Title: Family papers, 1786-1900
Description: Planter, of Ascension Parish, La., and Confederate officer. Personal, family, business, student, and Civil War correspondence, business papers, military orders and communications, and journals, diaries, record books, and other papers relating to the history and administration of Hermitage Plantation, Ascension Parish, and Houmas, Burnside, and Bagatelle plantations. Includes letters from Bringier describing his student life at the University of Virginia and letters to his wife relating his experiences as commander of the 4th Louisiana Cavalry and the 7th Louisiana Regt.; together with papers (1786-1825) pertaining to the Augustin M. Tureaud family and including letters and land and property documents. Military personnel represented include Joseph L. Brent, Simon Bolivar Buckner, Louis Bush, and R. W. Woolley.
People: Bringier family