Inventory of the C. D. Epps Papers, 1862-1915
Collection Number 5018-z
Manuscripts Department, Library of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
- 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
- Epps, C. D. (Commodore D.), d. 1863.
- Title
- C. D. Epps Papers, 1862-1915 (bulk 1862-1863)
- Call Number
- 5018-z
- Language of Materials
- Materials in English
- Extent
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- Items: About 35
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Administrative Information
- Acquisitions Information
- Purchased from Charles Apfelbaum of Watchung, N.J., in April 2000 (Acc. 98604).
- Processing Information
- Processed by: Roslyn Holdzkom, June 2000
- Encoded by: Roslyn Holdzkom, June 2000
- Revisions: Finding aid updated in May 2005 by Nancy Kaiser.
- Funding from the Watson-Brown Foundation, Inc., supported the microfilming of this collection.
- Preferred Citation
- [Identification of item], in the C. D. Epps Papers #5018-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.
- Agriculture--Georgia--History--19th century.
- Chickamauga, Battle of, Ga., 1863.
- Confederate States of America. Army. Georgia Cavalry Regiment, 6th.
- Confederate States of America. Army--Military life.
- Confederate States of America--Social conditions.
- Epps, C. D. (Commodore D.), d. 1863.
- Georgia--History--Civil War, 1861-1865.
- Kentucky--History--Civil War, 1861-1865.
- Perryville, Battle of, Perryville, Ky., 1862.
- Soldiers--Confederate States of America--Correspondence.
- Tennessee--History--Civil War, 1861-1865.
Biographical Note
Commodore D. Epps, enlisted as a private in Company F, 6th Georgia Cavalry Regiment, on 20 June 1862. He saw action at the Battle of Perryville, Ky., 8 October 1862, and at the Battle of Chickamauga, Ga., 18-20 September 1863. Epps died on 15 December 1863 of wounds he received at Chickamauga.
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The collection includes 15 letters, 1862-1863, from C. D. Epps with the 6th Georgia Cavalry Regiment in Georgia, Kentucky, and Tennessee, chiefly to his wife, Catherine S. Epps, at the family farm, probably in Murray County, Ga. In the letters, Epps gave his wife instructions for managing the farm, chiefly what to plant and who to hire to perform tasks like making new fences; requested goods from home, like boots, clothing, and, above all, a substitute; and described camp life and battles, especially the Battle of Perryville, Ky. Some of the letters contain messages for his children, mother, and other family members. Epps wrote the last letter, dated 13 November 1863, from Polk Hospital in Rome, Ga., where he was brought for treatment of wounds he suffered at the Battle of Chickamauga. In this letter, Epps anticipated coming home, but he died of these wounds on 15 December 1863.
Also included are photocopies of segments of 6th Georgia Cavalry Regiment muster rolls relating to Epps; Catherine S. Epps's 1864 claim as widow of C. D. Epps; a portion of the 1870 census showing Catherine S. Epps resident in Spring Place, Ga.; and a 1915 statement of C. D. Epps's Confederate army service from the commissioner of pensions, Atlanta, Ga.
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Detailed Description of the Collection
Papers, 1862-1915.
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