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Size | 1.0 feet of linear shelf space (approximately 250 items) |
Abstract | John Clifford Pemberton (born 1893) of New York was an author and grandson of Confederate Lieutenant General John Clifford Pemberton (1814-1891), who commanded at Vicksburg, Miss., 1863. The collection chiefly contains papers about Lieutenant General John Clifford Pemberton. Included is correspondence, 1922-1941, of John Clifford Pemberton about his grandfather's military career and the biography he published, Pemberton, Defender of Vicksburg (1942). Also included are manuscript drafts of the biography, a variety of collected material about General Pemberton, and some 19th-century correspondence of the Pemberton family. |
Creator | Pemberton, John C. (John Clifford), b. 1893. |
Curatorial Unit | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection. |
Language | English |
Processed by: SHC Staff
Encoded by: Noah Huffman, December 2007
Updated by: Adam Fielding, Kate Stratton and Jodi Berkowitz, September 2010
Updated by: Laura Hart, March 2021
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.
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John Clifford Pemberton (born 1893) of New York was an author and grandson of Confederate Lieutenant General John Clifford Pemberton (1814-1891), who commanded at Vicksburg, Miss., 1863.
Back to TopThe collection includes papers about Lieutenant General John Clifford Pemberton (1814-1881), Pennsylvania-born Confederate officer who commanded at Vicksburg. Included is correspondence, 1922-1941, of John Clifford Pemberton (b. 1893) of New York about his grandfather's military career and the biography he published, Pemberton, Defender of Vicksburg (1942). Also included are manuscript drafts of the biography, a variety of collected material about General Pemberton, and some 19th-century correspondence of the Pemberton family.
Back to TopFolder 1a |
Original finding aid |
Folder 1 |
1814-1857 |
Folder 2 |
1861-1862 |
Folder 3-4
Folder 3Folder 4 |
1863-1876 |
Folder 5 |
1881-1907 |
Folder 6 |
1931-1937 |
Folder 7 |
1937-1938: Steele-Pemberton correspondence, privately printed 40 page booklet |
Folder 8 |
1938-1939 |
Folder 9 |
1940-1942 and undated |
Folder 10 |
Notes on the Pemberton family |
Folder 11-12
Folder 11Folder 12 |
Clippings |
Folder 13 |
Miscellaneous correspondence, 1922-1941 |
Folder 14 |
Old manuscript biography |
Folder 15 |
Original of General John C. Pemberton manuscript |
Folder 16 |
Mimeograph of General Pemberton manuscript |
Folder 17 |
Miscellaneous material used in General Pemberton's biography |
Folder 18 |
Recollections of Henry Watkins Allen |
Audiodisc D-586/1 |
AudiodiscAudiodisc of talk by John C. Pemberton, 3rd, on the subject "Pemberton and the Defense of Vicksburg." This disc is aluminum, covered with acetate plastic, and was made from a tape recording. Pemberton gave several talks on the subject for Civil War interest groups. |
Image Folder PF-586/1 |
John Clifford Pemberton, ca. 1855Photograph of engraving. |
John Clifford Pemberton, ca. 1855Negative photograph of engraving. |
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John Clifford Pemberton, ca. 1855Photograph of engraving. |
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John Clifford Pemberton, ca. 1863Photograph of painting. |
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John Clifford Pemberton, ca. 1863Postcard. |
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John Clifford Pemberton, ca. 1863Cut-out of photograph pasted on cardboard. |
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John Clifford Pemberton, ca. 1855Photograph of engraving. |
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John Clifford Pemberton and Grant at Vicksburg, 3 July 1863Postcard. |
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Martha "Patty" Pemberton, ca. 1855Photograph of halftone. |
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William Henry Lyons, ca. 1850-1870Photograph of portrait. |
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A. T. Summey, ca. 1890-1910Cabinet card. |
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Rosina PattonPhotograph of drawing. |
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Washington MorrisonPhotograph of drawing. |
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Gallery ticket to Senate, ca. 1868Ticket to the "Impeachment of the President," 6 May 1868 (Negative only). |