Inventory of the Given Campbell Papers, 1861-1865
Collection Number 5033-z
Manuscripts Department, Library of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
- 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
- Campbell, Given.
- Title
- Given Campbell Papers, 1861-1865
- Call Number
- 5033-z
- Language of Materials
- Materials in English
- Extent
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- Items: 47
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Administrative Information
- Acquisitions Information
- Received from Charles Apfelbaum of Wachtung, N.J., in June 2000 (Acc. 98684).
- Processing Information
- Processed by: John Foster, November 2000
- Encoded by: John Foster, November 2000
- Revisions: Finding aid updated in May 2005 by Nancy Kaiser.
- Funding from the Watson-Brown Foundation, Inc., supported the microfilming of this collection.
- Preferred Citation
- [Identification of item], in the Given Campbell Papers #5033-z, Southern Historical Collection, 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.
- Campbell, Given.
- Chickamauga, Battle of, Ga., 1863.
- Confederate States of America. Army--Officers--Correspondence.
- Confederate States of America. Army--Military life.
- Confederate States of America--Politics and government.
- Forrest, Nathan Bedford, 1821-1877.
- Kentucky--History--Civil War, 1861-1865.
- Missouri--History--Civil War, 1861-1865.
- Pea Ridge, Battle of, Ark., 1862.
- United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Campaigns.
Biographical Note
Given Campbell was born in Salem, Ky., on 31 December 1835. He studied law at the University of Virginia and, upon graduation, took up practice in Saint Louis, Mo. At the outbreak of the Civil War, he returned to Kentucky and joined the Confederate Army. He was commissioned a captain and eventually served with Nathan Bedford Forrest's cavalry. By the close of the war, he had been given charge of Jefferson Davis's personal escort. He published Memorandum of a Journal, Kept Daily During the Last March of Jefferson Davis in 1865.
In 1865, he married Susan Elizabeth Wood, the daughter of a prominent Saint Louis Unionist. After the war, he returned to Saint Louis, but was not able to resume his legal practice until 1873 because of restrictions on the activities of former Confederate soldiers. He remained a member of the Missouri Bar until his death in 1885.
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The collection consists of 23 letters of Confederate Army captain Given Campbell written during the period of his military service with Nathan Bedford Forrest's cavalry, a typed transcription of each letter, and an enamel locket with Campbell's portrait. The letters give details of military life; the fate of acquaintances; and Campbell's participation in various Civil War campaigns and battles, including Pea Ridge (Elkhorn Tavern) and Chickamauga. Many of the letters discuss politics and the military situation in the South, particularly in Kentucky and Missouri, during the early days of the war.
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Enamel locket (MU-5033/1)
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Detailed Description of the Collection
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