Camp / Reynolds Family Papers

Collection

Identifier: 0000-0068M

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

The collection consists of letters written to Lizzie Camp by Walker Camp (brother), Hiram Camp (brother), and Lizzie's husband, William M. Reynolds, during and after the Civil War and also letters by her to her husband. Two additional Civil War letters are by cousin Tandy Key Reynolds of the 9th Regiment Arkansas Infantry, Company B and later F (describing the Battle of Champion's Hill in the Vicksburg Campaign), and by Captain D. B. Brown of the 9th Regiment Texas Cavalry, Company C (sent to A. B. Camp). The collection also includes a large number of news clippings from Newnan; Methodist Orphans' Home publications; poems and narratives by Lizzie; published articles by Lily Reynolds, her daughter; pamphlets; photographs and postcards; and various miscellaneous items like broadsides, programs, and announcements.

Dates

1854 - 1930

Creator

Camp family (Family)
Reynolds family (Family)

Biographical / Historical

Walker G., Hiram W., and Elizabeth (Lizzie) Camp were the children of Hiram and Peninah Reynolds Camp of Newnan, Coweta County, Georgia. The two brothers enlisted in the 7th Regiment Georgia Infantry, Company A. The George W. Reynolds family of Coweta County had moved to Louisiana by the 1850s. When their son William M. came back to visit relatives, he met and courted his first cousin, Lizzie Camp; but her father forbad them to marry. In July 1863 William was on leave with rheumatism from the 31st Regiment Louisiana Infantry, Company G, returned to Coweta County, and married Lizzie, now of age, within the week. William was a businessman, running hotels and dry goods stores. They and their four daughters (one named Lily) lived in Newnan (Coweta County, Georgia) and in Birmingham, Alabama, at various times after the war.