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Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], in the John H. Wheeler Papers, #765, Southern Historical Collection, The Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

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Processed by: SHC Staff

Encoded by: Noah Huffman, December 2007

Updated by: Kathryn Michaelis, March 2011

This collection was processed with support from the sponsorship of a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities, Office of Preservation, Washington, D.C., 1990-1993.

The following terms from Library of Congress Subject Headings suggest topics, persons, geography, etc. interspersed through the entire collection; the terms do not usually represent discrete and easily identifiable portions of the collection--such as folders or items.

Clicking on a subject heading below will take you into the University Library's online catalog.

• Confederate States of America. Army--Military life.
• Confederate States of America. Army. Artillery.
• Confederate States of America. Army. North Carolina Artillery Regiment, 3rd.
• Confederate States of America. Army. North Carolina Heavy Artillery Battalion, 10th.
• Diaries (Blank-books)
• Historians--North Carolina--History--19th century.
• North Carolina--History--Civil War, 1861-1865.
• North Carolina--History--Study and teaching.
• Private libraries--North Carolina--Catalogs--History--19th century.
• Virginia--History--Civil War, 1861-1865.
• Wheeler, John H. (John Hill), 1806-1882.
• Wheeler, Levi Woodbury, fl. 1861-1863.

• John Wheeler Diary (ms62-4529), Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

John H. Wheeler was a historian, diplomat, and public official. A native of Murfreesboro, N.C., Wheeler lived in Washington, D.C., during the time documented by these papers, except for a stint as minister to Nicaragua, 1854-1856, and during the Civil War.

The collection contains scattered papers of Wheeler, including twenty-four letters received from his son, Levi Woodbury Wheeler, with the 3rd North Carolina Artillery Regiment and the 10th North Carolina Heavy Artillery Battalion in the Confederate army in Virginia and North Carolina; a catalog of John H. Wheeler's library in 1850; and a scrapbook of clippings and notes by Wheeler about North Carolina history. Also included are five rolls of microfilm containing diaries and other volumes of miscellaneous material such as clippings, invitations, obituaries, and event programs and tickets.

• Microfilm (Reels M-765/1-5)