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Size | 18 items |
Abstract | Confederate Army officer. Miscellaneous papers including a letter, 12 November 1863, from J. F. Waring of Savannah, Ga., to friend William Washington Gordon (1834- 1912) about his marriage and the progress of the war; diary, 1864-1865, of Lt. Col. Waring of the Jeff Davis Legion, chiefly while he was on court martial duty in Virginia, North Carolina, and South Carolina; and clippings, 1854-1867, chiefly from Savannah and Washington newspapers concerning pre-war sectional issues, military and political events during the war, and a justification of Henry Wirz's actions at Andersonville prison. |
Creator | Waring, Joseph Frederick, 1832?-1876. |
Curatorial Unit | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection. |
Language | English |
Processed by: Suzanne Ruffing, August 1996
Encoded by: ByteManagers Inc., 2008
Updated by: Kathryn Michaelis, December 2009
This collection was processed with support from the Randleigh Foundation Trust.
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Miscellaneous papers including a letter, 12 November 1863, from J. F. Waring of Savannah, Ga., to friend William Washington Gordon (1834- 1912) about his marriage and the progress of the war; diary, 1864-1865, of Lt. Col. Waring of the Jeff Davis Legion, chiefly while he was on court martial duty in Virginia, North Carolina, and South Carolina; and clippings, 1854-1867, chiefly from Savannah and Washington newspapers concerning pre-war sectional issues, military and political events during the war, and a justification of Henry Wirz's actions at Andersonville prison.
Back to TopFolder 1 |
Clippings, 1853-1867 |
Folder 2 |
Letters, 1863-1864 |
Folder 3 |
War diary, 1864-1865 |
Folder 4 |
Transcript of war diary (bound volume) |
Reel M-1664/1 |
Microfilm |