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Size | 55 items |
Abstract | George Whitaker Wills (died 1864) was a soldier in with the 43rd North Carolina Infantry Regiment, who served primarily in Virginia. The collection includes Civil War letters from Wills to his sister in Halifax County, N.C., concerning camp life and troop movements, including moving through Pennsylvania toward Gettysburg, and other military affairs. |
Creator | Wills, George Whitaker, d. 1864. |
Curatorial Unit | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection. |
Language | English |
Processed by: SHC Staff
Encoded by: Noah Huffman, December 2007
Updated by: Kate Stratton and Jodi Berkowitz, January 2009
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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George Whitaker Wills (died 1864) was a soldier in with the 43rd North Carolina Infantry Regiment, who served primarily in Virginia.
Back to TopThe collection includes Civil War letters from George Whitaker Wills to his sister Lucy Cary Wills in Halifax County, N.C., concerning military training and preparations, camp life, troop movements, including moving through Pennsylvania toward Gettysburg, and other military affairs.
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Original finding aid |
1861 |
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Folder 2 |
1862 |
Folder 3 |
1863 |
Folder 4 |
1864 |