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Collection Number: 02403-z

Collection Title: Anne Linebarger Snuggs Papers, 1803-1932 (bulk 1861-1869)

This is a finding aid. It is a description of archival material held in the Wilson Library at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Unless otherwise noted, the materials described below are physically available in our reading room, and not digitally available through the World Wide Web. See the Duplication Policy section for more information.


This collection was rehoused and a summary created with support from the National Endowment for the Humanities; this finding aid was created with support from NC ECHO.

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Size 15 items
Abstract Anne Linebarger Snuggs (1840-1911) was the sister of Thomas James Linebarger (1838-1928), Confederate captain with the 28th North Carolina Regiment. The collection includes seven letters, in part typed transcriptions, February 1863-October 1864, from Thomas James Linebarger, while serving with the Confederate Army in Virginia, to Anne Linebarger, discussing casualties and fighting, especially in the Wilderness Campaign; T. J. Linebarger's terse diary, 1861-1869, listing events of his Civil War experiences and life during Reconstruction in Catawba County, N.C., with cryptic references to Ku Klux Klan activities; and a few other items.
Creator Snuggs, Anne Linebarger, 1840-1911.
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.
Restrictions to Use
No usage restrictions.
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 Anne Linebarger Snuggs Papers, #2403-z, Southern Historical Collection, The Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Alternate Form of Material
Typed transcription of diary available.
Acquisitions Information
Received from Laura Virginia Snuggs of Washington, D.C., February 1942.
Additional Descriptive Resources
A copy of the original finding aid for this collection is filed in folder 1.
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: Kate Stratton and Jodi Berkowitz, October 2009

Updated by: Laura Hart, July 2021

Updated by: Laura Smith, January 2022

This collection was rehoused and a summary created with support from the National Endowment for the Humanities.

This finding aid was created with support from NC ECHO.

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Anne Linebarger Snuggs (1840-1911) was the sister of Thomas James Linebarger (1838-1928), Confederate captain with the 28th North Carolina Regiment.

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The collection includes seven letters, in part typed transcriptions, February 1863-October 1864, from Thomas James Linebarger while he was a Confederate captain with the 28th North Carolina Regiment in Virginia, to his sister, Anne Linebarger, discussing casualties and fighting, especially in the Wilderness Campaign; T. J. Linebarger's terse diary, 1861-1869, listing events of his Civil War experiences and life during Reconstruction in Catawba County, N.C., with cryptic references to the Ku Klux Klan's domestic terrorism; and a few other items.

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Contents list

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Folder 1

Papers, 1803, 1863-1865, 1932

Includes original finding aid.

Extra Oversize Paper Folder XOPF-2403/1

Extra oversize papers, 1803, 1863-1865, and 1932

Folder 2

Volume 1 and 2: Diary, 1861-1869

Folder 3

Diary, typed copy

Special Format Image SF-P-2403/1

Special format image

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Extra oversize paper folder (XOPF-2403/1)

Special format image (SF-P-2403/1)

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