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Size | 6.0 feet of linear shelf space (approximately 185 items) |
Abstract | Henry A. (Henry Alexander) Chambers was a native of North Carolina who became a lawyer, historian, legislator, member of the Tennessee House of Representatives, and United States Post Office agent in Tennessee. The collection includes the diary, correspondence, speeches, and business papers of Chambers. The diary, 1863-1865, 1870-1873, 1877-1887, and 1895-1924, written while Chambers was a captain with the 49th North Carolina Infantry Regiment and when he lived in Madisonville, Tenn., Loudon, Tenn., and Chattanooga, Tenn., contains entries about troop movements and military life during the Civil War, professional and public life, social and domestic events, and Masonic and Confederate veterans' affairs. Also included in the collection are personal and household accounts; a memorandum, 1877, concerning a state legislative committee on common schools; personal and family letters received; bills and receipts; a muster roll of and correspondence about Company C, 49th North Carolina Infantry Regiment, Confederate States of America; family history materials; and estate papers. |
Creator | Chambers, Henry A. (Henry Alexander), 1841-1925. |
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, August 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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Henry A. (Henry Alexander) Chambers (1841-1925), native of Iredell County, N.C., was a lawyer, historian, statistician, legislator, member of the Tennessee House of Representatives, and United States Post Office agent in Tennessee. During the Civil War, Chambers was a captain with the 49th North Carolina Infantry Regiment.
Chambers was married first to Laura Lenoir (fl. 1877-1891) and later to Lizzie Welcker Turner.
Back to TopThe collection includes the diary, correspondence, speeches, and business papers of Henry A. Chambers. The diary, 1863-1865, written while Chambers was a captain with the 49th North Carolina Infantry Regiment contains entries describing troop movements and camp life as well as some battles and news relating to other military engagements. Later diaries, 1870-1873, 1877-1887, and 1895-1924, written from Madisonville, Loudon, and Chattanooga, Tenn., concern his law practice, his public life as a member of the Tennessee legislature, his duties as investigator for the United States Post Office Department, his social and domestic life, and Masonic and Confederate veterans' affairs.
Also included in the collection are personal and household accounts; a memorandum, 1877, concerning a state legislative committee on common schools; personal and family letters received; bills and receipts; a muster roll of and correspondence about Company C, 49th North Carolina Infantry Regiment, Confederate States of America; family history materials; and estate papers.
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