Inventory of the L. B. Davis Autograph Book, 1863-1865

Collection Number 1902-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
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Descriptive Summary

Repository
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection.
Creator
Davis, L. B., fl. 1863-1865.
Title
L. B. Davis Autograph Book, 1863-1865.
Call Number
1902-z
Language of Materials
Materials in English
Extent
1 volume
Abstract
Autographs of Confederate officers imprisoned at Johnson's Island, Ohio, gathered by Lieutenant L. B. Davis, 60th North Carolina Regiment. Also included are poems by Major George McKnight and a copy of a letter, 16 February 1865, from Davis to friends written when he expected to be executed the following day.


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Processing Information
Processed by: SHC Staff
Encoded by: Noah Huffman, December 2007
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], in the L. B. Davis Autograph Book, #1902-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.

Autograph albums.
Confederate States of America. Army--Officers--Autographs.
Confederate States of America. Army. North Carolina Infantry Regiment, 60th.
Davis, L. B., fl. 1863-1865.
Johnson Island Prison.
Last letters before death--History--19th century.
McKnight, George, 1840-1897.
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Autographs.
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Poetry.
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Prisoners and prisons.
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Collection Overview

Autographs of Confederate officers imprisoned at Johnson's Island, Ohio, gathered by Lieutenant L. B. Davis, 60th North Carolina Regiment. Also included are poems by Major George McKnight and a copy of a letter, 16 February 1865, from Davis to friends written when he expected to be executed the following day.