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Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], in the Rufus Amis Papers #3158-z, Southern Historical Collection, Wilson Special Collections Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Acquisitions Information

Received from Mrs. John W. Ross of Green Cove Springs, Fla., and her sister, Mrs. T. M. Andrews of Chapel Hill, N.C., 1956-1979.

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• Amis family--Genealogy.
• Amis, Elizabeth Ann Ragland, 1836-1900.
• Amis, Rufus, 1835-1903.
• Andrews, John Barr, fl. 1853.
• Arkansas--Economic conditions--19th century.
• Chandler family--Genealogy.
• Confederate States of America. Army--Recruiting, enlistment, etc.
• Confederate States of America. Army. North Carolina Infantry Regiment, 13th.
• Families--Mississippi--Social life and customs.
• Families--North Carolina--Social life and customs.
• Ragland, Robert L., fl. 1848-1850.
• United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Registers.
• University of North Carolina (1793-1962)--Students--Social life and customs.

Scattered family papers of Rufus Amis of Granville County, N.C., including letters, 1848-1850, to his first wife, Elizabeth ("Betty") Ann Ragland (1836-1900), from her brother, Robert L. Ragland in Colbert and Barton, Miss.; letters concerning Amis's illness and resignation from the Confederate Army; certificates; receipts; muster rolls, 1861, of Company I, 13th North Carolina Volunteers; and pages from the Amis and Chandler family Bibles and Amis family histories. Correspondence includes microfilm copies of two additional letters, one from Rufus to Bettie, 1857, telling her about prospects for settling in Arkansas and its advantages over North Carolina, and one, 1853, from John Barr Andrews, a student at the University of North Carolina.

• Oversize paper (OP-3158/1)