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Collection Number: 05467-z

Collection Title: Andrew McKinney Letter, 1863

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Abstract The collection is a letter dated 1 February 1863 and written from New Bern, N.C., by Andrew McKinney, a white federal soldier. Also included is a typed transcription of the letter's contents. In this letter to a friend, McKinney writes about marches, United States Army officers, the crimes of federal soldiers he has witnessed, weather, New Bern, and the freedpeople there. He mentions President Abraham Lincoln and the Emancipation Proclamation made earlier that year. His comments about the formerly enslaved people are disparaging and dehumanizing, and he compares slavery favorably to the Union Army because by his reasoning, masters provided adequate food and shelter to the enslaved. He reiterates to the letter's recipient that despite these feelings he is not a secessionist.
Creator McKinney, Andrew, active 1863.
Curatorial Unit University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection.
Language English
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Restrictions to Access
No restrictions. Open for research.
Restrictions to Use
No usage restrictions.
Copyright Notice
Copyright is retained by the authors of items in these papers, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], in the Andrew McKinney Letter #5467-z, Southern Historical Collection, The Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Acquisitions Information
Recieved June, 2010 (Acc. 101306).
Sensitive Materials Statement
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Encoded by: Laura Smith

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Andrew McKinney was a white federal soldier in the CIvil War.

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The collection is a letter dated 1 February 1863 and written from New Bern, N.C., by Andrew McKinney. Also included is a typed transcription of the letter's contents. In this letter to a friend, McKinney writes about marches, United States Army officers, the crimes of federal soldiers he has witnessed, weather, New Bern, and the freedpeople there. He mentions President Abraham Lincoln and the Emancipation Proclamation made earlier that year. His comments about the formerly enslaved people are disparaging and dehumanizing, and he compares slavery favorably to the Union Army because by his reasoning, masters provided adequate food and shelter to the enslaved. He reiterates to the letter's recipient that despite these feelings he is not a secessionist.

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