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Size | 43 items |
Abstract | John Dudley Tatum (1839-1862) was a school teacher, graduate of the University of North Carolina, and Confederate soldier killed at the Battle of Murfreesboro. The collection includes letters from Tatum to his sisters in Milledgeville, Ga., while he was a student at Mercer College (now Mercer University), then at Penfield, Ga., and at the University of North Carolina, 1855-1858, discussing school life and social activities; as a teacher in Alabama and Arkansas, discussing social customs, the surrounding countryside, and Arkansas's secession; and while in the Confederate Army, 1861-1862, as a member of Company E, 48th Regiment of Alabama Volunteers, stationed near Savannah Ga., discussing camp life and preparations for the city's defense, and in Tennessee. In his letters, he expressed great interest in his sisters' education and included comments about their deportment and letter-writing. |
Creator | Tatum, John Dudley, 1839-1862. |
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, March 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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John Dudley Tatum (1839-1862) was born near Milledgeville, Ga., to Herbert Dudley Tatum, a native of North Carolina, and Frances Kirby Greene Tatum, a native of Virginia. He was educated at Mercer College (now Mercer University), then at Penfield, Ga., and at the University of North Carolina, 1855-1858. He was for a time a teacher in Alabama and Arkansas and served in Company E, 48th Regiment of Alabama Volunteers, Confederate Army. Tatum was killed at the Battle of Murfreesboro.
Back to TopThe collection includes letters from John Dudley Tatum to his sister Anna Tatum in Milledgeville and Madison, Ga., while he was a student at Mercer College and at the University of North Carolina, 1855-1858, discussing school life and social activities; as a teacher in Alabama and Arkansas, 1859-1861, discussing social customs, the surrounding countryside, and Arkansas's secession; and while in the Confederate Army, 1861-1862, as a member of Company E, 48th Regiment of Alabama Volunteers, stationed near Savannah Ga., discussing camp life and preparations for the city's defense, and in Tennessee. In his letters, he expressed great interest in his sisters' education and included comments about their deportment and letter-writing.
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