Inventory of the Franklin Gaillard's Civil War Letters, 1861-1864

Collection Number 3790-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
Gaillard, Franklin, d. 1864.
Title
Franklin Gaillard's Civil War Letters, 1861-1864
Call Number
3790-z
Language of Materials
Materials in English
Extent
1 volume (89 pages).
Abstract
Photocopy of typed transcriptions. Letters from Gaillard, a widowed Confederate officer, who was with the 2nd South Carolina Regiment, Kershaw's Brigade, in Virginia, Pennsylvania, and east Tennessee. Most of the letters were written to his sister-in-law, Maria Porcher, who was caring for Gaillard's two children, whose mother had died. The letters contain detailed accounts of battles and other events, Gaillard's evaluations and speculations, description of his surroundings, social life in the areas he passed through, and news of friends and relatives.


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Administrative Information

Location of Originals
Originals in private hands in 1967.
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 Franklin Gaillard's Civil War Letters, #3790-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--Officers--Correspondence.
Confederate States of America. Army. Kershaw's Brigade.
Confederate States of America. Army. South Carolina Infantry Regiment, 2nd.
Gaillard, Franklin, d. 1864.
Pennsylvania--History--Civil War, 1861-1865.
Porcher, Maria.
Tennessee--History--Civil War, 1861-1865.
Virginia--History--Civil War, 1861-1865.
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Collection Overview

Photocopy of typed transcriptions. Letters from Gaillard, a widowed Confederate officer, who was with the 2nd South Carolina Regiment, Kershaw's Brigade, in Virginia, Pennsylvania, and east Tennessee. Most of the letters were written to his sister-in-law, Maria Porcher, who was caring for Gaillard's two children, whose mother had died. The letters contain detailed accounts of battles and other events, Gaillard's evaluations and speculations, description of his surroundings, social life in the areas he passed through, and news of friends and relatives.