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Size | 23 items |
Abstract | John Robert Hawes (1823-1900) of New Hanover County, N.C., was a student at the University of North Carolina, and a farmer, legislator, and captain and surgeon in the Confederate Army. The collection includes military orders and communications cheifly directed to Hawes relating to the mustering in of Company E of the 8th North Carolina Regiment, Confederate States of America, in New Hanover County, and its service at Wilmington, N.C. |
Creator | Hawes, John Robert, 1823-1900. |
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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John Robert Hawes (1823-1900) of New Hanover County, N.C., was a student at the University of North Carolina, and a farmer, legislator, and captain and surgeon in the Confederate Army, serving in Company E of the 8th North Carolina Regiment.
Back to TopThe collection includes military orders and communications, 1861-1862, chiefly directed to Captain John Robert Hawes of Company E of the 8th North Carolina Regiment, Confederate States of America, in New Hanover County, and its service at Wilmington, N.C. The communications relate to organization of area troops, mustering of the companies, and the arrangements for feeding, arming, and drilling the soldiers.
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