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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.
Size | 0.5 feet of linear shelf space (approximately 326 items) |
Abstract | Stephen D. Ramseur of Virginia was an officer in the United States and Confederate armies. The collection contains letters, 1853-1864, from Stephen D. Ramseur (1837-1864), written from Davidson College in North Carolina, the United States Military Academy at West Point, and Civil War battlefields, to his wife, to Judge David Schenck (his brother-in-law), and other relatives. Also included are genealogical notes on the Wilfong, Ramseur, and related families, and later letters. |
Creator | Ramseur, Stephen Dodson. |
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, March 2011; Dawne Howard Lucas, July 2021
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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Stephen D. Ramseur of Virginia was an officer in the United States and Confederate armies.
Back to TopThe collection contains letters, 1853-1864, from Stephen D. Ramseur (1837-1864), written from Davidson College in North Carolina, the United States Military Academy at West Point, and Civil War battlefields, to his wife, to Judge David Schenck (his brother-in-law), and other relatives. Also included are genealogical notes on the Wilfong, Ramseur, and related families, and later letters.
Back to TopFolder 1a |
Original finding aid |
Folder 1 |
Extracts of letters |
Folder 2 |
Sketch of Ramseur, from The Land We Love magazine |
Folder 3 |
Correspondence, 1873-1924 |
Folder 4 |
Address by Walter Clark |
Folder 5 |
Clippings |
Folder 6 |
1853-1862 |
Folder 7 |
January-August 1863 |
Folder 8 |
September-December 1863 |
Folder 9 |
February-July 1864 |
Folder 10 |
August-November 1864 |
Folder 11 |
1919-1935 |
Folder 12 |
Biographical information |
Folder 13 |
Clippings |
Reel M-1567/1-2
M-1567/1M-1567/2 |
MicrofilmIn addition to other materials, microfilm reels include folders 14-18 (Correspondence and miscellaneous, 1855-1864; 1884; 1920), which were removed from the collection at the donor's request. |