Restrictions to Access

No restrictions. Open for research.

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 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.

Acquisitions Information

prior to 1940

Additional Descriptive Resources

A more complete finding aid for this collection is available at the Southern Historical Collection.

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.

The following terms from Library of Congress Subject Headings suggest topics, persons, geography, etc. interspersed through the entire collection; the terms do not usually represent discrete and easily identifiable portions of the collection--such as folders or items.

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• 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.

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.