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Size | 0.5 feet of linear shelf space (approximately 13 items) |
Abstract | William Robert Gwaltney (1835-1907) was born near Taylorsville, N.C. During the Civil War, Gwaltney served as colporteur and chaplain with the 1st North Carolina Infantry Regiment in Virginia. In 1863, he was ordained a Baptist minister. Gwaltney married Amelia Ellen Staley in 1866, and the following year he received his diploma from Wake Forest College. For the next four decades, Gwaltney lived, preached, and built churches in various counties around the state, including Orange, Wake, Guilford, Forsyth and Catawba counties. Gwaltney's diary, 1862-1875, chiefly concerns his religious and educational activities among the soldiers of the 1st North Carolina Infantry Regiment in Virginia from 1862 to 1864. Also included are three notebooks, newspaper clippings, and miscellaneous other items. |
Creator | Gwaltney, W. R. (William Robert), 1835-1907. |
Curatorial Unit | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection. |
Language | English |
Processed by: SHC Staff, 1950
Encoded by: Nancy Kaiser, January 2005
Funding from the Watson-Brown Foundation, Inc., supported the encoding of this finding aid and microfilming of this collection.
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William Robert Gwaltney (1835-1907) was born near Taylorsville, N.C. During the Civil War, Gwaltney served as colporteur and chaplain with the 1st North Carolina Infantry Regiment in Virginia. In 1863, he was ordained a Baptist minister. Gwaltney married Amelia Ellen Staley in 1866, and the following year he received his diploma from Wake Forest College. For the next four decades, Gwaltney lived, preached, and built churches in various counties around the state, including Orange, Wake, Guilford, Forsyth and Catawba counties. William and Amelia Gwaltney had nine children.
Back to TopDiary, 1862-1875, of William Robert Gwaltney (1835-1907), a Baptist minister of Taylorsville, N.C., who served as a colporteur and chaplain with the 1st North Carolina Infantry Regiment in Virginia during the Civil War. The diary chiefly concerns Gwaltney's religious and educational activities among the soldiers, but also includes a brief summary of his life in the decade after the Civil War. Also included are three notebooks, newspaper clippings, and miscellaneous other items.
Back to TopFolder 1 |
Volume 1: Diary, 25 June 1863-6 March 1864 |
Folder 2 |
Volume 2: Diary, 12 November 1862-31 July 1863, 1 April-1 May 1864Includes text for a marriage ceremony |
Folder 3 |
Volume 3: Diary, 2 May 1864-1 January 1865 (chiefly May-December 1864)Includes description of deserters in Alexander County, N.C., and brief summary of Gwaltney's life from 1865 to 1875 |
Folder 4 |
Handwritten transcriptions of parts of volumes 1, 2, 3 |
Folder 5 |
Miscellaneous material, 1862-1907, 1933Includes an 1862 military pass, newspaper clippings, and family history materials |
Folder 6 |
Volume 4: Notebook, ca. 1948 |
Folder 7 |
Volume 5: Notebook, ca. 1948 |
Folder 8 |
Volume 6: Notebook, undated |
Reel M-1636/1 |
Microfilm |