Inventory of the William Albertus Day Book of Recollections and Miscellany, 1935

Collection Number 3732


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
Day, William Albertus, b. 1844.
Title
William Albertus Day Book of Recollections and Miscellany, 1935.
Call Number
3732
Language of Materials
Materials in English
Extent
1 volume (255 pages).
Abstract
MICROFILM ONLY. Recollections by Day of Catawba County, N.C., concerning his Civil War experiences with the 49th North Carolina Regiment in Virginia, in Winder Hospital in Richmond, and in prison at Point Lookout, Md. Included is discussion of Day's feelings when he, as a prisoner at Point Lookout, heard of the assassination of Abraham Lincoln and discussion of Christmas during the war. Also included are anecdotes of Reconstruction in Catawba County, with notes about the Ku-Klux Klan; the history of Rehoboth Methodist Church in Catawba County; and other material.


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Administrative Information

Location of Originals
Original returned to private owner in 1966.
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 William Albertus Day Book of Recollections and Miscellany, #3732, 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.

Catawba County (N.C.)--History--19th century.
Christmas--Confederate States of America.
Confederate States of America. Army--Military life.
Confederate States of America. Army. North Carolina Infantry Regiment, 49th.
Day, William Albertus, b. 1844.
Ku Klux Klan (19th cent.)--North Carolina.
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865--Assassination--Public opinion.
Point Lookout (Md.)
Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877)--North Carolina.
Rehoboth Methodist Church (Rehoboth, N.C.)
Soldiers--Confederate States of America--Biography.
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Hospitals.
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Personal narratives, Confederate.
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Prisoners and prisons.
Virginia--History--Civil War, 1861-1865.
Winder Hospital (Richmond, Va.)
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Collection Overview

MICROFILM ONLY. Recollections by Day of Catawba County, N.C., concerning his Civil War experiences with the 49th North Carolina Regiment in Virginia, in Winder Hospital in Richmond, and in prison at Point Lookout, Md. Included is discussion of Day's feelings when he, as a prisoner at Point Lookout, heard of the assassination of Abraham Lincoln and discussion of Christmas during the war. Also included are anecdotes of Reconstruction in Catawba County, with notes about the Ku-Klux Klan; the history of Rehoboth Methodist Church in Catawba County; and other material.