This is a finding aid. It is a description of archival material held in the Wilson Library at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Unless otherwise noted, the materials described below are physically available in our reading room, and not digitally available through the World Wide Web. See the Duplication Policy section for more information.
Size | 35 items. |
Abstract | MICROFILM ONLY. Native of Orono, Me., Foster attended Bowdoin College and in 1857 moved to Norfolk, Va., where he worked as a newspaper editor. In 1859 he moved to Murfreesboro, N.C., where he owned and operated a newspaper for a short period. During the Civil War he tried unsuccessfully to be elected to the United States Congress as a union representative from North Carolina. In 1863 he was commissioned as a captain in the Union Army and succeeded in raising a regiment of North Carolina troops which saw limited action along the coast. His commission was taken from him in the spring of 1864 and he thereafter divided his time between a law practice at Plymouth, N.C., and trips to Maine and Boston, Mass. Foster returned to Murfreesboro as hostilities were drawing to a close in April 1865 and lived there until 1878, operating a small mercantile establishment, practicing law, and serving as a reporter to northern papers. In 1878 he moved to Philadelphia where he became a leading editorialist for the Record. Miscellaneous papers, including diary/notebooks, 1847-1849 (9 volumes) written at Orono, Me., and Bowdoin College by Charles H. Foster as a young man, containing brief memoirs, essays, comments, descriptions of books read, and notes of events; diary, 1865, documenting his move from Boston to federally-occupied Murfreesboro, N.C., where he was a merchant, mentioning social and economic conditions in the area; diaries, 1875, 1878, and 1881, reflecting life in Murfreesboro, the family's move to Philadelphia in 1878, and Foster's work as a freelance writer; diary and memoranda book, 1868-1876, of Foster's wife and daughter recording household activities and community life at Murfreesboro; and miscellaneous papers, including items relating to Foster's recruiting activities for the 2nd North Carolina Regiment of Union Volunteers, U.S.A. Also includes one photograph of Charles Henry Foster. |
Creator | Foster, Charles Henry, 1830-1882. |
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: Dawne Howard Lucas, December 2021
Back to TopThe 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.
Native of Orono, Me., Foster attended Bowdoin College and in 1857 moved to Norfolk, Va., where he worked as a newspaper editor. In 1859 he moved to Murfreesboro, N.C., where he owned and operated a newspaper for a short period. During the Civil War he tried unsuccessfully to be elected to the United States Congress as a union representative from North Carolina. In 1863 he was commissioned as a captain in the Union Army and succeeded in raising a regiment of North Carolina troops which saw limited action along the coast. His commission was taken from him in the spring of 1864 and he thereafter divided his time between a law practice at Plymouth, N.C., and trips to Maine and Boston, Mass. Foster returned to Murfreesboro as hostilities were drawing to a close in April 1865 and lived there until 1878, operating a small mercantile establishment, practicing law, and serving as a reporter to northern papers. In 1878 he moved to Philadelphia where he became a leading editorialist for the Record.
Back to TopMICROFILM ONLY. Miscellaneous papers, including diary/notebooks, 1847-1849 (9 volumes) written at Orono, Me., and Bowdoin College by Charles H. Foster as a young man, containing brief memoirs, essays, comments, descriptions of books read, and notes of events; diary, 1865, documenting his move from Boston to federally-occupied Murfreesboro, N.C., where he was a merchant, mentioning social and economic conditions in the area; diaries, 1875, 1878, and 1881, reflecting life in Murfreesboro, the family's move to Philadelphia in 1878, and Foster's work as a freelance writer; diary and memoranda book, 1868-1876, of Foster's wife and daughter recording household activities and community life at Murfreesboro; and miscellaneous papers, including items relating to Foster's recruiting activities for the 2nd North Carolina Regiment of Union Volunteers, U.S.A.
Also includes one photograph of Charles Henry Foster.
Back to Top
Reel M-3498/1-3
M-3498/1M-3498/2M-3498/3 |
Microfilm |
Image Folder PF-3498/1 |
Photograph of Charles Henry Foster |