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Size | About 30 items |
Abstract | Emma E. Ross was the daughter of Dr. Francis Madison Ross and Dorcas N. Gilmer Ross of Charlotte, N.C. In 1861 she married James Harty of Charlotte. The collection contains nine letters to Emma E. Ross before her marriage from her friend Harriette (last name unknown) of New Bern, N.C., and seventeen from her brother, Egbert A. Ross (1842-1863) written while he was attending Colonel Tew's Military Academy in Hillsborough, N.C. in 1860 and while he served as a Confederate officer with the 1st and 11th North Carolina regiments in Virginia and eastern North Carolina; a letter to Emma from her mother; and a few other items. The letters from Harriette deal largely with courtship and social life. Those from Egbert discuss life at school, troop movements, need for food, mortality of troops from disease, and other matters. |
Creator | Harty, Emma E. Ross, b. 1840. |
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: 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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Emma E. Ross was the daughter of Dr. Francis Madison Ross and Dorcas N. Gilmer Ross of Charlotte, N.C. In 1861 she married James Harty of Charlotte.
Back to TopThe collection contains nine letters to Emma E. Ross before her marriage from her friend Harriette (last name unknown) of New Bern, N.C., and seventeen from her brother, Egbert A. Ross (1842-1863) written while he was attending Colonel Tew's Military Academy in Hillsborough, N.C. in 1860 and while he served as a Confederate officer with the 1st and 11th North Carolina regiments in Virginia and eastern North Carolina; a letter to Emma from her mother; and a few other items. The letters from Harriette deal largely with courtship and social life. Those from Egbert discuss life at school, troop movements, need for food, mortality of troops from disease, and other matters.
Back to TopFolder 1 |
Original finding aid |
1860 |
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Folder 2 |
1861-1862 and undated |
Image Folder PF-3631/1 |
Two photographs of Egbert A. Ross in his Confederate Army uniform, circa 1861-1863Taken from an older tintype |