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| Size | 0.5 feet of linear shelf space (approximately 100 items) |
| Abstract | Civil war era letters and diaries of Aaron Leonidas DeArmond (1827-1864), white farmer of Mecklenburg County, N.C., and sergeant in the 30th Regiment, North Carolina Infantry, Confederate States Army. In diary entries and letters home to his wife Nancy Jane Edwards DeArmond (b. 1836), he comments on campaigns and battles, including Second Manassas, Fredericksburg where he was wounded, Chancellorsville, Antietam, and Gettysburg, and on his imprisonment at Camp Lookout, Md., and City Point, Va. DeArmond advises Nancy on operating the farm and planting the crops in his absence, and he refers by first name to individuals who may have been enslaved African Americans both on the farm and encamped with the C.S.A. In addition to the original letters and diaries, the collection contains both handwritten and typed transcriptions, research files containing materials about family history and Civil War battlefields, commemorative Civil War issues of (2012) by descendant Martha R. Brown. The book is a fictionalized account that is based in part on DeArmond's letters and diary entries. Acquired as part of the Southern Historical Collection. |
| Creator | DeArmond, Aaron Leonidas, 1827-1864. |
| Curatorial Unit | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection. |
| Language | English |
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A summary description was created in February 2018 to provide information about unprocessed materials in Wilson Special Collections Library.
Encoded by: Laura Smith
Updated in December 2021 by Jackie Dean for ArchivesSpace migration.
Updated in January 2023 by Jodi Berkowitz
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Originally a farmer from Mecklenburg County, N.C., Aaron Leonidas DeArmond (1827-1864) was a sergeant in the 30th North Carolina Regiment of the Confederate Army. He served under the command of General Robert E. Lee, Lt. Gen. Thomas J. “Stonewall” Jackson, Major General Daniel H. Hill, Brigadier General Robert Rodes, and Brigadier General Stephen Ramseur. During a period from 1862 until his death in August 1864, DeArmond was present at battles such as Second Manasses, Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, Antietam, Gettysburg, and Washington. He was imprisoned twice during that time, and wounded once. He died either on August 5, 1864 or August 19, 1864 from wounds received returning from the campaign in Washington, D.C.
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The collection consists of Civil War era letters and diaries of Aaron Leonidas DeArmond (1827-1864). In diary entries and letters home to his wife Nancy Jane Edwards DeArmond (b. 1836), he comments on campaigns and battles, including Second Manassas, Fredericksburg where he was wounded, Chancellorsville, Antietam, and Gettysburg, and on his imprisonment at Camp Lookout, Md., and City Point, Va. DeArmond advises Nancy on operating the farm and planting the crops in his absence, and he refers by first name to individuals who may have been enslaved African Americans both on the farm and encamped with the C.S.A. In addition to the original letters and diaries, the collection contains both handwritten and typed transcriptions, research files containing materials about family history and Civil War battlefields, commemorative Civil War issues of (2012) by descendant Martha R. Brown. The book is a fictionalized account that is based in part on DeArmond's letters and diary entries.
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