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[Identification of item], in the Ben P. Gulledge Papers #5377-z, Southern Historical Collection, The Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

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Purchased from Charles Apfelbaum in February 2008 (Acc 100856).

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Processed by: John Blythe, June 2008

Encoded by: John Blythe, June 2008

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• Camp Sevier (S.C.)
• Gulledge, Ben P.
• Military training camps--South Carolina--History--World War, 1914-1918.
• Soldiers--United States--Correspondence.
• United States. Army--Military life.
• United States. Army. American Expeditionary Forces.
• United States. Army. Infantry Regiment, 118th.
• Wadesboro (N.C.)--History.
• World War, 1914-1918--Casualties.
• World War, 1914-1918--France.
• World War, 1914-1918--Hospitals--England.
• World War, 1914-1918--Personal narratives, American.
• World War, 1914-1918--United States.

Private Ben P. Gulledge served in Company I of the 118th Infantry of the American Expeditionary Forces in France during World War I. Gulledge, a North Carolinian, was wounded on the battlefield on 17 October 1918 and spent several months recuperating at a hospital in England.

The collection contains 18 letters from North Carolina soldier Private Ben P. Gulledge, serving with the 118th Infantry of the American Expeditionary Forces in France during World War I, to his girlfriend Minnie Jones of Wadesboro, N.C. Topics include conditions at Camp Sevier in Greenville, S.C., where Gulledge was stationed prior to his company's deployment to France; Gulledge's wounding on the battlefield in France; and Gulledge's recuperation at a hospital in England. Also included are a letter to Jones from a Kentucky-based soldier and two documents relating to the return of the remains of Private Charles Peter Jones of Wadesboro, N.C., possibly the brother of Minnie Jones.