Henry Clay Derrick papers
Contributors: Derrick, Clarence
Language: eng
Number of pages: 40
Subjects: Correspondence; Egypt; Military maps; Officers; Confederate States of America; Maps; Confederate States of America. Army; Egypt. Jaysh; History
Description: Diaries (1875-1878) recording Derrick's service with other former Confederate and Union soldiers in the Egyptian army (Jaysh) under the Khedive as an engineer conducting surveys and preparing maps.  Includes a description of a military expedition into Abyssinia (1875). The papers also include transcripts and synopses of portions of the diaries and Derrick's letters to his wife, Martha Frances Cosby Derrick, and other family members, edited and annotated by Clarence Derrick; inventory of books in his library; and photocopies of clippings and other related papers.
Notes: Open to research.

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Gift, W.A. Derrick via Clarence Derrick, 1982.

Gift, Clarence Derrick, 1992-1996.

Army officer and civil engineer, of Halifax, Va.

Finding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Division and at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms009121