Wattie 46
Fennell, Sam 56
Fennell, Tom 23, 30, 43, 47, 56
Fennell, Watkins 15, 21, 24, 26, 42, 45, 47
Fennell, Wattie 18, 36, 39, 40, 43, 44, 45, 47, 49, 52, 53, 55, 56, 57, 58
Fennell, William captured at Williamsburg 33
Fennell, William, Captain 42
Fennell, William 15, 16, 17, 37, 38
Fennell, Willie 15, 17, 20, 38, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 49, 52, 53, 55, 56, 58
Fennell, Willlie 51
Field, Captain 46
Fields, Captain 46
Fishing Creek, Kentucky 25
Fitzpatrick, Senator 1
Florence, AL 30
Floyd, General 26, 27
Floyd, 28
Folia, 8
Foote, General 27
Forrest, General 26, 29
Forrest, 38, 40, 43, 54
Fort Craig, New Mexico 29
Fort Deposit, AL 24
Fort Donelson 28
Fort Hatteras, NC 22
Fort Henry 26, 27
Fort Pickens 16, 17
Fort Pulaski was taken in Savannah 33
Fort Sumter 16
France & Confederacy 36
Fredricksburg 43
Freeman, D. S. 21
Front Royal 34
Fry, Speed S., Colonel 25
Gadsden 46
Ganvier, 8
Gardner, John 24
Garnett, Doctor 12
Garnett, General killed 20
Georgia and Florida secede 16
Gettysburg 44
Gold and Silver very scarce 33
Gordon, John B. 36
Granberry, 5
Grant, General 28, 34
Grant, 27, 29, 44
Grayson, Captain 45
Great Bethel 19
Griffin, Charles, Captain 20, 52
Guntersville shelled 39
Guntersville, AL 30
Guntersville 32, 45
Gurley, Frank, Captain 39
Gurley, 38
Haden, 32
Halleck, General 22, 34
Halleck, 27, 35, 41
Hambrick, Captain 39
Hambrick, 38
Hampton Roads 28
Hampton, Virginia Battle 18
Handson, Lida 12
Hardee, General 21
Hariman, 10
Harover, Miss 10
Harper's Ferry Battle 18
Harper, 55
Harris, Ben 55
Harris, Doctor 52
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania 44
Harrover, Miss 12
Harrover, Mrs. 5
Hatcher, 5
Heller, 9
Helm, Southern General killed 46
Henry, A. G. 51, 52
Henry, Colonel 23, 33, 35, 50, 51, 52
Henry, Ike, Captain 21
Henry, John 24
Henry, Miss 6
Henry, Pross 11
Henry, Sam, Colonel 42, 43, 44
Henry, Sam, Lt. Colonel 20
Henry, Sam 16, 17, 51, 56
Henry, 16
Hill, A. P., General 33
Hill, D. H., Colonel 19
Hill, 11, 41
Hillyer, Captain 27
Hindman, General 26
Hobbs, Emmert 56
Hobbs, Hubbard 34
Hobbs, Tom 38, 43
Hodge, 47
Hollerwell, Major 34
Hollowell, 50
Holyle, Mrs. 11
Homespun 33
Hood, 54
Hopkins, Miss 5
Hormian, 4, 8, 11
Hormion, 3
Hornion, 2
Huntsville men arrested 32
Huntsville refugees 29
Huntsville reocupied 45
Huntsville soldiers formed 16
Huntsville, AL 14, 15, 16, 17, 30
Huntsville 32, 39, 44, 45
Irving, Mrs. 6
Island No. 10 given to the Federals 32
Jackson County towns burned 34
Jackson had 16,000 at Fort Royal 34
Jackson learned lesson at Kernstown ,VA 33
Jackson, General 18, 25, 37
Jackson, Mississippi 44
Jackson, Stonewall whips Shields and Banks 35
Jackson, Stonewall! 40
Jackson, Stonewall, General 33
Jackson, Stonewall 21, 34, 42, 43
Jackson, T. J., General 21
Jackson, 38, 40, 41
Jenkins' army 41
Jenkins, A. G., General 41
Johnson, Andy, President 56
Johnson, Colonel 23
Johnson, General 20
Johnson, Jim 55, 56
Johnson, 12
Johnston, Albert Sidney 27, 28, 29
Johnston, General 36
Johnston, J. F., General 20
Johnston, Joseph E. General 33, 35
Johnston, R. M. 21
Johnston, 45
Jones, J. B. 21, 31, 32
Kennard, Rev. 2
Kenney, Miss 6, 8
Kenney, 7
Kenny, Miss 8
Kentucky skirmish 24
Kentucky 21
King, 2
Lane, Miss 11
Latterman, 11
Ledbetter, Captain 21
Lee and Johnson surrender 56
Lee, Bob, General 50
Lee, General 18, 36, 37
Lee, Robert, General 29
Lee, 36, 41, 44, 45, 54
Leesburg 22
Lemly, 47
Lender, General 25
Lexington 40
Lincoln and Davis 20
Lincoln Elected 15
Lincoln inaugurated 16
Lincoln is sole subject 15
Lincoln, Old Abe 56
Lincoln, 14, 18, 40, 56, 57
Lincolnite congress 19
Lincolnites killed 18
Lingle, Susie 3
Linn, 9
Lon, Charity 36
Longstreet was at Williamsburg 33
Longstreet, General 20, 33, 36
Longstreet, 37, 41, 49
Lothie, Miss 13, 14
Lothie, 3
Louisiana secedes 16
Lovell, General 31
Lovell, Mansfield, Major General 31
Lowell, General 31
Lyons, General kille 21
Lyons, General 21, 55
MacCaslin, Miss 1
Madison County fights 38
Magruder, General 28
Magruder, 12, 19
Magruder 44
Malvern Hill 36
Manassas Junction 19
Manassas, VA 20
Manassas 22
Manasses 41
Marshall County, AL 32
Marshall, General 24
Maryland 42
Mason, Minister 23, 24
Matthews, Lieutenant 46
Matthis, Ben 39
Maxie, 40
May, M. G., Captain 50, 51
May, Minnie 3, 5, 10
May, Washington 24
McCall, Major General 38
McCellan, General 20
McClellan, General 20, 22
McClellan, 36
McClelland, General 37
McClelland, 41
McClernand, General 27
McColla, Miss 5
McCook, Brig. General 39
McCook, General 38
McCoullough, Ben, General 21
McCraw, 12, 13
McCray, 39
McCullough, General 20, 28
McCullough, 19
McDowell, General 20
McDowell, 41
McFarland, 23
McMaster, J. B. 31
McRea, Ella 6
Mead, 57
Memphis 35
Merrimac & Monitor 28
Millroy, General 23
Milner, Captain 26
Missionary and Lookout Ridges 48
Missionary Ridge 48
Mississippi secedes 16
Missouri 20, 21
Mitchell, General 34
Mitchell, 30, 37
Mobile 52
Mollery, 12
Moore, General 24
Moreheard, Captain 57
Morgan's Cavalry 33
Morgan, John H., Colonel 40
Morgan, John, Colonel 33
Morgan, John 45
Morgan, 40, 41, 42, 45
Munson, Mrs. 10
Murray, Mrs. 17
Murry, Miss 1, 9, 10
Myers, 2
Naval fight on the Potomac 28
Naylor, Belle 1, 6, 7, 8
Naylor, 12
near Guntersville, AL 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 28, 29, 30, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58
Negro troops at Port Hudson 44
Negroes wages 57
Negroes 36, 48, 49, 52
New Mexico and Arizona fights 29
New Orleans 30, 31, 44, 44
Nibbett, Captain 55
North Carolina secedes 18
Norton, Lothie 5
Norton, Mrs. 1, 3, 4, 9, 14
Norton, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, 11, 13
Noyls, 10
Ogden, Mr. 29, 30
Original diary has death notices in black 23
page 23 23
page 35 36
page 36 36
Paint Rock River fighting 32
Paper of pins 43
Parker, Ellen 15
Parker, Miss 8
Parker, Tyler 15
Parker, 15, 49
Patterson, General 20
Payne, Miss 10
Pearce, Mrs. 6
Pearce, 3
Pegram, Colonel 20
Pemberton, 44
Pendland, Alex 9
Peques, C. C., Colonel 36
Perkins, Mary 4
Perkins, Miss 4
Perkins, 9
Philippa 19
Phillips, Miss 2, 7
Pillow, General 26, 27
Pillow, 28
Pleasants, 6
Plug Uglies 12
Poach, 46
Political Excitement 14
Polks, Miss 10
Poolesville & Baltimore, Maryland 41
Pope, General 34
Pope, 35, 40, 41
Port Hudson 43, 44
Porter, 31
Powell, Mrs. 10
President Davis will Resign 17
Presidential Election 14
Price, 28, 30, 39, 42
Price. 42
Prince of Wales 14, 15
Proctor, 3, 8, 9
Railroad at Bridgeport 30
Railroad Bridges 23
Reaburn, John 14
Rebel War Clerk's Diary 31
Reconstruction 57
Renson, 38
Rhodes, 47
Rich Mountain, WV 22
Richards, William 24
Riche, Mot 47
Richmond, VA 33
Richmond 36, 37
Ricketts, J. B., Captain 20
Rivers, John 45
Robertson, Lieutenant 46
Roddy, 43
Rodes, Robert 36
Rodes, 21
Rody, 49
Romney 19
Rosecrans, W. S., General 20, 46
Russell, Albert 24
Russell, Colonel 53
Salsberry, Senator 5
Salsbery, Mrs. 1, 3, 4, 5
Salsby, 2, 3
Salt 42
Sarsley, Mr. 1
Scott & Lincoln 17
Scott, Colonel 41
Scott, General 17, 22
Scott, 17, 32, 35
Seceding States in Montgomery 16
Secession Cockades 15
Seven Days Battle 36
Seven Federal General 41
Sharpesburg 42
Sherman Battery 20
Sherman, 34, 51, 54
Sibley, General 29
Skirmishes 18
Slavery 35
Slidell, Minister 23, 24
Smallpox in Washington DC 19
Smith, A. Buford, General 41
Smith, C. F., General 27
Smith, Doctor 52
Smith, G. W., Major General 31
Smith, Kirby, General 47
Smith, Kirby 41, 57, 58
Smith, Miss 2
Smith, Preston, Southern General 46
Smithson, 14
Solsby, 5, 7, 8, 11
Solsby. 4
South Carolina seceded 15
Spates, Mollie 11, 12
Springfield 22
St. Louis fight 19
Stealing to eat 47
Stephens, Vice President 22
Stephens, Vice-President 56
Stevens, Vice-President 16
Stevenson, 42
Stocton, 5
Stowes, General 42
Street, T. 14
Stuart, General 42
Stuart, J. E. B., General 24
Sturges, Annie 1
Sullivan, Doctor 48
Sunderland, Dr. 6
Sunderland, 5
Taylor, Captain 34, 35
Taylor, Dick surrender 56
Taylor, General 47
Taylor, Mrs. 6
Tayman, Mrs. 9, 10
Tennessee secedes 18
Tennessee 43
Terry, Colonel 23
Texas Rangers in Guntersville 33
Texas Seceded 16
The Marshall Boys 17
Thomas, General 25, 34
Todd, May 10
Town, Miss 8
Trentten, John F., Lt. Colonel 36
Trigg, Colonel 24
Tuscumbia and Florence, Alabama 26
Tyler, Ex-President of US 25, 26
Tyler, Mrs. 51
Unionists in North Alabama 15
Van Dorn, General 44
Van Dorn, 42
Vicksburg 36, 38, 44
Vienna, AL 45
Vienna, Virginia 19
Virginia and Kentucky 41
Virginia secedes 16
Virginia 14
Volunteers 18
W. H. E. One year passes 54
Wallace, General 27
Wallace, Lew, General 28
Walpole, Hennie 18
War Begun 16
Washington's Tomb 13
Washington, DC 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13
Watkins, 15
Webb's Negroes 49
Wheeler, General 47
Wheeler, 43, 47
Whitesburg fight 32, 33
Whitesburg 44
Wilcox, Cadmus M. Brigade commander 33, 36
Wilcox, 37
Williams, Captain 46
Wise, General 28
Woodward, J. J., Colonel 36
Yancy, 15
Yankee wagons 47
Yankees mistreat negroes 29
Yankees take Huntsville 29
Yorktown 19
Zimmerman, 10
Repository Details
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