22Edgefield Advertiser,
October 11, 1865. This letter and other material
were secured through the marked courtesy of Mr. Peter Brannon, of the
Department of Archives and History of the state of Alabama, who pro-
cured them from the D. A. Tompkins Library at Edgefield Court House,
South Carolina, through Mrs. Agatha Abney Woodson, daughter of Joseph
Abney. Hereafter citations will be to "Materials from the D. A. Tomp-
kins Library" without further acknowledgment.
