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[Identification of item], in the William Richard Caswell Papers, #1849-z, Southern Historical Collection, The Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

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• Caswell, William Richard, 1809-1862.
• Confederate States of America--Social conditions.
• Diaries (Blank-books)
• Mexican War, 1846-1848--Personal narratives.
• Real property--Iowa--History--19th century.
• Tennessee--History.
• Tennessee--Politics and government.
• Tennessee. Militia--History--Civil War, 1861-1865.
• United States. Army--Officers--Correspondence.
• United States. Army--Officers--Diaries.
• Women--Confederate States of America--Social conditions.

William Richard Caswell of Dandridge and Knoxville, Tenn., was a lawyer, planter, railroad director, volunteer army officer in the Mexican War, and Tennessee militia general early in the Civil War.

The collection is microfilm of muster rolls, accounts, a diary, and letters concerning the Mexican War; political and business correspondence; a few military papers, 1861; correspondence of Caswell's wife concerning her difficulties during the Civil War and life after; papers about land holdings in Iowa; and other items.