Title: B. Dufield Letter

Date/Date Range :   1863 August 8

Extent: 0.1 linear feet

Abstract:

This collection houses a letter written by B. Dufield written on August 8, 1863 from Winchester, Tennessee to John Lillyoth. Dufield informs Lillyoth that Federal troops have been confiscating cotton without orders from the Treasury Department, although the region is not pro-Confederate, and hopes for higher officials to correct the problem.

Call number: MS-3108

Repository: University of Tennessee Special Collections Library, Knoxville, TN

Aquisition Information:

Collection was purchased by Special Collections on March 2, 2007.

Access Restrictions:

Collection is open for research.

Copyright:

The copyright interests in this collection remain with the creator. For more information, contact the Special Collections Library.

Preferred Citation:

[Identification of Item], B. Dufield Letter, MS-3108. University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Special Collections Library.

Collection consists of a single oversize folder.

Benjamin Dufield was born in about 1812 in Virginia. He married Mary Elizabeth Lewis in 1848, and the couple had at least two children. During the Civil War, Dufield served as a Treasury agent in Tennessee.

This collection houses a letter written by B. Dufield written on August 8, 1863 from Winchester, Tennessee to John Lillyoth. Dufield informs Lillyoth that Federal troops have been confiscating cotton without orders from the Treasury Department, although the region is not pro-Confederate, and hopes for higher officials to correct the problem.

• Cotton trade -- Confederate States of America.
• United States. Dept. of the Treasury.
• United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865.
• Tennessee -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865.