Inventory of the Allen and Simpson Family Papers, 1862-1864

Collection Number 929-z


Manuscripts Department, University Library of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Collection Information
Descriptive Summary
Administrative Information
Online Catalog Headings
Collection Overview
Contact Information:
Manuscripts Department
CB#3926, Wilson Library
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, NC 27514-8890
Phone: 919/962-1345
Fax: 919/962-3594
Email: mss@email.unc.edu
URL: http://www.lib.unc.edu/mss/
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Descriptive Summary

Repository
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection.
Creator
Alden family.
Simpson family.
Title
Allen and Simpson Family Papers, 1862-1864.
Call Number
929-z
Language of Materials
Materials in English
Extent
103 items.
Abstract
The collection includes personal letters between Lieutenant James M. Simpson, 13th Alabama Infantry Regiment, Confederate States of America, serving in Virginia, and his mother and his wife, Addie Alden Simpson, in Tallassee, Tallapoosa County, Ala., describing, among other matters, religious life in camp, the Battle of Gettysburg, and family and community news from Tallassee. Also included are a letter from J. Wheeler to the citizens of Tennessee calling for more volunteers, an autobiographical sketch of Charles Teed Pollard (born 1805) of Alabama(?), written in 1887, and love letters between James and Addie Simpson.


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Administrative Information

Location of Originals
Original returned to private owner in 1944.
Alternate Form of Material
Partial typed transcription available.
Processing Information
Processed by: SHC Staff
Encoded by: Noah Huffman, December 2007
Additional Descriptive Resources
A more complete finding aid for this collection is available at the Southern Historical Collection.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], in the Allen and Simpson Family Papers, #929-z, Southern Historical Collection, The Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Copyright Notice
Copyright is retained by the authors of items in these papers, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law.
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Online Catalog Headings

These and related materials may be found under the following headings in online catalogs.

Alabama--Social life and customs.
Alden family.
Confederate States of America--Social conditions.
Confederate States of America. Army--Military life.
Confederate States of America. Army--Officers--Correspondence.
Confederate States of America. Army--Religious life.
Confederate States of America. Army. Alabama Infantry Regiment, 13th.
Gettysburg, Battle of, Gettysburg, Pa., 1863.
Love-letters--19th century.
Pollard, Charles Teed, 1805-1888.
Simpson family.
Simpson, Addie Alden, fl. 1862-1864.
Simpson, James M., fl. 1861-1876.
Tallapoosa County (Ala.)--Social life and customs.
Tennessee--History--Civil War, 1861-1865.
Virginia--History--Civil War, 1861-1865.
Wheeler, J.
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Collection Overview

The collection includes personal letters between Lieutenant James M. Simpson, 13th Alabama Infantry Regiment, Confederate States of America, serving in Virginia, and his mother and his wife, Addie Alden Simpson, in Tallassee, Tallapoosa County, Ala., describing, among other matters, religious life in camp, the Battle of Gettysburg, and family and community news from Tallassee. Also included are a letter from J. Wheeler to the citizens of Tennessee calling for more volunteers, an autobiographical sketch of Charles Teed Pollard (born 1805) of Alabama(?), written in 1887, and love letters between James and Addie Simpson.