Inventory of the Joseph Espey Papers, 1861-1867

Collection Number 3349-z


Manuscripts Department, University Library of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Collection Information


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University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
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Descriptive Summary

Repository
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection.
Creator
Espey, Joseph, fl. 1861-1867.
Title
Joseph Espey Papers, 1861-1867.
Call Number
3349-z
Language of Materials
Materials in English
Extent
About 160 items.
Abstract
Letters between Joseph and Jane Espey of Texas Valley, Floyd County, Ga., and their children, and from relatives in Cherokee County, Ala., and Van Buren County, Ark. Letters from sons in the Confederate Army include those of James H. Espey (died 1862), stationed near Savannah, Ga., and Joseph S. Espey, a member of Company D, 65th Georgia Volunteers stationed mainly in Tennessee and Georgia, who was frequently ill and wrote of the medical care he received. Also included are letters from Lieutenant F. T. Griffin, a family friend who served with Joseph Junior Letters written from Floyd County concern agriculture, health, and the welfare of family and friends, and the presence of federal troops in Cherokee County, Ala., and northern Georgia in 1864.


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Administrative Information

Acquisitions Information
Purchase 1958
Processing Information
Processed by: SHC Staff
Encoded by: Noah Huffman, December 2007
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], in the Joseph Espey Papers, #3349-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.

Agriculture--Georgia--History--19th century.
Cherokee County (Ala.)--History--19th century.
Confederate States of America. Army--Military life.
Confederate States of America. Army. Georgia Infantry Regiment, 65th. Company D.
Espey family.
Espey, James H., d. 1862.
Espey, Joseph S.
Espey, Joseph, fl. 1861-1867.
Family--Georgia--History--19th century.
Floyd County (Ga.)--Social conditions.
Georgia--History--Civil War, 1861-1865.
Griffin, F. T.
Savannah (Ga.)--History--19th century.
Soldiers--Confederate States of America--Correspondence.
Tennessee--History--Civil War, 1861-1865.
Van Buren County (Ark.)--History--19th century.
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Collection Overview

Letters between Joseph and Jane Espey of Texas Valley, Floyd County, Ga., and their children, and from relatives in Cherokee County, Ala., and Van Buren County, Ark. Letters from sons in the Confederate Army include those of James H. Espey (died 1862), stationed near Savannah, Ga., and Joseph S. Espey, a member of Company D, 65th Georgia Volunteers stationed mainly in Tennessee and Georgia, who was frequently ill and wrote of the medical care he received. Also included are letters from Lieutenant F. T. Griffin, a family friend who served with Joseph Junior Letters written from Floyd County concern agriculture, health, and the welfare of family and friends, and the presence of federal troops in Cherokee County, Ala., and northern Georgia in 1864.