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[Identification of item], in the Paul Octave Hebert Lettercopy Book, #3183, Southern Historical Collection, The Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

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Encoded by: Noah Huffman, December 2007

Updated by: Kathryn Michaelis, March 2011

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The following terms from Library of Congress Subject Headings suggest topics, persons, geography, etc. interspersed through the entire collection; the terms do not usually represent discrete and easily identifiable portions of the collection--such as folders or items.

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• Beauregard, G. T. (Gustave Toutant), 1818-1893.
• Confederate States of America. Army--Management.
• Confederate States of America. Army--Officers--Correspondence.
• Hebert, Paul Octave, 1818-1880.
• Howard College (Birmingham, Ala.)--Societies, etc.--History.
• Howard College (Birmingham, Ala.). Franklin Literary Society.
• Literature--Societies, etc.--History.
• Louisiana--History--Civil War, 1861-1865.
• McFarland, Walter.
• Samford University--History.
• Secession.
• United States. Army. Corps of Engineers--History--19th century.
• United States. Army. Corps of Engineers. New Orleans District.
• Universities and colleges--Societies, etc.--History.

The collection is a volume containing three apparently unrelated sets of records: (1) lettercopy book, December 1859-February 1861, of the United States army engineers' office, New Orleans, La., under P. G. T. Beauregard and Walter McFarland, concerning regular business and the contest, upon secession, between the state of Louisiana and the United States Army over federal property; (2) lettercopy book, April-August 1861, of Colonel (later General) Paul Octave Hebert, Confederate States of America, New Orleans, concerning artillery, supplies, ammunition, personnel, and organization; and (3) records, 1896-1902, of the Franklin Literary Society at Howard College, East Lake, Ala. (predecessor of Samford University).