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Size | 22 items |
Abstract | Members of the Lamb family were residents of Elizabeth City, N.C., Williamston, N.C., and Henderson, N.C. The papers include non-military correspondence of Lieutenant Colonel John Calhoun Lamb (1835-1864), who served in the 17th North Carolina Regiment. Also included is a copy of an autograph album kept by Lieutenant Colonel Lamb while a prisoner at Fort Warren, Boston, Mass., September 1861-February 1862. Other items are personal and family letters sent and received by several family members, deeds, invitations, receipts, and calling cards. |
Creator | Lamb (Family : Lamb, John Calhoun, 1836-1864) |
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, March 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.
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Members of the Lamb family were residents of Elizabeth City, N.C., Williamston, N.C., and Henderson, N.C. John Calhoun Lamb (1835-1864) was the captain of the Roanoke Guards of the 17th Regiment of the North Carolina Volunteers and was stationed at Fort Clark, Hatteras Inlet, N.C., when it fell to Union troops on 27 August 1861. He was captured and sent to Fort Warren, Boston, Mass., and eventually released. He was wounded and died at Petersburg, Va. in May 1864. Before the war, he owned a hotel in Williamston, N.C. His brothers were Wilson Gray Lamb (b. 1843) who served as a lieutenant in the 17th Regiment of North Carolina Volunteers; Gideon; and G. Charles (b. 1856). His sisters were Matilda Lamb Morton (1857-1942), Helen, and Mary Eliza.
Back to TopThe papers include non-military correspondence of Lieutenant Colonel John Calhoun Lamb. Also included is a copy of an autograph album kept by Lieutenant Colonel Lamb while a prisoner at Fort Warren, Boston, Mass., September 1861-February 1862. Other items are personal and family letters sent and received by several family members, deeds, invitations, receipts, and calling cards.
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Original finding aid |
Correspondence, financial papers, and miscellaneous material, 1704, 1858-1864, 1879Included are letters to John C. Lamb, invitations, receipts, and greeting and calling cards. There is also a deed from William Rogerson to Abner Williams, Pasquotank County, N.C., and a copy of a 1704 letter from Joshua Lamb to Governor Robert Daniel concerning the title to land on Roanoke Island. |
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Folder 2 |
Autograph album, 1861-1862Copy of the 62-page autograph album kept by Lieutenant Colonel John C. Lamb while a prisoner of war at Fort Warren, Boston, Mass. It includes the autographs of many of his fellow prisoners and an indication of their home towns, copies of letters, and a note about the death of Lamb. |