Scope and Content From the Collection: This collection consists of 100+ letters written between the years of 1863–1868, and is accompanied by a book entitled, The Heizer Family: American Pioneers by James Harion Heizer c.1861-1868. The majority of the letters are authored by James Francis (Frank) Heizer (1841-1930), a private in the Confederate army, whose letters are mostly addressed to his love interest and eventual fiance, Pheobe Ann McCormick (1845-1906). This collection also includes a few...