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[Identification of item], in the A. J. McIntire Diaries #5154-z, Southern Historical Collection, Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

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Purchased from Charles Apfelbaum of Watchung, N.J., in March 2004 (Acc. 99762).

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• African Americans--Education--North Carolina--History--19th century.
• Confederate States of America. Army--Military life.
• Confederate States of America. Army. North Carolina Infantry Regiment, 38th.
• Diaries.
• Families--North Carolina--Social life and customs.
• McIntire, A. J., fl. 1864-1868.
• Sampson County (N.C.)--Social life and customs.
• Schools--North Carolina--History--19th century.
• Soldiers--Confederate States of America--Diaries.
• Teachers--North Carolina--History--19th century.
• United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Personal narratives, Confederate.
• Wilderness, Battle of the, Va., 1864.

A. J. McIntire (fl. 1864-1868) served as an orderly sergeant in Company C of the 38th North Carolina Infantry Regiment in 1864. Having previously lived in Lillington, N.C., he later moved to Sampson County, N.C., where he taught at a school for African Americans.

The first diary (46 p.), was written while Orderly Sergeant A. J. McIntire of the 38th North Carolina Infantry, Company C, was in service with the Army of Northern Virginia. His entries, dated 1 January to 8 June 1864, are brief, listing the day's occurrences with scant embellishment. Some of the events noted include North Carolina Governor Zebulon B. Vance's visit and speech to the brigade, troop movement, the shooting of deserters, the arrival of new conscripts, and participation in the May 1864 Battle of the Wilderness. There is a typed transcription of this volume that was provided by the seller.

The second diary, dated 1 January 1867 to 25 May 1868 (360 p.), offers more detail than the first. Working as a teacher at Mr. William James Cromartie's Negro House in Sampson County, N.C., McIntire wrote often of the weather and his health, along with social encounters, personal religious study, leisure time activity (namely fiddling and playing baseball), and school events. He also noted a failed attempt at registering to vote, thwarted by not having signed the Oath of Allegiance to the United States Constitution.