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Size | 2 items |
Abstract | Kena King Chapman (1839-1892) of Smithfield, Va., was an ordnance officer and 2nd lieutenant in Company A, 19th Virginia Battalion, Crutchfield's Artillery Brigade, Confederate States of America. The collection is Chapman's diary, 3 April-24 April 1865, while serving in the Confederate army, describing the surrender at Appomattox and the closing days of the war, as well as his journey home to Smithfield, Va. The diary also includes some financial accounts, a list of men present at the surrender at Appomattox, and poems. |
Creator | Chapman, Kena King, 1839-1892. |
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: Kate Stratton and Jodi Berkowitz, April 2010
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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Kena King Chapman (1839-1892) of Smithfield, Va., was an ordnance officer and 2nd lieutenant in Company A, 19th Virginia Battalion, Crutchfield's Artillery Brigade, Confederate States of America.
Back to TopThe collection is a diary, 3 April-24 April 1865, of Kena King Chapman while an ordnance officer and 2nd lieutenant, Company A, 19th Virginia Battalion, Crutchfield's Artillery Brigade, Confederate States of America, describing the surrender at Appomattox and the closing days of the war, as well as his journey home to Smithfield, Va. The diary also includes some financial accounts, a list of men present at the surrender at Appomattox, and poems.
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Diary, April 1865Restriction: Photocopying not permitted. |
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Transcription of diary |