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[Identification of item], in the Peters Family Papers #4722, Southern Historical Collection, Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

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Microfilm copy (filmed May 2005) available.

• Reel 1: Entire collection

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Typed transcription of Scott Peters diary is available.

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Received from Lucie E. Allen of Apex, N.C. (Acc. 94137).

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• Alabama--History--Civil War, 1861-1865.
• Camp Morton (Ind.)
• Confederate States of America. Army--Military life.
• Confederate States of America. Army. Missouri Cavalry Regiment, 3rd.
• Diaries.
• Families--Missouri--Social life and customs.
• Families--Tennessee--Social life and customs.
• Fort Delaware (Del.)
• Horton family.
• Padgett family.
• Peters family.
• Soldiers--Confederate States of America--Diaries.
• Taylor family.
• Tuskegee (Ala.)--Social conditions.
• United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Prisoners and prisons.

The Peters family of Missouri and Tennessee included D. B. Peters of Cole County, Mo.; Charles T. Peters; Newton C. Peters; H. C. Peters; Samuel J. Peters; D. W. Peters; and Scott Peters. Scott Peters was born in Cole County, Mo.; served in the Confederate Army; was licensed to practice law in Missouri in 1867; received an M.D. from Vanderbilt University in 1881; and practiced medicine in Huntland, Tenn., 1881-1902, and in Donelson, Tenn., 1902-1911. He then returned to Cole County, Mo., where he lived until his death in 1917.

Papers of the Peters family and related families consist primarily of legal papers, such as deeds and marriage certificates. Also included are a few letters; a diary, 1863-1864, of Scott Peters; a diary, 1902, of D. W. Peters; and family pictures. In his diary, Scott Peters, who served with Company A, Third Missouri Cavalry Regiment during the Civil War, made brief, almost daily, entries in which he described traveling to Tuskegee, Ala.; his life in Tuskegee; his wounding and capture at the Battle of Champion Hill on 16 May 1863; his transport up the Mississippi and Ohio rivers to Camp Morton near Indianapolis; his stay at Camp Morton; his transport in June 1863 to Fort Delaware; and his life as a prisoner of war there until his release on 24 March 1864. The 1902 diary of D. W. Peters, a postal inspector, reports his daily travel and the numbers of cases on which he reported each day. Pictures includes a tintype, and the photograph album appears to date from the late 19th or early 20th century. Both contain portraits of Horton, Padgett, and Taylor family members, though most photographs are unidentified. Many of the portraits were taken by professional studios, including Thuss & Koellien and W. G. Thuss, both of Nashville, Tenn.; Staley Bros. of Tullahoma, Tenn.; R. F. Adams of St. Louis, Mo.; and Buchanan & Wallace.

• Photographs (P-4722/1)
• Photograph album (PA-4722/1)