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Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], in the Edmund Strudwick Burwell Papers, #2009-z, Southern Historical Collection, The Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Acquisitions Information

Received from Mrs. John L. Chisolm of Birmingham, Ala., prior to 1940.

Received from Rena C. Harrell of Greensboro, N.C., July 1964 and October 1965.

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Original finding aid is filed in folder 1a.

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• Burwell, Edmund Strudwick, 1849-1887.
• Burwell, Robert, 1802-1895.
• Charlotte (N.C.)--Social conditions.
• College students--Virginia--Social life and customs.
• Confederate States of America. Army--Military life.
• Family--North Carolina--Social life and customs.
• Hampden-Sydney College--Students--History--19th century.
• North Carolina--Social conditions.
• Peace Institute (Raleigh, N.C.)--Faculty--History--19th century.
• Schools--North Carolina--Granville County--History--19th century.
• Soldiers--Confederate States of America--Correspondence.
• Students--North Carolina--Social life and customs--19th century.

Edmund Strudwick Burwell (1849-1887) was one of twelve children of Robert Armistead (1802-1895) and Anna (Robertson) Burwell. The Reverend Robert A. Burwell was a Presbyterian preacher and educator who came from Virginia to Hillsboro, N.C., in 1835, and with his wife had a school there until 1857, when they moved to Charlotte, N.C., to take charge of the Charlotte Female Institute. After his wife's death, in 1871, Reverend Burwell became the head of Peace Institute in Raleigh, N.C. Edmund S. Burwell attended Mr. Ralph Grave's school in Granville, N.C., during the Civil War, while his father and four older brothers served in the Confederate Army and his mother and sisters remained in Charlotte. He attended Hampden-Sidney College, 1866-1867, and later became a businessman in Charlotte.

The collection includes letters, chiefly 1863-1867, to Edmund Strudwick Burwell at school in Granville County, N.C., and at Hampden-Sidney College, from his parents, the Reverend and Mrs. Robert Armistead Burwell, from his brothers serving in various Confederate regiments, and from his sisters at home in Charlotte, N.C. Civil War letters discuss military life and economic and social conditions at home, including the influx of refugees as Sherman's troops moved towards the Carolinas. Letters in the 1870s are from Edmund's father at Peace Institute. Also included are photocopies of Burwell family history material compiled by Rena C. Harrell and photocopies of a manuscript history of Queens College in Charlotte, written by the same.