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

SOUTHERN HISTORICAL COLLECTION

#3517
GAITHER FAMILY PAPERS
Inventory

Abstract:      Thomas William Gaither (1840-1863) and J. Burgess
           Gaither (d. 1864) were Confederate soldiers with the
           4th, and probably the 18th and 19th, North Carolina
           Infantry regiments in Virginia, North Carolina, and
           South Carolina. They were the sons of John J. Gaither
           of Houstonville, N.C.
               Civil War letters of brothers Thomas William and
           J.   Burgess Gaither. Included are letters from friends
           and relatives in Iredell County, N.C., describing
           local events. Also included are a few legal notebooks,
           1826-1834, and a legal case book, ca. 1830, of the
           Gaither family. There are also several clippings,
           1960-1961, about the Civil War letters.

Online Catalog Terms:
   Confederate States of America—Social life and customs
   Confederate States of America. Army—Military life.
   Confederate States of America. Army. North Carolina Infantry
       Regiment, 4th.
   Confederate States of America. Army. North Carolina Infantry
       Regiment, 18th.
   Confederate States of America. Army. North Carolina Infantry
       Regiment, 19th.
   Family—Confederate States of America—Social life and customs.
   Gaither, John Burgess, d. 1864.
   Gaither, Thomas William, 1840-1863.
   Gaither family.
   Iredell County (N.C.)—Social life and customs.
   Lawyers—North Carolina—History—19th century.
   North Carolina—History—Civil War, 1861-1865.
   Soldiers—Confederate States of America—Correspondence.
   South Carolina—History—Civil War, 1861-1865.
   Virginia—History—Civil War, 1861-1865.

Size:          About 100 items ( 0.5 linear feet).

Date Span:     1826-1864, 1960-1961.

Provenance:    Letters received from Fred Bunch, Jr. of
               Statesville, N.C., in December 1960.  Additional
               clippings about letters received from Homer Keever of
               Statesville, N.C., in April 1961. Legal notebooks
               received from Mrs. Burgess McSwain of Chapel Hill,
               N.C., in April 1997 (Acc. 97062).

Access:        No restrictions.

Copyright: Retained by the authors of items in these papers, or
           their descendants, as stipulated by United States
           copyright law.

                           FOLDER LIST
                                
   Folder  1   Correspondence, 1860-May 1862
           2   Correspondence, June-December 1862
           3   Correspondence, January-April 1863
           4   Correspondence, October-December 1863
           5   Correspondence, 1864 and undated
           6   Analysis of letters, 1960-1961
           7   Legal and account notebooks, 1826-1834.
           8   Legal case book, c. 1830.