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Size | 0.5 feet of linear shelf space (approximately 60 items) |
Abstract | Samuel Hoey Walkup was a colonel of the 48th North Carolina Infantry Regiment, Confederate States of America. The collection contains miscellaneous papers, including the Civil War diary of S.H. Walkup while stationed in Virginia and eastern North Carolina; and letters written home from the front. The diary describes the formation of the 48th North Carolina Infantry Regiment and its participation in the Peninsula Campaign, the battles of Bull Run, Antietam, and Fredericksburg, and the siege of Petersburg. |
Creator | Walkup, S. H. (Samuel Hoey), 1818-1876. |
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: Kathryn Michaelis, November 2010
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The collection contains miscellaneous papers, including the Civil War diary of S.H. Walkup while stationed in Virginia and eastern North Carolina; and letters written home from the front. The diary describes the formation of the 48th North Carolina Infantry Regiment and its participation in the Peninsula Campaign, the battles of Bull Run, Antietam, and Fredericksburg, and the siege of Petersburg.
Back to TopFolder 1a |
Original finding aid |
Folder 1 |
Original letters, 1860-1864 |
Folder 2 |
Typed copies and photoprints, 1860; 1862 |
Folder 3 |
Typed copies and photoprints, 1863-1864 |
Folder 4 |
Typed copies and photoprints, 1865; 1866; 1870; 1876 |
Folder 5 |
Volume 1: Diary, 1 April 1862-29 March 1865 (typed transcription) |
Folder 6 |
Volume 2: Diary, April 1864-29 March 1865 (manuscript)This volume is extremely fragile. Please use the typed copy or positive microfilm. If use of the original is absolutely necessary, please consult staff. |
Folder 7 |
Diary, loose sheets |
Reel M-1401/1-2
M-1401/1M-1401/2 |
Microfilm |