James Augustus Graham Papers, 1861-1901 (bulk 1861-1865).

Summary

Creator:
Graham, James Augustus, 1841-1908.
Abstract:

James Augustus Graham was a resident of Hillsborough, N.C., and an officer in Company G (Orange Guards), 27th North Carolina Infantry Regiment, Confederate States of America.

The collection includes chiefly letters from James Augustus Graham, written from forts and camps in Virginia and South Carolina to his parents in Hillsborough, N.C., with a few letters by other members of the family, including his father, William Alexander Graham (1804-1875), and a few postwar items. Also included is a copy of Graham's Descriptive Book of the Orange Guards.

Extent:
119 items (0.5 linear feet)
Language:
Materials in English
Library Catalog Link:
View UNC library catalog record for this item

Background

Biographical / historical:

James Augustus Graham (1841-1908) was a resident of Hillsborough, N.C., and an officer in Company G (Orange Guards), 27th North Carolina Infantry Regiment, Confederate States of America.

Scope and content:

The collection includes chiefly letters from James Augustus Graham, written from forts and camps in Virginia and South Carolina to his parents in Hillsborough, N.C., with a few letters by other members of the family, including his father, William Alexander Graham (1804-1875), and a few postwar items. Additional correspondents include John W. Graham, 1864, and John R. Cooke, 1883-1884. Also included is a copy of Graham's Descriptive Book of the Orange Guards.

Acquisition information:

Loan from Sara Graham Peck of Derby, Conn., 1951.

Processing information:

Processed by: SHC Staff

Encoded by: Noah Huffman, December 2007

Updated by: Kate Stratton and Jodi Berkowitz, January 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.

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.

Access and use

Restrictions to access:

No restrictions. Open for research.

Restrictions to use:

No usage restrictions.

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 James Augustus Graham Papers, #283, Southern Historical Collection, Wilson Special Collections Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Location of this collection:
Louis Round Wilson Library
200 South Road
Chapel Hill, NC 27515
Contact:
(919) 962-3765
wilsonlibrary@unc.edu