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Size | 113 items |
Abstract | Laura Cornelia McGimsey of Burke County, N.C., married John Lewis Warlick during the Civil War. Warlick died in 1865. The widowed Mrs. Warlick married William Brown Avery of Canoe Hill, Burke County, in 1869. Chiefly letters to Laura Cornelia McGimsey of Linville River, Burke County, N.C., from Confederate soldiers, concerning the progress of the war, the unloading of blockade runners, engagements in eastern North Carolina, fishing along the coast, and the rebuilding of bridges. Most of these letters are from Lewis Warlick, whom McGimsey married during the war, and who served with the 11th North Carolina Regiment. Most were written from Virginia, and the U.S. General Hospital, David's Island, N.Y., in 1863. Letters of courtship, 1866-1868, are from E. A. Warlick, John R. Denton, Samuel P. Tate, and J. Free Munday after Warlick died. |
Creator | McGimsey, Cornelia, 1840-1920. |
Curatorial Unit | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection. |
Language | English |
Processed by: Suzanne Ruffing, February 1996
Encoded by: ByteManagers Inc., 2008
This collection was processed with support from the Randleigh Foundation Trust.
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Chiefly letters to Laura Cornelia McGimsey of Linville River, Burke County, N.C., from Confederate soldiers, concerning the progress of the war, the unloading of blockade runners, engagements in eastern North Carolina, fishing along the coast, and the rebuilding of bridges. Most of these letters are from Lewis Warlick, whom McGimsey married during the war, and who served with the 11th North Carolina Regiment. Most were written from Virginia, and the U.S. General Hospital, David's Island, N.Y., in 1863. Letters of courtship, 1866-1868, are from E. A. Warlick, John R. Denton, Samuel P. Tate, and J. Free Munday after Warlick died.
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