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Size | 1 microfilm reel. |
Abstract | MICROFILM ONLY. Eli Spinks Hamilton of New Hope Academy, Randolph County, N.C. Letters to Eli Spinks Hamilton from his sons, Oliver Clark Hamilton, with the 38th North Carolina Regiment (Pender's Brigade, A. P. Hill's Division), and Calier G. Hamilton, with the 12th and 38th N.C. regiments. Thirteen letters from Oliver Hamilton, tell of his position in northern Virginia during 1862-1863, fighting, camp life, health, prices of food and daily necessities, news of friends, marches and travel, and his opinion of the morale and fighting spirit of the troops and officers. Two letters, dated April and May 1864, tell of being transferred to the Navy for service on the ironclad "Fredericksburg" in the James River between Richmond and the Federal fleet. Calier Hamilton's twenty-four letters were written from his training camp near Raleigh, N.C., in July 1861, and then from the Potomac River and Fredericksburg area, where he was with Company L, 12th N.C. Volunteer Regiment. These letters describe weather conditions, the health of his company, drilling, goods received from home, camp life, his bout with rheumatism and fever, and his transfer to the 38th North Carolina Regiment in the winter of 1862-1863. Later letters mention some fighting, his company's casualties, and the death of Stonewall Jackson. |
Creator | Hamilton, Eli Spinks. |
Curatorial Unit | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection. |
Language | English |
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Eli Spinks Hamilton of New Hope Academy, Randolph County, N.C.
Back to TopMICROFILM ONLY. Letters to Eli Spinks Hamilton from his sons, Oliver Clark Hamilton, with the 38th North Carolina Regiment (Pender's Brigade, A. P. Hill's Division), and Calier G. Hamilton, with the 12th and 38th N.C. regiments. Thirteen letters from Oliver Hamilton, tell of his position in northern Virginia during 1862-1863, fighting, camp life, health, prices of food and daily necessities, news of friends, marches and travel, and his opinion of the morale and fighting spirit of the troops and officers. Two letters, dated April and May 1864, tell of being transferred to the Navy for service on the ironclad "Fredericksburg" in the James River between Richmond and the Federal fleet. Calier Hamilton's twenty-four letters were written from his training camp near Raleigh, N.C., in July 1861, and then from the Potomac River and Fredericksburg area, where he was with Company L, 12th N.C. Volunteer Regiment. These letters describe weather conditions, the health of his company, drilling, goods received from home, camp life, his bout with rheumatism and fever, and his transfer to the 38th North Carolina Regiment in the winter of 1862-1863. Later letters mention some fighting, his company's casualties, and the death of Stonewall Jackson.
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Reel M-3226/1-2
M-3226/1M-3226/2 |
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