Inventory of the John Alexander Barry Papers, 1861-1903
Collection Number 3015-z
Manuscripts Department, University Library of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Collection Information
- 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
- Barry, John Alexander.
- Title
- John Alexander Barry Papers, 1861-1903.
- Call Number
- 3015-z
- Language of Materials
- Materials in English
- Extent
- 49 items.
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Administrative Information
- 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 John Alexander Barry Papers, #3015-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.
Online Catalog Headings
These and related materials may be found under the following headings in online catalogs.
- Barry, John Alexander.
- Confederate States of America. Army--Military life.
- Confederate States of America. Army. Phillips' Legion.
- Confederate States of America. Army. Texas Volunteer Infantry, 1st. Company M.
- Family--Georgia--Social life and customs.
- Soldiers--Confederate States of America--Correspondence.
- Tennessee--History--Civil War, 1861-1865.
- Virginia--History--Civil War, 1861-1865.
Collection Overview
Letters from John Alexander Barry of Phillips' Legion, Wofford's Brigade, to members of his family in Dalton, Ga., written from Virginia and while serving with Longstreet's corps in Tennessee, 1863-1864, and three later family letters. The Civil War letters concern personal news, news of relatives and friends in the army, and Barry's participation in battles and marches.