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Size | 0.5 feet of linear shelf space (approximately 160 items) |
Abstract | George Loyall Gordon (1829-1862) was a lawyer and planter of Alexandria, Va., and Louisa County, Va., who served with the Confederate Army, 15th North Carolina Regiment. The collection includes family correspondence of Gordon and correspondence, 1874-1900, and a commonplace book, 1888-1889, of his daughter, Mary Long Gordon (1861-1895). About one-third of the collection consists of letters from Gordon, 1861-1862, to his wife, Mary Long Daniel Gordon, and to his mother, Elizabeth Gordon, written while he was serving with the 15th North Carolina Regiment on the Virginia Peninsula prior to his death at Malvern Hill. These letters discuss Gordon's thoughts and feelings about the war, his daily activities, and his concern for his relatives at home. Postwar items, 1874-1900, are primarily personal correspondence of Gordon's daughter, Mary Long Gordon, of Loudoun County, Va., and Raleigh, N.C., with relatives in Charlottesville, Va., and others, chiefly concerning family and social affairs, including life in Raleigh, N.C., 1890-1900. |
Creator | Gordon, George Loyall, 1829-1862. |
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, December 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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George Loyall Gordon (1829-1862) was a lawyer and planter of Alexandria and Louisa County, Va. He was married to Mary Long Daniel, daughter of Judge Joseph J. Daniel, in 1854 and they had five children. In June 1861, Gordon entered the Confederate Army in North Carolina and served with the 15th North Carolina Regiment until he was killed at Malvern Hill, Va., in July 1862.
One of George Loyall Gordon's children was Mary Long Gordon (1861-1895). She became the second wife of Dr. Richard H. Lewis (1850-1926) in 1890, and was the mother of one child, Nell Battle Lewis. Mary Long Gordon's siblings were Armistead Churchill Gordon of Staunton, Va., and James Lindsay Gordon of Charlottesville, Va., and New York, and two sisters who died young.
Back to TopThe collection includes family correspondence of George Loyall Gordon and correspondence, 1874-1900, and a commonplace book, 1888-1889, of his daughter, Mary Long Gordon Lewis. About one-third of the collection consists of letters from George Loyall Gordon, 1861-1862, to his wife, Mary Long Daniel Gordon, and to his mother, Elizabeth Gordon, written while he was serving with the 15th North Carolina Regiment on the Virginia Peninsula. These letters discuss Gordon's thoughts and feelings about the war, his daily activities, and his concern for his relatives at home. Postwar items, 1874-1900, are primarily personal correspondence of Gordon's daughter, Mary Long Gordon Lewis, of Loudoun County, Va., and Raleigh, N.C., with relatives in Charlottesville, Va., and others, chiefly concerning family and social affairs, including life in Raleigh, N.C., 1890-1900.
Back to TopFolder 1a |
Original finding aid |
Folder 1 |
1852-1861 |
Folder 2 |
1862-1879 |
Folder 3 |
1880-1889 |
Folder 4 |
1890-1892 |
Folder 5 |
1893-1900 |
Folder 6-7
Folder 6Folder 7 |
Undated |
Folder 8 |
PhotographsIncludes five family photographs. Among the subjects are Miss Mary Long Gordon and Richard H. Lewis. |
Folder 9 |
Volume 1: Commonplace book, Mary Long Gordon, 1888-1889Commonplace book includes literary entries, photographs of Mary Long Gordon's two brothers, Armistead Churchill and James Lindsay Gordon, and miscellaneous clippings. |