Inventory of the Elias Davis Papers, 1858-1864

Collection Number 2496-z


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
Davis, Elias, fl. 1858-1864.
Title
Elias Davis Papers, 1858-1864.
Call Number
2496-z
Language of Materials
Materials in English
Extent
85 items.
Abstract
Chiefly Civil War letters from Captain Davis, 8th Alabama Regiment, Confederate States of America, in Virginia, to his family in Jefferson County, Ala., concerning camp life, maneuvers, casualties of interest to the Alabama neighborhood, gossip and criticism, and local civilian activities, including mention of the women's food riot in Richmond, 1863. Prewar items are bills.


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Administrative Information

Acquisitions Information
Acquired 1942
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 Elias Davis Papers, #2496-z, 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.

Confederate States of America--Social conditions.
Confederate States of America. Army--Military life.
Confederate States of America. Army--Officers--Correspondence.
Confederate States of America. Army. Alabama Infantry Regiment, 8th.
Davis, Elias, fl. 1858-1864.
Richmond (Va.)--History--Civil War, 1861-1865.
Riots--Confederate States of America.
Virginia--History--Civil War, 1861-1865.
Women--Confederate States of America--Social conditions.
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Collection Overview

Chiefly Civil War letters from Captain Davis, 8th Alabama Regiment, Confederate States of America, in Virginia, to his family in Jefferson County, Ala., concerning camp life, maneuvers, casualties of interest to the Alabama neighborhood, gossip and criticism, and local civilian activities, including mention of the women's food riot in Richmond, 1863. Prewar items are bills.