Collection Number:
03732
Collection Title: W.A. Day Book of Recollections and Miscellany, 1935.
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Size |
1 volume (255 pages). |
Abstract |
MICROFILM ONLY. Recollections by W.A. Day of Catawba County, N.C., concerning his
Civil War experiences with the 49th North Carolina Regiment in Virginia, in Winder
Hospital in Richmond, and in prison at Point Lookout, Md. Included is discussion of
Day's feelings when he, as a prisoner at Point Lookout, heard of the assassination
of Abraham Lincoln and discussion of Christmas during the war. Also included are anecdotes
of Reconstruction in Catawba County, with notes about the Ku-Klux Klan; the history
of Rehoboth Methodist Church in Catawba County; and other material.
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Creator |
Day, W. A. (William Albertus), 1844-1937. |
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.
- Copyright Notice
- Copyright is retained by the authors of items in these papers, or their descendants,
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- Preferred Citation
- [Identification of item], in the W.A. Day Book of Recollections and Miscellany, #3732,
Southern Historical Collection, The Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at
Chapel Hill.
- Location of Originals
- Original returned to private owner in 1966.
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- A more complete finding aid for this collection is available at the Southern Historical
Collection.
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Processed by: SHC Staff
Encoded by: Noah Huffman, December 2007
Updated by: Nancy Kaiser, May 2021
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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.
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Catawba County (N.C.)--History--19th century.
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Christmas--Confederate States of America.
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Confederate States of America. Army--Military life.
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Confederate States of America. Army. North Carolina Infantry Regiment, 49th.
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Day, W. A. (William Albertus), 1844-1937.
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Ku Klux Klan (19th cent.)--North Carolina.
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Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865--Assassination--Public opinion.
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Point Lookout (Md.)
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Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877)--North Carolina.
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Rehoboth Methodist Church (Catawba County, N.C.)
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Soldiers--Confederate States of America--Biography.
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United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Hospitals.
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United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Personal narratives, Confederate.
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United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Prisoners and prisons.
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Virginia--History--Civil War, 1861-1865.
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Winder Hospital (Richmond, Va.)
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MICROFILM ONLY. Recollections by W.A. Day of Catawba County, N.C., concerning his
Civil War experiences with the 49th North Carolina Regiment in Virginia, in Winder
Hospital in Richmond, and in prison at Point Lookout, Md. Included is discussion of
Day's feelings when he, as a prisoner at Point Lookout, heard of the assassination
of Abraham Lincoln and discussion of Christmas during the war. Also included are anecdotes
of Reconstruction in Catawba County, with notes about the Ku-Klux Klan; the history
of Rehoboth Methodist Church in Catawba County; and other material.
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