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Collection Manuscript/Mixed Material John S. Anglin correspondence, 1861-1864 John S. Anglin papers / John Sewell Anglin papers

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Title

  • John S. Anglin correspondence, 1861-1864

Other Title

  • John S. Anglin papers
  • John Sewell Anglin papers

Summary

  • Letters from Anglin while serving with the Iredell Blues (Company A, 4th North Carolina Infantry Regiment, Confederate Army) to his family written from Fort Caswell, N.C., and from various camps in Virginia concerning regimental casualties during the Battle of Seven Pines (Battle of Fair Oaks, Va., 1862), efforts by Confederate soldiers to avoid infantry duty by volunteering for service in the Confederate Navy, and camp life, diet, morale, troop movements, supplies, disease, and deaths during the Manassas Campaign (2nd Battle of Bull Run, Va., 1862), Peninsular Campaign, 1862, and the Shenandoah Valley Campaign of 1864. Also includes comments on inflation and the contribution of women in Virginia to the war effort.

Names

  • Anglin, John S. (John Sewell), approximately 1844-

Headings

  • -  Confederate States of America.--Army--Military life
  • -  Confederate States of America.--Army.--North Carolina Infantry Regiment, 4th.--Company A
  • -  Confederate States of America.--Navy
  • -  Bull Run, 2nd Battle of, Va., 1862
  • -  Fair Oaks, Battle of, Va., 1862
  • -  Peninsular Campaign, Va., 1862
  • -  Shenandoah Valley Campaign, 1864 (August-November)
  • -  Fort Caswell (N.C.)--History
  • -  Manassas Region (Va.)--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
  • -  North Carolina--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
  • -  Shenandoah River Valley (Va. and W. Va.)--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
  • -  United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Campaigns
  • -  United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Casualties
  • -  United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Economic aspects
  • -  United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Equipment and supplies
  • -  United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Health aspects
  • -  United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Psychological aspects
  • -  Virginia--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
  • -  Virginia--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Women

Notes

  • -  In part, handwritten transcripts. [Place of transcription unidentified].
  • -  Gift, Louise Haskins, 1974.
  • -  Confederate soldier and merchant.
  • -  Collection material in English.
  • -  Forms part of: Miscellaneous Manuscripts collection.

Medium

  • 17 items.

Repository

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • mm78005921

Access Advisory

  • Open to research.

Online Format

  • pdf
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Anglin, John S. , Approximately. John S. Anglin correspondence, -1864. Manuscript/Mixed Material. https://aj.sunback.homes/item/mm78005921/.

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Anglin, J. S. John S. Anglin correspondence, -1864. [Manuscript/Mixed Material] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://aj.sunback.homes/item/mm78005921/.

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Anglin, John S. , Approximately. John S. Anglin correspondence, -1864. Manuscript/Mixed Material. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <aj.sunback.homes/item/mm78005921/>.