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Size | 2 items |
Abstract | Benjamin Simmons Guion (d. 1893) was an official with the Wilmington, Charlotte, and Rutherford Railway who during the Civil War was involved in the transport of strategic materials. The collection includes two letters, 7 and 8 March 1865, from Benjamin Simmons Guion to Confederate railroad officers in Charlotte, N.C., concerning transportation difficulties. |
Creator | Guion, Benjamin Simmons, d. 1893. |
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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Benjamin Simmons Guion (d. 1893) was an official with the Wilmington, Charlotte, and Rutherford Railway who during the Civil War was involved in the transport of strategic materials.
Back to TopThe collection includes two letters, 7 and 8 March 1865, from Benjamin Simmons Guion to Colonel John M. Otey in Charlotte, N.C., concerning transportation and shipping difficulties.
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