William B. Carden [also Cardin], North Carolina 16th Infantry Regiment, Co. H, stationed in Pocahantus County, Virginia [now West Virginia], to his cousin William Beezley, October 6-7, 1861. Carden discusses military actions in the vicinity of...
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865; Jackson County, North Carolina
Elizabeth Watson, Jackson County, North Carolina, to her husband, James Watson, October 29, 1861. Elizabeth Watson writes to her husband, who is in service, about her health and that of the children, and of other family members, hardships being...
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865; Jackson County, North Carolina
Alfred Wilson, Hamburg, Jackson County, North Carolina, to James Watson, March 8, 1862. Wilson writes to his friend to express his gratitude for Watson’s service in the army and offering encouragement in the present military situation, the costs...
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865; North Carolina 62nd Infantry Regiment, Co. I
R. P. Kelly, Zollicoffer, Tennessee, to “Dear Father & Mother & Sisters,” September 16, 1862. Kelly writes of camp life and drills, that they are stationed near a railroad, and of watching the sick and wounded from Richmond pass by, as...
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865; North Carolina 25th Infantry Regiment, Co. B
R. P. Crawford, in camp near Wilmington, North Carolina, Michels [Mitchells] Sound, to his cousin, Wm. Eastis [also, Estes, Estice], September 29, 1861. Crawford writes of the regiment’s encampment near the sea coast, his health, camp conditions,...
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865; North Carolina 25th Infantry Regiment, Co. B
R. P. Crawford, in camp near Wilmington, North Carolina, Michels [Mitchells] Sound, to his cousin, Wm. Eastis [also, Estes, Estice], September 29, 1861. Crawford writes of the regiment’s encampment near the sea coast, his health, camp conditions,...
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865; North Carolina 25th Infantry Regiment, Co. B; Malvern Hill (Va.), Battle of, 1862
M.W. Parris, Petersburg, Virginia, to Jane Parris, July 3, 1862. Parris writes of the battle at Malvern Hill, Virginia, on July 1, 1862, which was part of the Seven Days’ Battles (June 25 - July 1, 1862). He lists the names of fellow soldiers...
This photograph became seperated from the Album, but appears to match the location for the Album caption "Sheriff Collecting Taxes." This picture appeared in "Our Southern Highlanders" (1922 revised ed., p. 40) as "At the...
Captain J. M. Cathey, in camp near Weldon, North Carolina, to his father, Col. J. Cathey, February 15, 1864. Captain Cathey writes of his personal feelings and concerns, his health, recent events, the reenlistment of fellow soldiers for additional...
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865; North Carolina 62nd Infantry Regiment, Co. I; Cumberland Gap Campaign
Only a portion of this letter remains and is missing a signature, but is possibly from Ben Edmonston, Cumberland Gap (at the juncture of Tennessee, Virginia and Kentucky), to “My Dear father & mother,” June 25, 1863. Edmonston had received...
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865; North Carolina 62nd Infantry Regiment, Co. I;
T. B. Edmonston, Cumberland Gap (at the juncture of Tennessee, Virginia and Kentucky), to “Dear Parents and family,” July 4, 1863. Edmonston writes of recent health problems and that he will try to obtain permission to come home. Edmonston’s...
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865; North Carolina 62nd Infantry Regiment, Co. I
R. P. Kelly, Limestone, Tennessee, to “Dear Dorothy,” February 2, 1863. Kelly gives a description of Generals Kirby and Price, that the company is building blockhouses to defend a bridge, and that he does not expect to return home in the near...
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865; North Carolina 25th Infantry Regiment, Co. B
Wiley Parris, Camp Lee, Grahamville, South Carolina, to Jane Parris, February 6, 1862. Parris writes of his health, that his unit has not yet seen military action, gives advice on planting crops, and asks Jane to settle specific debts. He notes...
J. W. Killian, Davidson River, [North Carolina], to Cathey, January, 19, 1863. Killian had returned home recently from visiting the army near Fredericksburg and Richmond, Virginia, and writes about the condition and deployment of troops from...
G. W. Logan, Richmond, Virginia, to [Cathey], May 30, 1864. Logan writes of a visit to a hospital near Richmond, Virginia, and of recent casualties among troops from Cathey’s area. He comments on the Confederate Congress and what he considers its...
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865; North Carolina 62nd Infantry Regiment, Co. I
R.P. Kelly, Camp Zollicopher, Tennessee, to Dorothy Kelly, Haywood County, North Carolina, September 1, 1862. Kelly, stationed in the Bristol and Jonesborough area of east Tennessee as part of the North Carolina 62nd Infantry Regiment, writes about...
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865; North Carolina 25th Infantry Regiment, Co. B
M.W. Parris, Lenoir County, Kinston, North Carolina, to Jane Parris, April 13, 1862. Parris writes of camp life and drills, his health and that of family members with him, the shortage of paper with which to write letters, his interest in how his...
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865; North Carolina 62nd Infantry Regiment, Co. I
Fragment of a letter from Ben Edmonston to an unknown recipient, and not dated. Edmonston writes about recommendations that had been made for couriers and his displeasure about the manner in which he had not being chosen.
A Nathan Hyatt enlisted...
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865; North Carolina 34th Infantry Regiment, Co. I; Gettysburg Campaign, 1863
G. J. Huntley, Camp near Fayetteville, Pennsylvania, to his sister Tincy, June 29, 1863. Huntley, serving in the North Carolina 34th Infantry Regiment, Company I, notes that his unit has crossed Maryland to Pennsylvania. He mentions the beauty of...
An article titled “Hotel Gordon to Open July 6th” from the June 27, 1929, issue of the "Mountaineer" (Waynesville, North Carolina) announced plans for dances accompanied by an orchestra at two of Waynesville’s hotels, the Hotel...