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Size | 0.5 feet of linear shelf space (approximately 55 items) |
Abstract | William Montgomery Gardner (1824-1901) was a United States army officer and Confederate brigadier general. The collection includes chiefly letters from Gardner to his mother, Elizabeth Gardner, of Augusta, Ga., his sister, and his brother, from Mexico, 1847-1848, and California, 1849-1854, discussing military and social affairs. Also included are letters from P. G. T. Beauregard, Jefferson Davis, Stonewall Jackson, and Alexander Hamilton Stephens; copies of galley proofs of Gardner's memoirs, edited by Elizabeth McKinne Gardner; scrapbooks of clippings of Mrs. James Gardner; and a roster from the Mexican War. |
Creator | Gardner, William Montgomery, 1824-1901. |
Curatorial Unit | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection. |
Language | English |
Processed by: SHC Staff
Encoded by: Noah Huffman, December 2007
Updated by: Kate Stratton and Jodi Berkowitz, June 2010; Nancy Kaiser, October 2020
This collection was rehoused and a summary created with support from the National Endowment for the Humanities.
This finding aid was created with support from NC ECHO.
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William Montgomery Gardner (1824-1901) was a United States army officer in the Mexican War and a Confederate brigadier general.
Back to TopThe collection includes chiefly letters from William Montgomery Gardner to his mother, Elizabeth Gardner, of Augusta, Ga., his sister, and his brother, from Mexico, 1847-1848, and California, 1849-1854, discussing military and social affairs. Also included are letters from P. G. T. Beauregard, Jefferson Davis, Stonewall Jackson, and Alexander Hamilton Stephens; copies of galley proofs of Gardner's memoirs, edited by Elizabeth McKinne Gardner; scrapbooks of clippings of Mrs. James Gardner; and a roster from the Mexican War.
Back to TopFolder 1aa |
Original finding aid |
Folder 1a |
Introductory material |
Folder 1b |
1836-1855 |
Folder 2 |
1861-1870, 1874, 1885-1886, 1889, 1915 |
Folder 3 |
Volume 1: Roster and rations book, United States Army, 1849 |
Folder 4 |
Folder number not used |
Oversize Volume SV-269/2 |
Volume 2: Scrapbook, Elizabeth Gardner, undated |
Oversize Volume SV-269/3 |
Volume 3: Scrapbook, Elizabeth Gardner, undated |
Reel M-269/1 |
Microfilm |