O. T. Hanks reminiscences
Scope and Contents
Handwritten and signed record of Hank's involvement in the Civil War. The account was written from memory in 1918 and describes his service in Company K, First Texas Infantry.
Dates
- Creation: 1918
Creator
- Hanks, O. T. (Person)
- Davies, Sam (Person)
Conditions Governing Access
Open for public research.
Conditions Governing Use
It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain any necessary copyright clearances. Permission to use material from this collection must be obtained from Reference Services at specialcollections@byu.edu.
Biographical / Historical
O. T. Hanks was a Confederate soldier.
Extent
3 folders : 4 volumes (138 leaves)
Language of Materials
English
Appraisal
Western American history (Mormon and Western American Manuscripts Collection Development Policy V.B.5.c, 2020)
Existence and Location of Copies
Transcription available in Folder 3.
Subject
- Confederate States of America. Army. Texas Brigade (Organization)
- Hanks, O. T. (Person)
Genre / Form
Geographic
- Malvern Hill, Battle of, Va., 1862 -- Sources
- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Campaigns
- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives, Confederate
Topical
- Antietam, Battle of, Md., 1862 -- Sources
- Appomattox Campaign, 1865
- Chickamauga, Battle of, Ga., 1863 -- Sources
- Military
- Petersburg Crater, Battle of, Va., 1864 -- Sources
- Politics, Government, and Law
- Prisoners of war -- United States -- History -- Sources
- Wilderness, Battle of the, Va., 1864 -- Sources
- Title
- Register of O. T. Hanks reminiscences
- Status
- Under Revision
- Author
- Leslie Evens
- Date
- 2011 December 7
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Finding aid written in English in Latin script.
Repository Details
Part of the L. Tom Perry Special Collections Repository
1130 HBLL
Brigham Young University
Provo Utah 84602 United States