Inventory of the Confederate States of America Bureau of Conscription, 7th North Carolina Congressional District Records, 1862-1865

Collection Number 170


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
Confederate States of America. Bureau of Conscription.
Title
Confederate States of America Bureau of Conscription, 7th North Carolina Congressional District Records, 1862-1865.
Call Number
170
Language of Materials
Materials in English
Extent
About 1200 items (1.5 linear feet).
Abstract
The collection includes official records of the successive chief enrolling officers of the 7th North Carolina congressional district (Anson, Chatham, Davidson, Montgomery, Moore, Randolph, and Stanly counties). Files include individual applications for exemptions, correspondence, general and special orders received from Raleigh, N.C., and Richmond, Va., reports and lists from each county, and papers relating to deserters, manpower for essential industry, senior reserves, and details for men on limited service.


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Administrative Information

Acquisitions Information
prior to 1940
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 Confederate States of America Bureau of Conscription, 7th North Carolina Congressional District Records, #170, 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.

Anson County (N.C.)--History--19th century.
Chatham County (N.C.)--History--19th century.
Confederate States of America. Army--Recruiting, enlistment, etc.
Confederate States of America. Bureau of Conscription.
Davidson County (N.C.)--History--19th century.
Desertion, Military--Confederate States of America.
Montgomery County (N.C.)--History--19th century.
Moore County (N.C.)--History--19th century.
North Carolina--Politics and government--1861-1865.
Randolph County (N.C.)--History--19th century.
Stanly County (N.C.)--History--19th century.
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Collection Overview

The collection includes official records of the successive chief enrolling officers of the 7th North Carolina congressional district (Anson, Chatham, Davidson, Montgomery, Moore, Randolph, and Stanly counties). Files include individual applications for exemptions, correspondence, general and special orders received from Raleigh, N.C., and Richmond, Va., reports and lists from each county, and papers relating to deserters, manpower for essential industry, senior reserves, and details for men on limited service.