Mackay family papers

"Correspondence of three generations of the MacKay family in Beaufort District, S.C., and Orangeubrg District, S.C., documenting plantation life, the Civil War, Reconstruction, crops, medical treatment, education."@en
"George C. Mackay died in 1861, leaving his wife, Abigail Martha Jenkins to manage the plantation; collection includes letters of condolence on Mackay's death; three sons, William A., George C. and Joseph Mackay served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; "Roster of the Beaufort Volunteer Artillery, C.S.A."; letter, 18-19 May 1863 (Camp Gregg, S.C.), to "Dear Sister," comments on battle action, Federal immigrant recruits, death of Pinckney Seabrook, criticism of Col. Daniel H. Hamilton, death and dismemberment of soldiers, hoping for end to Civil War; and noting the more religious, practicing-Christian officers of his company."@en