Daniel N. Speer papers
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Descriptive Summary
Title: Daniel N. Speer papers
Dates: 1851-1899
Collection Number: mssDNS 1-110
Creator OR Collector:
Speer, Daniel N. (Daniel Norwood), 1836-1893
Extent:
114 items including ephemera
Repository:
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Abstract: Personal and military correspondence of Daniel N. Speer.
Language of Material: The records are in English.
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Acquisition Information
Purchased from Cowan's Auctions, November 2014.
Biographical Note
Daniel Norwood Speer (1836-1893) was born into a prominent Georgia planter family; his parents William Alexander Speer (1810-1862)
and Martha Jane Norwood Speer (1816-1888) had moved to Troup County, Ga. from Abbeville, S.C. Speer graduated from Oglethorpe
College in 1858, and opened a law practice with his brother John Andrew Speer (1833-1879) in LaGrange, Ga. On July 5, 1860
he married Aurelia Roberta Moreland (1842-1905), daughter of Dr. John Fletcher Moreland (1817-1878) and Sarah Ann Amoss (182201877).
In September 1861, Speer enlisted in the Confederate army as Captain of the 4th Battalion of Georgia Infantry (Fannin's Greys),
a regiment of the state guards organized by William H. Stiles. The unit was employed on building defenses on Skidaway Island.
In March, 1862, the Confederate forces evacuated the island, and the battalion became Co. B. of the 60th Regiment of Georgia
Infantry; Speer was commissioned Captain of Co. S. On Jan. 10, 1863, he was promoted to Acting Quartermaster of Lawton's Brigade,
and in April received the rank of a major. In the fall of 1863, Speer was assigned to the staff at the headquarters of the
Trans-Mississippi Department. He was paroled on June 4, 1865, at Alexandria, La. After the war, Speer returned to his law
practice in LaGrange. From 1880 to 1884, he served as the State Treasurer; he was one of the original financiers of the Exposition
Cotton Mills Company.
Arrangement
The collection is arranged chronologically. It is housed in two boxes.
Scope and Content
The largest portion of the collection consists of personal and military correspondence that Daniel N. Speer kept during his
Civil War service. Also included are pieces of correspondence of John F. Moreland, his father-in-law, and documents dealing
with family slaves.
Speer's letters to his wife discuss the life in the Confederate Army, including the organization of the 4th Regiment of Georgia
Infantry Battalion; the defenses of Skidaway Island and its evacuation; the organization of the 60th Regiment of Georgia Infantry;
the Maryland campaign of 1862, including the battle of Antietam, the campaign in Virginia in the summer of 1863. The letters
from Speer's wife and in-laws describe their life in LaGrange, Ga. Also included are a few letters by his brother John A.
Speer. Speer's military correspondence includes letters, orders, and communications, both incoming and outgoing, that cover
the period from July 7, 1861 to March 1865 and deal mostly with logistics and transportation.
Indexing Terms
Personal Names
Moreland, John F. (John Fletcher), 1817-1878
Speer, Aurelia Roberta Moreland, 1842-1905
Speer, Daniel N. (Daniel Norwood), 1836-1893
Speer, John A. (John Andrew), 1833-1879
Corporate Names
Confederate States of America. Army -- Georgia Infantry Regiment, 60th (1861-1865)
Confederate States of America. Army -- Officers -- Correspondence
Confederate States of America. Army. Trans-Mississippi Department
Subjects
Antietam, Battle of, Md., 1862 -- Personal narratives, Confederate
Maryland Campaign, 1862 -- Personal narratives, Confederate
Slaves -- Georgia
Women -- Georgia -- Correspondence
Geographic Areas
Confederate States of America -- History -- Sources
Georgia -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Sources
Louisiana -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Sources
Maryland -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Sources
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives, Confederate
Virginia -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Sources
Genre
Family papers -- Georgia -- 19th century
Letters (correspondence) -- Confederate States of America
Letters (correspondence) -- United States -- Civil War, 1861-1865
DNS 24
Moreland, Isaac Tucker, estate of. Bond to pay John F. Moreland for "three negroes" belonging to the estate of Isaac Tucker
Moreland. John Barnett and William S. Barnett
(1851, Mar. 15)
Heard County, Ga. Certified 1853, Feb. 12
DNS 7
Douglass, Thomas. Deed of trust for "a Negro woman named Mary and her infant child." Augustus T. (Augustus Troup) Amoss,
-1828
(1856, Mar. 15)
DNS 102
United States. Census Office. 8th Census, 1860. Appointment of an Assistant Marshal. Daniel N. (Daniel Norwood) Speer, 1836-1893
(1860, May 14)
DNS 103
United States. Census Office. 8th Census, 1860. Appointment of an Assistant Marshal. Daniel N. (Daniel Norwood) Speer, 1836-1893
(1860, May 14)
DNS 42
Speer, Daniel N. (Daniel Norwood), 1836-1893. Letter to John F. (John Fletcher) Moreland, 1817-1878
(1861, June 14)
DNS 111
Confederate States of American. Army. Letter to Daniel N. (Daniel Norwood) Speer, 1836-1893
(1861, July 7)
"Executive Department." Atlanta, Ga.
DNS 5
Copeland, Josiah F. Letter to John F. (John Fletcher) Moreland, 1817-1878
(1861, July 26)
Corinth, Heard County, Ga.
DNS 31
Pritchett, William H. Letter to Daniel N. (Daniel Norwood) Speer, 1836-1893
(1861, Sep. 13)
DNS 43
Speer, Daniel N. (Daniel Norwood), 1836-1893. Letter to Aurelia Roberta Moreland Speer, 1842-1905
(1861, Sep. 20)
DNS 97
Stiles, William H. (William Henry), 1808-1865. Letter to Daniel N. (Daniel Norwood) Speer, 1836-1893
(1861, Sep. 22)
DNS 44
Speer, Daniel N. (Daniel Norwood), 1836-1893. Letter to John F. (John Fletcher) Moreland, 1817-1878
(1861, Oct. 15)
DNS 45
Speer, Daniel N. (Daniel Norwood), 1836-1893. Letter to Aurelia Roberta Moreland Speer, 1842-1905
(1861, Oct. 21)
DNS 6
Copeland, Josiah F. Land deed - John F. (John Fletcher) Moreland, 1817-1878
(1861, Nov. 4)
DNS 98
Stiles, William H. (William Henry), 1808-1865. Letter to Daniel N. (Daniel Norwood) Speer, 1836-1893
(1861, Nov. 6)
DNS 99
Stiles, William H. (William Henry), 1808-1865. Letter to Daniel N. (Daniel Norwood) Speer, 1836-1893
(1861, Nov. 15)
DNS 20
Jones, G. B. Letter to Daniel N. (Daniel Norwood) Speer, 1836-1893
(1861, Nov. 20)
DNS 91
Speer, Geraldine Moreland. Letter to Daniel N. (Daniel Norwood) Speer, 1836-1893
(1861, Dec. 1)
DNS 106
Williams, James S. Letter to Daniel N. (Daniel Norwood) Speer, 1836-1893
(1861, Dec. 3)
DNS 107
Williams, James S. Letter to Daniel N. (Daniel Norwood) Speer, 1836-1893
[undated]
DNS 36
Smith. S. G. Letter to Daniel N. (Daniel Norwood) Speer, 1836-1893
(1861, Dec. 11)
DNS 46
Speer, Daniel N. (Daniel Norwood), 1836-1893. Letter to Aurelia Roberta Moreland Speer, 1842-1905
(1861, Dec. 13)
DNS 14
Hackett, E. L. Letter to Daniel N. (Daniel Norwood) Speer, 1836-1893
(1861, Dec. 26)
DNS 37
Smith. S. G. Letter to Daniel N. (Daniel Norwood) Speer, 1836-1893
(1862, Jan. 3)
DNS 33
Roberts, B. W. Document to Samuel Andrew Durand, 1822-1891
(1862, Jan. 8)
Document certifying the receipt of tents in July 1861. With copy of Durand's receipt.
DNS 47
Speer, Daniel N. (Daniel Norwood), 1836-1893. Letter to Aurelia Roberta Moreland Speer, 1842-1905
(1862, Jan. 9)
DNS 48
Speer, Daniel N. (Daniel Norwood), 1836-1893. Letter to Aurelia Roberta Moreland Speer, 1842-1905
(1862, Jan. 14)
DNS 100
Stiles, William H. (William Henry), 1808-1865. Letter to Daniel N. (Daniel Norwood) Speer, 1836-1893
(1862, Jan. 17)
DNS 49
Speer, Daniel N. (Daniel Norwood), 1836-1893. Letter to Aurelia Roberta Moreland Speer, 1842-1905
(1862, Jan. 31)
DNS 50
Speer, Daniel N. (Daniel Norwood), 1836-1893. Letter to Aurelia Roberta Moreland Speer, 1842-1905
(1862, Feb. 8)
DNS 25
Moreland, John F. (John Fletcher), 1817-1878. Letter to Daniel N. (Daniel Norwood) Speer, 1836-1893
(1862, Feb. 21)
LaGrange, Ga. With: Moreland to Petersen Thiveatt, 1862, Feb. 13 and Thiveatt to Moreland, 1862, Feb. 18.
DNS 51
Speer, Daniel N. (Daniel Norwood), 1836-1893. Letter to Aurelia Roberta Moreland Speer, 1842-1905
(1862, Feb. 22)
DNS 52
Speer, Daniel N. (Daniel Norwood), 1836-1893. Letter to Aurelia Roberta Moreland Speer, 1842-1905
(1862, Mar. 12)
DNS 53
Speer, Daniel N. (Daniel Norwood), 1836-1893. Letter to Aurelia Roberta Moreland Speer, 1842-1905
(1862, Mar. 25)
DNS 54
Speer, Daniel N. (Daniel Norwood), 1836-1893. Letter to Aurelia Roberta Moreland Speer, 1842-1905
(1862, Mar. 28)
DNS 55
Speer, Daniel N. (Daniel Norwood), 1836-1893. Letter to Aurelia Roberta Moreland Speer, 1842-1905
(1862, Mar. 30)
DNS 56
Speer, Daniel N. (Daniel Norwood), 1836-1893. Letter to Aurelia Roberta Moreland Speer, 1842-1905
(1862, Mar. 31)
DNS 57
Speer, Daniel N. (Daniel Norwood), 1836-1893. Letter to Aurelia Roberta Moreland Speer, 1842-1905
(1862, Apr. 2)
Isle of Hope, Chatham County, Ga.
DNS 90
Speer, Florence Geraldine. Letter to Aurelia Roberta Moreland Speer, 1842-1905
(1862, Apr. 6)
DNS 59
Speer, Daniel N. (Daniel Norwood), 1836-1893. Letter to Aurelia Roberta Moreland Speer, 1842-1905
(1862, Apr. 14)
DNS 58
Speer, Daniel N. (Daniel Norwood), 1836-1893. Letter to Aurelia Roberta Moreland Speer, 1842-1905
(1862, Apr. 20)
DNS 26
Moreland, John F. (John Fletcher), 1817-1878. Letter to Daniel N. (Daniel Norwood) Speer, 1836-1893
(1862, Apr. 21)
DNS 60
Speer, Daniel N. (Daniel Norwood), 1836-1893. Letter to Aurelia Roberta Moreland Speer, 1842-1905
(1862, May 10)
DNS 61
Speer, Daniel N. (Daniel Norwood), 1836-1893. Letter to Aurelia Roberta Moreland Speer, 1842-1905
(1862, June 4)
DNS 62
Speer, Daniel N. (Daniel Norwood), 1836-1893. Letter to Aurelia Roberta Moreland Speer, 1842-1905
(1862, June 5)
DNS 92
Speer, Geraldine Moreland. Letter to Daniel N. (Daniel Norwood) Speer, 1836-1893
(1862, June 22)
DNS 38
Speer, Aurelia Roberta Moreland, 1842-1905. Letter to Daniel N. (Daniel Norwood) Speer, 1836-1893
(1862, June 28)
DNS 27
Moreland, John F. (John Fletcher), 1817-1878. Letter to Daniel N. (Daniel Norwood) Speer, 1836-1893
(1862, June 30)
DNS 39
Speer, Daniel N. (Daniel Norwood), 1836-1893. Letter to Aurelia Roberta Moreland Speer, 1842-1905
(1862, July 10)
DNS 63
Speer, Aurelia Roberta Moreland, 1842-1905. Letter to Daniel N. (Daniel Norwood) Speer, 1836-1893
(1862, July 3)
DNS 64
Speer, Daniel N. (Daniel Norwood), 1836-1893. Letter to Aurelia Roberta Moreland Speer, 1842-1905
(1862, July 23)
DNS 35
Shepherd, J. Letter to Daniel N. (Daniel Norwood) Speer, 1836-1893
(1862, July 25)
DNS 28
Moreland, John F. (John Fletcher), 1817-1878. Letter to Daniel N. (Daniel Norwood) Speer, 1836-1893
(1862, July 27)
DNS 96
Speer family. Funeral announcement for "the infant daughter" of Daniel N. (Daniel Norwood) Speer, 1836-1893 and Aurelia Roberta
Moreland Speer, 1842-1905
(1862, July 28)
DNS 65
Speer, Daniel N. (Daniel Norwood), 1836-1893. Letter to Aurelia Roberta Moreland Speer, 1842-1905
(1862, Sep. 18)
DNS 29
Moreland, John F. (John Fletcher), 1817-1878. Letter to Daniel N. (Daniel Norwood) Speer, 1836-1893
(1862, Dec. 3)
DNS 66
Speer, Daniel N. (Daniel Norwood), 1836-1893. Letter to John F. (John Fletcher) Moreland, 1817-1878
(1863, Feb. 14)
DNS 67
Speer, Daniel N. (Daniel Norwood), 1836-1893. Letter to Aurelia Roberta Moreland Speer, 1842-1905
(1863, Feb. 20)
DNS 93
Speer, Geraldine Moreland. Letter to Daniel N. (Daniel Norwood) Speer, 1836-1893
(1863, Mar. 29)
DNS 68
Speer, Daniel N. (Daniel Norwood), 1836-1893. Letter to Aurelia Roberta Moreland Speer, 1842-1905
(1863, May 13)
DNS 69
Speer, Daniel N. (Daniel Norwood), 1836-1893. Letter to Samuel Cooper, 1798-1876
(1863, May 26)
DNS 70
Speer, Daniel N. (Daniel Norwood), 1836-1893. Letter to Aurelia Roberta Moreland Speer, 1842-1905
(1863, May 30)
DNS 71
Speer, Daniel N. (Daniel Norwood), 1836-1893. Letter to Aurelia Roberta Moreland Speer, 1842-1905
(1863, May 31)
DNS 72
Speer, Daniel N. (Daniel Norwood), 1836-1893. Letter to Aurelia Roberta Moreland Speer, 1842-1905
(1863, June 3)
DNS 73
Speer, Daniel N. (Daniel Norwood), 1836-1893. Letter to Aurelia Roberta Moreland Speer, 1842-1905
(1863, June 9)
Culpepper Court House, Va. With lock of Speer's hair.
DNS 74
Speer, Daniel N. (Daniel Norwood), 1836-1893. Letter to Aurelia Roberta Moreland Speer, 1842-1905
(1863, June 12)
DNS 75
Speer, Daniel N. (Daniel Norwood), 1836-1893. Letter to Aurelia Roberta Moreland Speer, 1842-1905
(1863, June 15)
Bunker Hill, Va. On patriotic stationery: quatrain in an ornate frame.
DNS 40
Speer, Aurelia Roberta Moreland, 1842-1905. Letter to Daniel N. (Daniel Norwood) Speer, 1836-1893
(1863, June 24)
DNS 76
Speer, Daniel N. (Daniel Norwood), 1836-1893. Letter to Aurelia Roberta Moreland Speer, 1842-1905
(1863, July 13)
DNS 94
Speer, John A. (John Andrew), 1833-1879. Letter to John F. (John Fletcher) Moreland, 1817-1878
(1863, July 13)
DNS 3
Cole, A. H. Letter to Daniel N. (Daniel Norwood) Speer, 1836-1893
(1863, Nov. 4)
Richmond, Va. Copy in Speer's hand.
DNS 77
Speer, Daniel N. (Daniel Norwood), 1836-1893. Letter to John F. (John Fletcher) Moreland, 1817-1878
(1863, Nov. 21)
DNS 78
Speer, Daniel N. (Daniel Norwood), 1836-1893. Letter to Aurelia Roberta Moreland Speer, 1842-1905
(1863, Nov. 30)
DNS 79
Speer, Daniel N. (Daniel Norwood), 1836-1893. Letter to Aurelia Roberta Moreland Speer, 1842-1905
(1863, Dec. 2)
DNS 80
Speer, Daniel N. (Daniel Norwood), 1836-1893. Letter to John F. (John Fletcher) Moreland, 1817-1878
(1863, Dec. 6)
DNS 81
Speer, Daniel N. (Daniel Norwood), 1836-1893. Letter to John F. (John Fletcher) Moreland, 1817-1878
(1863, Dec. 30)
DNS 109
[Unknown author]. Letter to John F. (John Fletcher) Moreland, 1817-1878
(1863, Dec. 30)
The Rock, Ga. Incomplete.
DNS 4
Cole, A. H. Letter to Daniel N. (Daniel Norwood) Speer, 1836-1893
(1863, Feb. 14)
DNS 16
Hill, Benjamin Harvey, 1823-1882. Letter to Christopher G. Memminger, 1803-1888
(1864, Feb. 24)
DNS 30
Moreland, John F. (John Fletcher), 1817-1878. Letter to Christopher G. Memminger, 1803-1888
(1864, Feb. 24)
DNS 82
Speer, Daniel N. (Daniel Norwood), 1836-1893. Letter to Martha Jane Norwood Speer
(1863, Feb. 24)
DNS 83
Speer, Daniel N. (Daniel Norwood), 1836-1893. Letter to John F. (John Fletcher) Moreland, 1817-1878
(1864, Mar. 15)
DNS 41
Speer, Aurelia Roberta Moreland, 1842-1905. Letter to Sarah Ann Amoss
(1864, Mar. 24)
DNS 84
Speer, Daniel N. (Daniel Norwood), 1836-1893. Letter to John F. (John Fletcher) Moreland, 1817-1878
(1864, Mar. 25)
DNS 85
Speer, Daniel N. (Daniel Norwood), 1836-1893. Miscellaneous accounts
(1864, Mar. 28)
DNS 18
Hill, Clement D. Letter to Daniel N. (Daniel Norwood) Speer, 1836-1893
(1864, June 30)
DNS 105
Watt, A. J. Letter to Daniel N. (Daniel Norwood) Speer, 1836-1893
(1864, July)
Special orders No. 210. Alexandria, La.
DNS 104
Walker, William H. T. Letter to Daniel N. (Daniel Norwood) Speer, 1836-1893
(1864, Aug. 13)
Special orders No. 225. Alexander, La.
DNS 2
Burke, Edward A., 1839-1928. Letter to Daniel N. (Daniel Norwood) Speer, 1836-1893
(1864, Oct. 2)
DNS 101
Tucker, George. Letter to Daniel N. (Daniel Norwood) Speer, 1836-1893
(1864, Oct. 8)
Shreveport, La. With: “List of Outstanding Debts, due and remaining unpaid on the 30th day of September 1864, y Maj. George
Tucker. Quartermaster & Inspector of Field Transportation Dist. Of the West La.” and “Estimate of Funds required for the service
of the Quartermasters Department at Shreveport.”
DNS 8
Galleher, John N. (John Nicholas), 1839-1873 and Simon Bolivar Buckner, 1823-1914. Letter to Daniel N. (Daniel Norwood) Speer,
1836-1893
(1864, Oct. 20)
Special orders No. 290. Alexandria, La.
DNS 9
Galleher, John N. (John Nicholas), 1839-1873. Letter to Daniel N. (Daniel Norwood) Speer, 1836-1893
(1864, Oct. 23)
Special orders No. 293. Alexandria, La.
DNS 15
Haynes, W. H. Circular
(1864, Nov. 9)
DNS 17
Hill, Clement D. Letter to Daniel N. (Daniel Norwood) Speer, 1836-1893
(1864, Dec. 2)
DNS 108
Wright, John H. Letter to John N. (John Nicholas) Galleher, 1839-1873
(1864, Dec. 4)
DNS 10
Galleher, John N. (John Nicholas), 1839-1873. Letter to Daniel N. (Daniel Norwood) Speer, 1836-1893
(1864, Dec. 7)
DNS 21
McLean, A. R. Letter to Daniel N. (Daniel Norwood) Speer, 1836-1893
(1864, Dec. 9)
DNS 22
McLean, A. R. Letter to Daniel N. (Daniel Norwood) Speer, 1836-1893
(1864, Dec. 29)
DNS 86
Speer, Daniel N. (Daniel Norwood), 1836-1893. Letter to Aurelia Roberta Moreland Speer, 1842-1905
(1865, Jan. 4)
DNS 87
Speer, Daniel N. (Daniel Norwood), 1836-1893. Letter to C. D. Hill
(1865, Jan. 25)
DNS 32
Reading, R. G. Letter to H. B. Adams
(1865, Jan. 28)
DNS 95
Speer, John A. (John Andrew), 1833-1879. Letter to John F. (John Fletcher) Moreland, 1817-1878
(1865, Jan. 29)
DNS 23
McLean, A. R. Letter to Daniel N. (Daniel Norwood) Speer, 1836-1893
(1865, Jan. 30)
DNS 88
Speer, Daniel N. (Daniel Norwood), 1836-1893. Letter to John N. (John Nicholas) Galleher, 1839-1873
(1865, Feb. 3)
DNS 13
Grisham, J. McCall (?). Letter to Daniel N. (Daniel Norwood) Speer, 1836-1893
(1865, Feb. 11)
DNS 1
Bristow, C. J. Letter to Daniel N. (Daniel Norwood) Speer, 1836-1893
(1865, Feb.)
DNS 19
Hill, Clement D. Letter to Daniel N. (Daniel Norwood) Speer, 1836-1893
(1865, Mar. 21)
DNS 11
Galleher, John N. (John Nicholas), 1839-1873. Letter to Daniel N. (Daniel Norwood) Speer, 1836-1893
(1865, Mar. 26)
DNS 12
Galleher, John N. (John Nicholas), 1839-1873. Letter to Daniel N. (Daniel Norwood) Speer, 1836-1893
(1865, Apr. 1)
DNS 89
Speer, Daniel N. (Daniel Norwood), 1836-1893. Letter to James Fannin
(1865, Aug. 27)
DNS 34
Rumple (?), D. Letter to "Messrs. Amos & Beall."
[before 1865]
DNS 110
Design for an obelisk memorial
[undated]
Speer, Daniel N. (Daniel Norwood), 1836-1893. Ephemera
(1899, Sep. 9)
3 envelopes; check of the Atlanta National Bank.