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Size | 153 items |
Abstract | John F. Phifer, a manufacturer, and his wife, Elizabeth Caroline Ramseur Phifer, resided in Lincolnton, N.C. John and Elizabeth had three sons who served in the Confederate army, Private Will Locke (died 1963), 5th Battalion, North Carolina Cavalry; Lieutenant Edward K. (died 1864), Company K, 49th North Carolina Regiment; and Captain George S. The collection includes Civil War letters exchanged by Lieutenant Edward K. Phifer in Virginia and eastern North Carolina; his parents, John F. Phifer and Elizabeth Caroline Ramseur Phifer, in Lincoln County, N.C.; and his brothers, Private Will Locke Phifer (killed in action at Chickamauga in 1863) and Captain George S. Phifer; papers about Phifer's hospitalization and death at Petersburg, Va., and conditions in Petersburg, June-July 1864; and other family papers. Most items and correspondence of Edward K. Phifer deal with military movements, living conditions, fighting, casualties, desertions, recruiting and drilling troops, and family and community news from Lincolnton. |
Creator | Phifer (Family : Lincolnton, N.C.) |
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, March 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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John F. Phifer, a manufacturer, and his wife, Elizabeth Caroline Ramseur Phifer, resided in Lincolnton, N.C. John and Elizabeth had three sons who served in the Confederate army, Private Will Locke (died 1963), 5th Battalion, North Carolina Cavalry; Lieutenant Edward K. (died 1864), Company K, 49th North Carolina Regiment; and Captain George S.
Back to TopThe collection includes Civil War letters exchanged by Lieutenant Edward K. Phifer (died 1864), in Virginia and eastern North Carolina; his parents, John F. Phifer and Elizabeth Caroline Ramseur Phifer, in Lincoln County, N.C.; and his brothers, Private Will Locke Phifer (died 1863), in Tennessee, and Captain George S. Phifer, in Virginia and North Carolina, in the Confederate Army; papers about Edward Phifer's hospitalization and death at Petersburg, Va., and conditions in Petersburg, June-July 1864; and other family papers. Most items and correspondence of Edward K. Phifer deal with military movements, living conditions, fighting, casualties, desertions, recruiting and drilling troops, and family and community news from Lincolnton.
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1859, 1862Includes original finding aid. |
Folder 2 |
1863 |
Folder 3-4
Folder 3Folder 4 |
1864 |