James R. Womble Civil War Letter
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of a letter written by James R. Womble, a Confederate soldier, to his father, Thomas Womble. Womble was a laborer in Company A, 2nd Battalion, North Carolina Local Defense troops, of the Arsenal Guard. His letter is dated January 20, 1865. It was written from the City Courthouse of Wilmington and describes the fall of Fort Fisher.
Dates
- 1865 January 20
Creator
- Womble, James R. (Person)
Conditions Governing Access
This collection is open for research use.
Copyright Statement
Copyright retained by the authors of items in these papers, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law.
Biographical Note
James Womble was a laborer in Company A, 2nd Battalion, North Carolina Local Defense troops, of the Arsenal Guard. (See North Carolina Troops, 1861-1865, Volume III Infantry, pp. 342, 347.)
Extent
1 Folder (Contains 1 folder)
Language
English
Acquisition Information
This collection was donated by Denise Vuncannon on September 24, 1985.
Digital Access
Portions of this collection have been digitized and/or are born-digital. For access to these digital materials, please browse the finding aid via the "Collection Organization" tab and select an individual file or item to see if it contains a linked digital record.
Processing Information
Originally processed by Lana Donaldson Taylor in 1988. In 2014, this manuscript collection was re-foldered and re-processed with current archival standard materials by Christine Hockaday.
Creator
- Womble, James R. (Person)
- Title
- James R. Womble Civil War Letter
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Lana Donaldson Taylor
- Date
- 1988 August 8
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- English
Repository Details
Part of the Randall Library Special Collections Repository