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Size | 7 items |
Abstract | Julien Dwight Martin was a collector who resided in Wilmington, N.C., and Newport News, Va. The collection includes three letters, 1861-1863, from Edward Hall Armstrong (1841-1864) of Wilmington, N.C., student at the University of North Carolina and captain in the 3rd North Carolina Regiment, written to his father; charges, 26 November 1862, against Captain Armstrong for failing to carry out an order; a photocopy of a Mexican War order, 3 May 1847, transferring P. G. T. Beauregard (1818-1893); a letter, 1925, from the North Carolina Soldiers Home, Raleigh, N.C.; and a letter, 1957, from Julien Dwight Martin to Colonel Owen Kenan concerning the Armstrong items. The letters from Armstrong are from Chapel Hill, N.C., 20 April 1861, about reactions on campus to the impending crisis, and from Winchester, Va., 23 October 1862, and Orange Court House, Va., 2 August 1863, about war news and troops needing blankets. |
Creator | Martin, Julien Dwight. |
Curatorial Unit | Southern Historical Collection |
Language | English |
Processed by: Staff, 1992
Encoded by: Peter Hymas, November 2004
Funding from the State Library of North Carolina supported the encoding of this finding aid.
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Julien Dwight Martin was a collector who resided in Wilmington, N.C., and Newport News, Va.
Edward Hall Armstrong was the son of Thomas G. Armstrong of New Hanover County, N.C. He was a student at the University of North Carolina, 1858-1861, and received his degree posthumously in 1911. He served as a captain in the 3rd North Carolina Regiment and was killed in May 1864.
Back to TopThe collection includes three letters, 1861-1863, from Edward Hall Armstrong (1841-1864) of Wilmington, N.C., student at the University of North Carolina and captain in the 3rd North Carolina Regiment, written to his father; charges, 26 November 1862, against Captain Armstrong for failing to carry out an order; a photocopy of a Mexican War order, 3 May 1847, transferring P. G. T. Beauregard (1818-1893); a letter, 1925, from the North Carolina Soldiers Home, Raleigh, N.C.; and a letter, 1957, from Julien Dwight Martin to Colonel Owen Kenan concerning the Armstrong items. The letters from Armstrong are from Chapel Hill, N.C., 20 April 1861, about reactions on campus to the coming Civil War, and from Winchester, Va., 23 October 1862, and Orange Court House, Va., 2 August 1863, about war news and troops' needing blankets.
Back to TopArrangement: chronological.
Folder 1 |
Papers, 1847-1957
Digital version: Letter from Edward H. Armstrong to Thomas G. Armstrong, 20 April
1861
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