Major J. Lucius Cross Correspondence

Biographical Note:
According to William George Dodd, in his History of West Florida Seminary (p.14), Cross was hired as a teacher of mathematics and tactics at the Seminary in 1861. According to David Coles, an archivist at the Florida State Archives, a picture of Major Cross is at the Museum of the Confederacy in Richmond, Va. Seven of the letters are datelined from Tallahassee, where he lived and was a school teacher. As indicated in his letter, in late 1865, he lived in Tallahassee and worked for the United States Government shipping ordnance from Florida to South Carolina.

Scope and Content:
18 folders of handwritten letters, mostly written by J. Lucius Cross, arranged chronologically. Topics of his letters include his military experiences and the death of his young wife. Correspondents include his mother, brother, sister, and Frances Eppes. Seven of the letters are datelined from Tallahassee, where he lived and was a school teacher. As indicated in his letter, in late 1865, he lived in Tallahassee and worked for the United States Government shipping ordnance from Florida to South Carolina.

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