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Size | About 100 items |
Abstract | The collection is chiefly genealogical correspondence and notes, 1903-1938, of Squires of Norfolk, Va., along with an autobiography by his father, Charles Winder Squires (1841-1900), written about 1894, describing the author's early life in Louisiana, service throughout the Civil War as an officer of the Washington (La.) Artillery, and career as a merchant in New Orleans and Saint Louis after the war. |
Creator | Squires, W. H. T. (William Henry Tappey), 1875-1948. |
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
Finding aid updated for digitization by Kathryn Michaelis, September 2010
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The collection is chiefly genealogical correspondence and notes, 1903-1938, of Squires of Norfolk, Va., along with an autobiography by his father, Charles Winder Squires (1841-1900), written about 1894, describing the author's early life in Louisiana, service throughout the Civil War as an officer of the Washington (La.) Artillery, and career as a merchant in New Orleans and Saint Louis after the war.
Back to TopFolder 1 |
Papers, 1894-1938 |
Folder 2 |
Volume 1: Autobiography, circa 1894 |
Folder 3 |
Volume 2: Confederate reminiscences |
Folder 4 |
Volume 3: Personal narrativeDiscusses the end of the Civil War, and post-war years in New Orleans and Saint Louis. |
Reel M-1644/1-2
M-1644/1M-1644/2 |
Microfilm |