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Size | 31 items |
Abstract | Edward Augustus Wild (1825-1891) of Brookline, Mass., was a federal officer with the 1st Massachusetts Infantry, 1861-1862; 35th Massachusetts Infantry, 1862-1863; and with the African Brigade (1863-1865), a brigade formed from the 55th Massachusetts Regiment (colored) and the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd North Carolina (colored) regiments. The collection includes correspondence, lists, and a military directive relating to African-American federal troops and Confederate guerillas in northeastern North Carolina, 1863-1864, and miscellaneous material relating to Company A, 1st Massachusetts Infantry. Union Brigadier General Edward Augustus Wild is the central figure in the papers. |
Creator | Wild, Edward Augustus, 1825-1891. |
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, April 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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Edward Augustus Wild (1825-1891) of Brookline, Mass., was a federal officer with the 1st Massachusetts Infantry, 1861-1862; 35th Massachusetts Infantry, 1862-1863; and with the African Brigade (1863-1865), a brigade formed from the 55th Massachusetts Regiment (colored) and the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd North Carolina (colored) regiments.
Back to TopThe collection includes correspondence, lists, and a military directive relating to African-American federal troops and Confederate guerillas in northeastern North Carolina, 1863-1864, and miscellaneous material relating to Company A, 1st Massachusetts Infantry. Union Brigadier General Edward Augustus Wild is the central figure in the papers.
Back to TopLetters and notices, mostly from Wild, reporting skirmishes with guerrillas, burnings of their camps, and handling of hostages and a prisoner; and a directive from Wild to his troops about executing guerillas. These activities centered in Camden, Perquimans, and Pasquotank counties, North Carolina.
Folder 1 |
CorrespondenceIncludes original finding aid. |
An eighteen-page report by Wild about a late 1863 raid by his troops against guerrillas (at least some of whom were known as "N.C. Defenders"), about the military situation at the time in northeastern North Carolina, and about the inhabitants of the region; and a transcription of an article from the New York World entitled "A Wild General."
Folder 2 |
Writings |
A variety of lists of military personnel. There are eight lists of "N.C. Defenders," made for a number of purposes. There are also six muster rolls of Wild's Massachusetts troops, noting physical descriptions, places of birth, occupations, dates of enlistment, assignments, and eventual military fates. Also included are registers of deaths, deserters, and discharges of these troops.
Folder 3 |
Lists |
Oversize Paper Folder OPF-4256/1 |
Muster rolls, Massachussetts troops, 1861-1862 |