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Size | 7 items |
Abstract | Augustus Coutanche Evans was a physician sent to Europe by the Confederacy to procure drugs and medicines during the Civil War. The collection is chiefly letters from Evans written to his wife in North Carolina while in England, concerning his activities, travel difficulties, and family matters. Also included is a letter, 9 April 1862, from Richard W. Evans at Fort Macon, N.C., to his mother, discussing life under siege by Union forces. |
Creator | Evans, Augustus Coutanche, d. 1863. |
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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Augustus Coutanche Evans (d. 1863), originally from North Carolina, was a physician living in New York at the outbreak of the Civil War. He was sent to Europe to procure drugs and medicines for the Confederacy.
Back to TopThe collection is chiefly letters from Augustus C. Evans, written to his wife in North Carolina while he was in Europe to procure drugs and medicines for the Confederacy, concerning his activities, travel difficulties, and family matters. Also included is a letter, 9 April 1862, from Richard W. Evans at Fort Macon, N.C., to his mother, discussing life under siege by Union forces. There are also two military documents, a pass for A. C. Evans, 1861, and a commission of Richard W. Evans, 1863.
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