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Size | 13 items |
Abstract | Eleven letters among or relating to members of the McLaurin family of Morven, Anson County, N.C., and two other related items. Most letters are from McLaurins (Daniel T., Neil, John, D.D.) in the Confederate Army to relatives at home. There are letters from members of the 59th North Carolina Regiment and the 4th North Carolina Cavalry, and from locations that include Smith Island and Fort Fisher, N.C., and Orange County, Va. Letters concern fighting and marches, other war news, news of relatives and friends, health, injuries, and deaths, and clothing needed by soldiers. Other items are an 1899 chattel mortgage certificate and an undated handwrittten version of the song "Barbara Allen." |
Creator | McLaurin (Family : Morven, N.C.) |
Curatorial Unit | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection. |
Language | English |
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Eleven letters among or relating to members of the McLaurin family of Morven, Anson County, N.C., and two other related items. Most letters are from McLaurins (Daniel T., Neil, John, D.D.) in the Confederate Army to relatives at home. There are letters from members of the 59th North Carolina Regiment and the 4th North Carolina Cavalry, and from locations that include Smith Island and Fort Fisher, N.C., and Orange County, Va. Letters concern fighting and marches, other war news, news of relatives and friends, health, injuries, and deaths, and clothing needed by soldiers. Other items are an 1899 chattel mortgage certificate and an undated handwrittten version of the song "Barbara Allen."
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