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Collection Number: 01600

Collection Title: David Thomas Copeland Papers, 1859-1888.

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Size 60 items
Abstract MICROFILM ONLY. Papers of David Thomas Copeland, including a diary of Copeland and his son James Isaac (1868-1929), farmers of Laurens County, S.C.; about fifty letters between David Thomas Copeland, with the Third South Carolina Volunteers, 1861-1865, and his fiancee, Mattie Adair, in Laurens District, S.C.; and a few other items. The diary describes daily work, family and social activities and J. I. Copeland's schooling. David Thomas Copeland's Civil War letters deal with his military experiences in Virginia, North Carolina, and South Carolina, including the Battle of First Manassas, the battles of Fisher's Hill and Cedar Creek, 1864, and Johnston's final campaign, 1865. Adair's letters deal with community life, farm work, and other matters.
Creator Copeland, David Thomas, 1842-1916.
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.
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 David Thomas Copeland Papers, #1600, Southern Historical Collection, The Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Location of Originals
Originals in private hands in 1978.
Additional Descriptive Resources
A more complete finding aid for this collection is available at the Southern Historical Collection.
Sensitive Materials Statement
Manuscript collections and archival records may contain materials with sensitive or confidential information that is protected under federal or state right to privacy laws and regulations, the North Carolina Public Records Act (N.C.G.S. § 132 1 et seq.), and Article 7 of the North Carolina State Personnel Act (Privacy of State Employee Personnel Records, N.C.G.S. § 126-22 et seq.). Researchers are advised that the disclosure of certain information pertaining to identifiable living individuals represented in this collection without the consent of those individuals may have legal ramifications (e.g., a cause of action under common law for invasion of privacy may arise if facts concerning an individual's private life are published that would be deemed highly offensive to a reasonable person) for which the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill assumes no responsibility.
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Processed by: SHC Staff

Encoded by: Noah Huffman, December 2007

Updated by: Laura Hart, July 2021

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MICROFILM ONLY. Papers of David Thomas Copeland, including a diary of Copeland and his son James Isaac (1868-1929), farmers of Laurens County, S.C.; about fifty letters between David Thomas Copeland, with the Third South Carolina Volunteers, 1861-1865, and his fiancee, Mattie Adair, in Laurens District, S.C.; and a few other items. The diary describes daily work, family and social activities and J. I. Copeland's schooling. David Thomas Copeland's Civil War letters deal with his military experiences in Virginia, North Carolina, and South Carolina, including the Battle of First Manassas, the battles of Fisher's Hill and Cedar Creek, 1864, and Johnston's final campaign, 1865. Adair's letters deal with community life, farm work, and other matters.

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Reel M-1600/1-2

M-1600/1

M-1600/2

Microfilm copy of papers, 1859-1888

Access restriction: The original physical documents are not owned by the Library or stored in Wilson Special Collections Library.

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