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Size | 10 items |
Abstract | Paul Turner Vaughan (1839-1916) was a Confederate soldier who served with the 4th Alabama Infantry Regiment in Virginia, Pennsylvania, and eastern Tennessee. The collection is typed copies of Civil War letters written home by Vaughan and of his diary, 20 pages, 4 March-6 November 1863, kept while he was serving in Virginia, Pennsylvania, and eastern Tennessee. Letters describe Fredericksburg, Va., camp life, shortages of clothing, snow, the prospect of Yankees entering Alabama, and his brother's health and release from Camp Douglas. The diary discusses troop movements, pickets, weather, food prices, an explosion in Richmond that killed twelve girls, church news, and how food shortages changed attitudes about foraging. |
Creator | Vaughan, Paul Turner, 1839-1916. |
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, May 2010
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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Paul Turner Vaughan (1839-1916) was a Confederate soldier who served with the 4th Alabama Infantry Regiment in Virginia, Pennsylvania, and eastern Tennessee. Vaughan was apparently from Summerfield, Dallas County, Ala.
Back to TopThe collection is typed copies of letters written home by Paul Turner Vaughan, while a soldier of the 4th Alabama Regiment and of his diary, 20 pages, 4 March-6 November 1863, kept while he was serving in Virginia, Pennsylvania, and eastern Tennessee. Letters describe Fredericksburg, Va., camp life, shortages of clothing, snow, the prospect of Yankees entering Alabama, and his brother's health and release from Camp Douglas. The diary discusses troop movements, pickets, weather, food prices, an explosion in Richmond that killed twelve girls, church news, and how food shortages changed attitudes about foraging.
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Papers, 1862-1865 |