Inventory of the Thomas Benjamin Davidson Papers, 1855-1872
Collection Number 1922-z
Manuscripts Department, 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
- Southern Historical Collection
- Creator
- Davidson, Thomas Benjamin, 1840-1864.
- Title
- Thomas Benjamin Davidson Papers, 1855-1872
- Call Number
- 1922-z
- Language of Materials
- Materials in English
- Extent
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- Items: About 50
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Administrative Information
- Acquisitions Information
- Received from George Freeman of Shreveport, La., in 1951. Photocopied material received from Benjamin H. Bailey of Williamsburg, Va., in August 1996 (Acc. 96119). Letters received from Benjamin H. Bailey Jr. of Williamsburg, Va., R. Rives Bailey of Yorktown, Va., and Dean Adcock Bailey of Yorktown, Va., in June 2006 (Acc. 100442)
- Processing Information
- Processed by: Linda Sellars, March 1998 and Devon Lee, September 2006
- Encoded by: Peter Hymas, October 2004 and Devon Lee, September 2006
- Funding from the State Library of North Carolina supported the encoding of this finding aid.
- The 21 original hand-written letters received in June 2006 (Acc. 100442) were placed with materials received in 1951 (Acc. 1922). These letters previously existed in this collection only as typed-transcripts in the August 1996 addition (Acc. 96119).
- Finding aid updated in September 2006 by Devon Lee because of addition.
- Preferred Citation
- [Identification of item], in the Thomas Benjamin Davidson Papers #1922-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.
- College students--North Carolina--History--19th century.
- College students--North Carolina--Political activity--History--Civil War, 1861-1865.
- Confederate States of America. Army--Military life.
- Confederate States of America. Army. Louisiana Infantry Regiment, 19th.
- Davidson, Thomas Benjamin, 1840-1864.
- Davidson family.
- Family--Louisiana--Social life and customs.
- Louisiana--History--Civil War, 1861-1865.
- Soldiers--Confederate States of America--Correspondence.
- University of North Carolina (1793-1962)--Students--History--19th century.
Biographical Note
Thomas Benjamin Davidson (1840-1864) of Louisiana was a student at the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill and then a private in the 19th Louisiana Infantry Regiment, C.S.A.
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The Thomas Benjamin Davidson collection consists of letters written by the Davidson family concerning family life, religion, and politics; seven Civil War letters from Thomas Benjamin Davidson to his sister describing military life in the 19th Louisiana Infantry Regiment and one giving Davidson's opinion on girls' education; a resolution, 1861, by University of North Carolina students from Louisiana to fight for the state of Louisiana; and photocopies of other papers of Thomas Benjamin Davidson, including muster rolls and Confederate Army payroll receipts, typed transcripts of letters by members of the Davidson family, and a typed genealogy of the Davidson family. Also included are photographic copies of framed 19th-century tintypes of Davidson family members.
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Items separated include photographs (P-1922).
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Detailed Description of the Collection
Thomas Benjamin Davidson Papers.
About 50 items.
Folder
1Materials include letters between Thomas Benjamin Davidson and his sister, Eliza Frances Davidson Rives at Mansfield, Louisiana,
1858-1860, concerning family life, religion, and politics. Civil War letters from Thomas B. Davidson to his sister describe
his situation, his eagerness for action, his dissatisfaction with his status as a private soldier in the 19th Louisiana Infantry
Regiment. Letters were written at Camp Moore, Va., Camp Magruder, Va., Camp Benjamin, La., Tupelo, Miss., and Pollard, Ala.
One letter (6 November 1862) contains his opinions on girls' education in connection with his sister's graduation. Two 1866
letters from Victoria Davidson in Atlanta to her sister, Frances, tell of trying to find out about Davidson's death, looking
for his grave, finding the grave, and ordering a marker for it. Also included is a resolution, 1861, of Louisiana students
at the University of North Carolina, tendering their services to the state of Louisiana, to take arms against the federal
government.
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Digital version: Resolution, [January 1861] |
Materials include photocopies of muster rolls and payroll receipts for Thomas Benjamin Davidson; a typed genealogy of the
Davidson family; typed transcriptions of letters by members of the Davidson family; and a typed-transcript of a letter, 1872,
from "John" to "Mother" reports on farm life.
Pictures
Reproductions of portraits of members of the Davidson Family. Images identified as Maria Martin Davidson, Eliza Frances Davidson
Rives, Thomas Benjamin Davidson, John Patton Davidson, and Victoria Jane Davidson Freeman.
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