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Collection Number: 01559-z

Collection Title: William James Harriss Bellamy Papers, 1862-1865

This is a finding aid. It is a description of archival material held in the Wilson Library at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Unless otherwise noted, the materials described below are physically available in our reading room, and not digitally available through the World Wide Web. See the Duplication Policy section for more information.

This collection was processed with support from the sponsorship of a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities, Office of Preservation, Washington, D.C., 1990-1993.

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Size 3 items
Abstract William James Harriss Bellamy was a native of Wilmington, N.C. The collection contains the diary of Bellamy as a private in Company I, 18th Regiment North Carolina Volunteers describing service at Camp Stevens, S.C., and in Virginia, January-July 1862, and as captain in two Home Guard organizations. Also included in the diary volume are transcriptions of letters from Bellamy, accounts, memoranda, and medical formulae, 1862-1865. The collection includes a hand-drawn map of the battle of Lebanon Church, Va., 27 May 1862.
Creator Bellamy, William James Harriss, b. 1844.
Curatorial Unit University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection.
Language English
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Restrictions to Access
No restrictions. Open for research.
Copyright Notice
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 William James Harriss Bellamy Papers, #1559-z, Southern Historical Collection, Wilson Special Collections Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Alternate Form of Material
Microfilm copy of diary volume and typed transcription of diary entries available.
Acquisitions Information
Gift 1948
Additional Descriptive Resources
A copy of the original finding aid for this collection is filed in folder 1.
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.
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Processed by: SHC Staff

Encoded by: Noah Huffman, December 2007

Updated by: Kathryn Michaelis, February 2011

This collection was processed with support from the sponsorship of a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities, Office of Preservation, Washington, D.C., 1990-1993.

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William James Harriss Bellamy was a native of Wilmington, N.C.

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The collection contains the diary of Bellamy as a private in Company I, 18th Regiment North Carolina Volunteers describing service at Camp Stevens, S.C., and in Virginia, January-July 1862, and as captain in two Home Guard organizations. Also included in the diary volume are transcriptions of letters from Bellamy, accounts, memoranda, and medical formulae, 1862-1865. The collection includes a hand-drawn map of the battle of Lebanon Church, Va., 27 May 1862.

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Contents list

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3 items.
Folder 1

Map of the battle of Lebanon Church, Va., 27 May 1862

Folder includes original finding aid.
Folder 2

Diary, 1862-1865 (original)

Folder 3

Diary, 1862-1865 (typescript)

Reel M-1559/1

Microfilm

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