Inventory of the William Montgomery Gardner Papers, 1818-1915

Collection Number 269


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
Gardner, William Montgomery, 1824-1901.
Title
William Montgomery Gardner Papers, 1818-1915 (bulk 1847-1866).
Call Number
269
Language of Materials
Materials in English
Extent
54 items (0.5 linear feet).
Abstract
William Montgomery Gardner was a United States army officer and Confederate brigadier general. The collection includes chiefly letters from Gardner to his mother, Elizabeth Gardner, of Augusta, Ga., his sister, and his brother, from Mexico, 1847-1848, and California, 1849-1854, discussing military and social affairs. Also included are letters from P. G. T. Beauregard, Jefferson Davis, Stonewall Jackson, and Alexander Hamilton Stephens; galley proofs of Gardner's memoirs, edited by Elizabeth McKinne Gardner; scrapbooks of clippings of Mrs. James Gardner; and a roster from the Mexican War.


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Administrative Information

Acquisitions Information
prior to 1940
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 William Montgomery Gardner Papers, #269, 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.

Autobiographies--United States.
Beauregard, G. T. (Gustave Toutant), 1818-1893.
California--Social life and customs--19th century.
Confederate States of America--Officials and employees--Correspondence.
Confederate States of America. Army--Officers--Correspondence.
Davis, Jefferson, 1808-1889.
Gardner, Elizabeth McKinne.
Gardner, Elizabeth, fl. 1847-1854.
Gardner, James, Mrs.
Gardner, William Montgomery, 1824-1901.
Jackson, Stonewall, 1824-1863.
Mexican War, 1846-1848.
Stephens, Alexander Hamilton, 1812-1883.
United States. Army--Officers--Correspondence.
United States. Army--Records and correspondence.
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Biographical Note

William Montgomery Gardner (1824-1901) was a United States army officer and Confederate brigadier general.

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Collection Overview

The collection includes chiefly letters from William Montgomery Gardner to his mother, Elizabeth Gardner, of Augusta, Ga., his sister, and his brother, from Mexico, 1847-1848, and California, 1849-1854, discussing military and social affairs. Also included are letters from P. G. T. Beauregard, Jefferson Davis, Stonewall Jackson, and Alexander Hamilton Stephens; galley proofs of Gardner's memoirs, edited by Elizabeth McKinne Gardner; scrapbooks of clippings of Mrs. James Gardner; and a roster from the Mexican War.