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Size | 57 items |
Abstract | The Long family of Alamance County, N.C., included John Long and Letitia R. Long and their sons John A. Long, Benjamin N. Long, and Jacob Long. The three sons served in the Confederate army and all were apparently killed in action by the end of 1862. The collection includes the correspondence of the Long family and contains chiefly letters written, 1861-1862, by John A. Long, Benjamin N. Long, and Jacob Long in Confederate camps in various places in Virginia, as well as Raleigh, N.C., and Frederick, Md., to their parents at home concerning food, clothes, health, drilling, preaching, and other matters. Among other letters is one, 1872, from a patient at "Insane Asylum, N.C." briefly describing her life there. Spelling is frequently colloquial. |
Creator | Long (Family : Alamance County, 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, 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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The Long family of Alamance County, N.C., included John Long and Letitia R. Long and their sons John A. Long, Benjamin N. Long, and Jacob Long. The three sons served in the Confederate army and all were apparently killed in action by the end of 1862.
Back to TopThe collection includes correspondence of the Long family, chiefly letters written, 1861-1862, by John A. Long, Benjamin N. Long, and Jacob Long in Confederate camps in various places in Virginia, as well as Raleigh, N.C., and Frederick, Md., to their parents John and Letitia R. Long at home, concerning food, clothes, health, drilling, preaching, and other matters. Among other letters is one, 1857, from Eliza S. Thomas of Lawsonville, N.C., relating family news and plans to move to Missouri; also one letter 1872, from a patient at "Insane Asylum, N.C." briefly describing her life there; and other letters and fragments. Spelling is frequently colloquial.
Back to TopFolder 1 |
Original finding aid |
1857-1861 |
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Folder 2 |
1862-1877 and undated |