Blackwell, Margaret E. Confederate States of America. Mississippi Regiment, 2nd. Retained by the authors of items in these papers, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law. Miss. Other correspondents included her cousin Captain Samuel H. Blackwell and her brother James M. Burgess. Correspondence between other family members, including A. Pinckney Blackwell and E. B. Blackwell, is also present.
Letters chiefly contain news of conditions faced by the family in Mississippi.
M. J. Blackwell described his family's hardships in Pontotoc County, Miss., and related news of the war. Several family members, including Blackwell's children, fought as part of the 2nd Mississippi Regiment. In a 8 January 1863 letter, M. J. Blackwell stated that Margaret's husband, M. J.'s brother, was captured. In this letter, M. J. advised Margaret on how to manage the plantation in his brother's absence. A 15 July 1863 letter discusses the surrender of Vicksburg and mentions the battle of Gettysburg.