PUBLIC "-//University of Virginia::Library::Special Collections Dept.//TEXT (US::ViU::00984::Douglas Southall Freeman Letters)//EN" "ViU00984.sgm" A Guide to the Douglas Southall Freeman LettersFreeman, Douglas Southall. 5220-aProcessed by Special Collections Dept. staff; machine-readable finding aid created by Robin D. WearFunded in part by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities. University of Virginia Library © 1997 By the Rector and Visitors of the University of Virginia. All rights reserved.

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 Machine-readable finding aid derived from WordPerfect. [Date of source: 1997. Description is in English. Feb 17, 2004 PUBLIC "-//University of Virginia::Library::Special Collections Dept.//TEXT (US::ViU::00984::Douglas Southall Freeman Letters)//EN" "ViU00984.sgm" converted from EAD 1.0 to 2002 by v1to02.xsl (sy2003-10-15). Feb 27, 2004 converted to conform to eadVIVA.dtd by vivastrict.xsl A Guide to the Douglas Southall Freeman Letters A Collection in the Special Collections Department 5220-a

Special Collections Department, University of Virginia Library 1997 Special Collections Department Staff 1997 Robin D. Wear Special Collections, University of Virginia Library, #5220-a Descriptive Summary University of Virginia. Library. Special Collections Dept.
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Douglas Southall Freeman Letters 1930-1938 5220-a 22 items English John Page Elliott Administrative Information Access Restrictions

Collection is open to research.

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 Preferred Citation

Douglas Southall Freeman Letters, Accession 5220-a, Special Collections Department, University of Virginia Library

 Acquisition Information

This collection was made a gift to the Library on December 10, 1986 by John Page Elliott of Charlottesville, Virginia.

 Funding Note

Funded in part by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities

 Scope and Content

These twenty-two letters, 1930-1938, from Douglas Southall Freeman, historian and author, to Misses Betty Pageand M. Louise Cocke, concern letters and manuscripts of their grandfather, Philip St. George Cocke, during the Civil War. During 1930, Freeman was gathering material for R. E. Lee, A Biography, which was eventually published 1934-1935. While researching this book, he came to the belief that Cocke was one of Lee's "most valued counsellors" and that he was "largely responsible for the plan of operations that led to the great victory at First Manassas." While Freeman was unable to include much material on Cocke in his biography of Robert E. Lee, he made an effort to write a detailed sketch of him in Lee's Lieutenants, A Study in Command, published in the early 1942-1946. In November 1937, Freeman asks the Misses Cocke if it is permissible to quote from General Cocke's report on First Manassas in the sketch, and relates that he thinks it best not to quote extensively so as not to reduce the value of the document in case they wish to sell at a later date. These letters reveal a friendly and cooperative relationship in which Freeman researched the letters and manuscripts of Cocke that were in the possession of Misses Betty Page and M. Louise Cocke. Freeman also assisted the ladies by working with Dr. [Hamilton James] Eckenrodeto find a suitable biographer for Philip St. George Cocke.