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Collection Number: 00346

Collection Title: William J. Hoke Papers, 1837-1869.

This is a finding aid. It is a description of archival material held in the Wilson Library at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Unless otherwise noted, the materials described below are physically available in our reading room, and not digitally available through the World Wide Web. See the Duplication Policy section for more information.

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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Size 5 items
Abstract William J. Hoke was a colonel in the 38th North Carolina Infantry Regiment, Confederate States of America. The collection contains a record of the activities and personnel kept by Hoke, January 1862-June 1864, while serving with the regiment in Virginia; accounts of a blacksmith shop in Lincoln County, N.C., 1837-1850; miscellaneous accounts of W. J. Hoke; and a merchandise daybook of H. C. Hamilton. Also included is a letter from Captain Benjamin H. Sumner to Colonel Hoke requesting a leave of absence.
Creator Hoke, William J., fl. 1862-1864.
Curatorial Unit University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection.
Language English
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Restrictions to Access
No restrictions. Open for research.
Restrictions to Use
No usage restrictions.
Copyright Notice
Copyright is retained by the authors of items in these papers, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], in the William J. Hoke Papers, #346, Southern Historical Collection, The Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Alternate Form of Material
Typed transcription of 38th North Carolina Infantry record available.
Additional Descriptive Resources
A copy of the original finding aid for this collection is filed in folder 1a.
Sensitive Materials Statement
Manuscript collections and archival records may contain materials with sensitive or confidential information that is protected under federal or state right to privacy laws and regulations, the North Carolina Public Records Act (N.C.G.S. § 132 1 et seq.), and Article 7 of the North Carolina State Personnel Act (Privacy of State Employee Personnel Records, N.C.G.S. § 126-22 et seq.). Researchers are advised that the disclosure of certain information pertaining to identifiable living individuals represented in this collection without the consent of those individuals may have legal ramifications (e.g., a cause of action under common law for invasion of privacy may arise if facts concerning an individual's private life are published that would be deemed highly offensive to a reasonable person) for which the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill assumes no responsibility.
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Processed by: SHC Staff

Encoded by: Noah Huffman, December 2007

Updated by: Kate Stratton and Jodi Berkowitz, December 2009

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 J. Hoke (fl. 1862-1864) was a colonel in the 38th North Carolina Infantry Regiment, Confederate States of America.

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The collection includes a record of the activities and personnel of the 38th North Carolina Infantry Regiment, Confederate States of America, kept by Hoke while he served as its colonel, January 1862-June 1864, in Virginia; accounts of a blacksmith shop in Lincoln County, N.C., 1837-1850; miscellaneous accounts of W. J. Hoke; and a merchandise daybook of H. C. Hamilton. Also included is a letter from Captain Benjamin H. Sumner to Colonel Hoke requesting a leave of absence.

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Contents list

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Folder 1a

Original finding aid

Folder 1

Letter

Separated Folder SEP-346/1

Letter, 2 February 1863, Benjamin H. Sumner to Col. William Hoke requesting a leave of absence

Restriction to Access: The original item is not available for immediate or same day access. Please contact staff at wilsonlibrary@unc.edu to discuss options.

Folder 2

Volume 1: Blacksmith book, 1837-1850

Folder 3

Volume 2: Ledger, William J. Hoke, 1858-1869

Folder 4

Volume 3: Daybook and clippings, H. C. Hamilton, 1859-1863

Folder 5

Volume 4: Record book, 38th North Carolina Infantry, Confederate States of America, 1862-1864

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