Collection Number:
03317-z
Collection Title: D. Coleman Diary, 1863-1864.
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Chapel Hill. Unless otherwise noted, the materials described below are
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This collection was processed with support from the sponsorship of a grant from the
National Endowment for the Humanities, Office of Preservation, Washington, D.C., 1990-1993.
Size |
1 item
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Abstract |
Confederate Captain D. Coleman was an officer with various units of the Army of Tennessee
and with detached cavalry in Bedford County, Tullahoma, Chattanooga, and Lookout Mountain,
Tenn., and Chicamauga, Ringgold, and Dalton, Ga. The collection is a diary, 26 January 1863-18 February 1864 and summer, 1864, of Coleman,
including vivid descriptions of military activity, daily life, and trips to his home
at Athens, Ala., which was at times under federal occupation, to care for his family
and to recruit.
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Creator |
Coleman, D., fl. 1863-1864. |
Curatorial Unit |
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection. |
Language |
English |
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- Copyright is retained by the authors of items in these papers, or their descendants,
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- Preferred Citation
- [Identification of item], in the D. Coleman Diary, #3317-z, Southern Historical Collection,
Wilson Special Collections Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
- Alternate Form of Material
- Microfilm copy available.
- Acquisitions Information
- Purchase 1957
- Additional Descriptive Resources
- A copy of the original finding aid for this collection is filed in folder 1.
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Processed by: SHC Staff
Encoded by: Noah Huffman, December 2007
Updated by: Kathryn Michaelis, March 2011
This collection was processed with support from the sponsorship of a grant from the
National Endowment for the Humanities, Office of Preservation, Washington, D.C., 1990-1993.
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The following terms from
Library of Congress Subject
Headings
suggest topics, persons, geography, etc. interspersed through the
entire collection; the terms do
not usually represent
discrete and easily identifiable portions of the collection--such as folders or
items.
Clicking on a subject heading below will take you into the University Library's
online catalog.
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Athens (Ala.)--Social conditions--Civil War, 1861-1865.
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Bedford County (Tenn.)--History--Civil War, 1861-1865.
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Chattanooga (Tenn.)--History--Civil War, 1861-1865.
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Chickamauga (Ga.)--History--Civil War, 1861-1865.
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Coleman, D., fl. 1863-1864.
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Confederate States of America--Social conditions.
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Confederate States of America. Army--Military life.
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Confederate States of America. Army--Officers--Diaries.
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Confederate States of America. Army--Recruiting, enlistment, etc.
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Confederate States of America. Army. Cavalry.
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Dalton (Ga.)--History--Civil War, 1861-1865.
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Diaries (Blank-books)
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Georgia--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Personal narratives, Confederate.
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Lookout Mountain (Appalachian Mountains)--History--Civil War, 1861-1865.
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Ringgold (Ga.)--History--Civil War, 1861-1865.
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Tennessee--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Personal narratives, Confederate.
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Tullahoma (Tenn.)--History--Civil War, 1861-1865.
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United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Cavalry operations.
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United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Occupied territories.
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United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Personal narratives, Confederate.
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Confederate Captain D. Coleman was an officer with various units of the Army of Tennessee
and with detached cavalry in Bedford County, Tullahoma, Chattanooga, and Lookout Mountain,
Tenn., and Chicamauga, Ringgold, and Dalton, Ga.
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The collection is a diary, 26 January 1863-18 February 1864 and summer, 1864, of Coleman,
including vivid descriptions of military activity, daily life, and trips to his home
at Athens, Ala., which was at times under federal occupation, to care for his family
and to recruit.
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