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Anchram H. and Elizabeth K. Evans Civil War Letters
Anna Sherman Collection
This collection of original and photocopied items is comprised of correspondence and newspaper clippings encompassing nearly 100 years, from 1849 to 1938. Especially of note is the correspondence dating from the time of the U.S. Civil War 1861- 1865. The letters paint a poignant image of life in the confederacy.
Ashe Family Papers
Captain Edward W. Ward Collection
The Captain Edward W. Ward Collection includes various items related to Ward's experience during the Civil War including Confederate Bond Coupons, a loan to the Confederate States and papers regarding his military service. The collection also contains newspaper articles and documents regarding settlement of debts by made by Ward.
Civil War Era Newsprints
Civil War Newspapers and Magazines
Dr. Thomas Fanning Wood Family Papers
Papers of the Dr. T. F. Wood family of Wilmington, NC. Includes Dr. Woods's Civil War recollections, correspondence, writings of Dr. Edward Jenner Wood, and genealogy of the Wood family.
General William MacRae and Colonel Walker Taylor Biographies
This collection contains the biographies of two prominent Wilmingtonians, General William MacRae and Colonel Walker Taylor. Both items are photocopies of the original. MacRae served with the Confederacy in the Civil War and worked as a civil engineer for the Macon and Brunswick Railroad. Taylor served as a community and civic leader, and in 1913, President Woodrow Wilson named him the U.S. Collector of Customs for the Wilmington Port.
Governor John W. Ellis Proclamation
A copy of a rare broadside calling the North Carolina legislature into special session was issued by Gov. John W. Ellis on April 17, 1861. The session was called as a result of Abraham Lincoln's call to arms "for the invasion of the peaceful homes of the South....." Only one original is known to exist (according to the donor) from which this copy was made.
High Family Papers
Thirteen xerographic copies of letters sent to James and Elizabeth Gore High of Whiteville, North Carolina are contained in this collection. The letters were sent to them by their sons Daniel Pinckney High (known as D.P. or Pink), John H. High, and William J. High during the Civil War. James High also received letters from family friends, William H. Best and William R. Richardson, both of Whiteville.
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- North Carolina -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Sources 14
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- Brunswick County (N.C.) 1
- Confederate States of America -- History -- Sources 1
- Families -- North Carolina -- New Hanover County 1
- Fear, Cape (N.C.) 1
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- Harper's Weekly: A Journal of Civilization, 1
- Harper's weekly 1
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- Armstrong, Edward Hall, 1841-1864 1
- Armstrong, Thomas James, 1813-1877 1
- Ashe, John Baptista, -1734 1
- Ashe, Samuel A. (Samuel A'Court), 1840-1938 1
- Ashe, Samuel, 1725-1813 1
- Ashe, William Shepperd, 1814-1862 1
- Best, William H. 1
- Block, Susan Taylor, 1951- 1
- Boys' Brigade 1
- Confederate States of America. Army. North Carolina Infantry Regiment, 18th 1
- Confederate States of America. Army. North Carolina Infantry Regiment, 1st 1
- Confederate States of America. Army. North Carolina Infantry Regiment, 38th 1
- Ellis, John Willis, 1820-1861 1
- Evans, Anchram Harris, 1838-1911 1
- Evans, Elizabeth Robinson Kelly, 1844-1910 1
- Graham, Stephen, 1822-1900 1
- High, Daniel Pinkney, 1843-1912 1
- High, James, 1808-1876 1
- High, John Homer 1
- High, William J., 1842-1862 1
- Hoke, William J. 1
- Horton, George Moses, 1798?-approximately 1880 1
- Howell, Claude, 1915-1997 1
- Johnson, Andrew, 1808-1875 1
- MacRae, William, 1834-1882 1
- Macon and Brunswick Railroad Company 1
- Manly, Charles, 1795-1871 1
- McCarthy, Gerald, 1858-1915 1
- North Carolina. Governor (1849-1851 : Manly) 1
- North Carolina. Governor (1859-1861 : Ellis) 1
- Richardson, William R., 1823-1895 1
- Walker, Taylor, 1864-1937 1
- Walser, Richard, 1908-1988 1
- Wilson, Woodrow, 1856-1924 1
- Womble, James R. 1
- Womble, Thomas 1
- Wood, Edward J. (Edward Jenner), 1878-1928 1
- Wood, Thomas Fanning, 1841-1892 1 ∧ less