Inventory of the Samuel Angus Firebaugh Diary, 1862-1864

Collection Number 3109-z


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
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
Firebaugh, Samuel Angus, fl. 1862-1864.
Title
Samuel Angus Firebaugh Diary, 1862-1864.
Call Number
3109-z
Language of Materials
Materials in English
Extent
1 volume (126 pages).
Abstract
Typed transcription. Diary, September 1862-March 1864, of Firebaugh of Rockbridge County, Va., a Confederate soldier with the 10th Virginia Regiment in the Shenandoah Valley, Northern Virginia, and Gettysburg campaigns. Firebaugh's entries are brief, but virtually daily. He noted his movements, picketing, drilling, preaching attended, furloughs, dining and lodging with neighboring civilians, attempts to arrange for substitutes, and other matters. Also included are an index, maps, and notes.


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Administrative Information

Location of Originals
Original in private hands in 1932.
Alternate Form of Material
Microfilm copy available.
Acquisitions Information
Purchase 1955
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 Samuel Angus Firebaugh Diary, #3109-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.

Confederate States of America. Army--Military life.
Confederate States of America. Army. Virginia Infantry Regiment, 10th.
Diaries.
Firebaugh, Samuel Angus, fl. 1862-1864.
Gettysburg Campaign, 1863.
Shenandoah Valley Campaign, 1862.
Soldiers--Confederate States of America--Diaries.
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Maps.
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Personal narratives, Confederate.
Virginia--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Personal narratives, Confederate.
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Collection Overview

Typed transcription. Diary, September 1862-March 1864, of Firebaugh of Rockbridge County, Va., a Confederate soldier with the 10th Virginia Regiment in the Shenandoah Valley, Northern Virginia, and Gettysburg campaigns. Firebaugh's entries are brief, but virtually daily. He noted his movements, picketing, drilling, preaching attended, furloughs, dining and lodging with neighboring civilians, attempts to arrange for substitutes, and other matters. Also included are an index, maps, and notes.