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Size | 47 items |
Abstract | Edward Clements Yellowley (d. 1885) of Pitt County, N.C., was a Confederate officer of the 8th Regiment North Carolina State Troops and the 68th North Carolina Infantry Regiment, serving in the coastal area of North Carolina. The collection includes papers of Yellowley, chiefly antebellum correspondence concerning the collection of monies owed him, and letters to his wife and military correspondence concerning troop movements, deserters, and other military matters. Also included is a letter, 1861, from Houston, Tex., about the social and political climate in Texas. |
Creator | Yellowley, Edward Clements, d. 1885. |
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: Kate Stratton and Jodi Berkowitz, January 2009
This collection was rehoused and a summary created with support from the National Endowment for the Humanities.
This finding aid was created with support from NC ECHO.
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Edward Clements Yellowley (d. 1885) of Pitt County, N.C., was a Confederate officer of the 8th Regiment North Carolina State Troops and the 68th North Carolina Infantry Regiment, serving in the coastal area of North Carolina.
Back to TopThe collection includes papers of Edward Clements Yellowley, chiefly antebellum correspondence concerning the collection of monies owed him, and letters to his wife and military correspondence while he was an officer of the 8th Regiment N.C. State Troops and the 68th North Carolina Infantry Regiment, Confederate States of America, serving in the coastal area of North Carolina, concerning troop movements, deserters, and other military matters. Also included is a letter, 1861, from Houston, Tex., about the social and political climate in Texas. There are also other legal and military documents.
Notable correspondents include J. M. Bell, J. B. Johnson, Zebulon B. Vance, James Hinton, and B. S. Skinner.
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Papers |