1850-1860 Subseries 1.2. Civil War Correspondence 1861-1865. Chiefly letters to and from Henry Lea Graves, a private in the Macon Volunteers during 1861-1862 and a lieutenant in the Confederate Marines after October 1862. Chiefly correspondence of Henry Lea Graves and Sarah Dutton Graves. After the death of Iverson Graves in 1866, his wife and eldest son took over the management of the family's estate.
Early letters provide some detail of plantation management.
The bulk of the letters, however, deal with routine family matters, such as weddings, attending church, grandchildren, education, and illnesses. 1881-1901 Subseries 1.4. Undated Correspondence Ca. Undated correspondence, chiefly of Henry Lea Graves and Sarah Dutton Graves. Folder 16 Series 2.