Inventory of the Joseph Fernald Papers, 1863-1865

Collection Number 4280-z


Manuscripts Department, University Library of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Collection Information
Descriptive Summary
Administrative Information
Online Catalog Headings
Biographical Note
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
URL: http://www.lib.unc.edu/mss/
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Descriptive Summary

Repository
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection.
Creator
Fernald, Joseph, b. 1830.
Title
Joseph Fernald Papers, 1863-1865.
Call Number
4280-z
Language of Materials
Materials in English
Extent
10 items.
Abstract
Joseph Fernald was born in New Hampshire. In August 1863, he was appointed second assistant engineer on the U.S.S. Britannia. Letters written by Fernald to his wife during the siege, battle, and occupation of Fort Fisher, N.C., December 1864-January 1865. The letters describe the conflict at Fort Fisher and a run by Fernald's ship to the Charleston bar with military dispatches, 13-18 January 1865. Also included are a letter fragment from this period on the back of which is a sketch of the scene around Fort Caswell, N.C.; a letter, August 1864, written on board one of the ships in the federal blockade of the North Carolina coast; and a letter, 1863, from Joseph Fernald's brother William, who was with Company G, 2nd New Hampshire Regiment.


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Administrative Information

Alternate Form of Material
Typed transcriptions available.
Acquisitions Information
Purchase 1980
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 Joseph Fernald Papers, #4280-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.

Britannia (Ship)
Fernald, Joseph, b. 1830.
Fernald, William, fl. 1863.
Fort Caswell (N.C.)
Fort Fisher (N.C.)
Marine engineers--United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865.
North Carolina--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Blockades.
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Blockades.
United States. Army. New Hampshire Infantry Regiment, 2nd (1861-1865)
United States. Navy--Sea life.
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Biographical Note

Joseph Fernald was born in New Hampshire. In August 1863, he was appointed second assistant engineer on the U.S.S. "Britannia."

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Collection Overview

Letters written by Fernald to his wife during the siege, battle, and occupation of Fort Fisher, N.C., December 1864-January 1865. The letters describe the conflict at Fort Fisher and a run by Fernald's ship to the Charleston bar with military dispatches, 13-18 January 1865. Also included are a letter fragment from this period on the back of which is a sketch of the scene around Fort Caswell, N.C.; a letter, August 1864, written on board one of the ships in the federal blockade of the North Carolina coast; and a letter, 1863, from Joseph Fernald's brother William, who was with Company G, 2nd New Hampshire Regiment.