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Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], in the Rebecca Pitchford Davis Letters, #3328-z, Southern Historical Collection, The Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Acquisitions Information

Received from Blanche Egerton Baker of Goldsboro, N.C., 1958.

Location of Originals

Originals in private hands in 1955.

Additional Descriptive Resources

A copy of the original finding aid for this collection is filed in folder 1.

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Manuscript collections and archival records may contain materials with sensitive or confidential information that is protected under federal or state right to privacy laws and regulations, the North Carolina Public Records Act (N.C.G.S. § 132 1 et seq.), and Article 7 of the North Carolina State Personnel Act (Privacy of State Employee Personnel Records, N.C.G.S. § 126-22 et seq.). Researchers are advised that the disclosure of certain information pertaining to identifiable living individuals represented in this collection without the consent of those individuals may have legal ramifications (e.g., a cause of action under common law for invasion of privacy may arise if facts concerning an individual's private life are published that would be deemed highly offensive to a reasonable person) for which the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill assumes no responsibility.

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• Confederate States of America--Social conditions.
• Confederate States of America. Army--Military life.
• Davis, Edward, fl. 1861-1865.
• Davis, Rebecca Pitchford, 1812-1900.
• Family--Confederate States of America--Social life and customs.
• Family--North Carolina--Social life and customs.
• Maryland--History--Civil War, 1861-1865.
• Pennsylvania--History--Civil War, 1861-1865.
• Soldiers--Confederate States of America--Correspondence.
• Virginia--History--Civil War, 1861-1865.
• Warren County (N.C.)--Social life and customs.

• Davis Family Papers (#MF0015), Special Collections Department, J. Y. Joyner Library, East Carolina University, Greenville, N.C.

Rebecca Pitchford Davis (1812-1900) of Fishing Creek, Warren County, N.C., was married to Edward Davis (fl. 1861-1865) and had sons who served in the Confederate Army. Her children included Burwell Davis (1833-1901), Weldon Davis, Thomas Davis, George Davis, and a daughter, Mary Davis.

The collection includes a mimeograph of typed transcriptions, compiled 1955, of letters from Rebecca Pitchford Davis to her sons in the Confederate Army, 1861-1865, concerning family and neighborhood news and farm activities of her husband, Edward Davis; six letters, 1863, from these sons in Virginia, Maryland, and Pennsylvania; eight personal and family letters before and after the war; and other items. An index and notes are included.