Inventory of the J. P. Garrett Letters, 1863-1865

Collection Number 3434


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
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Descriptive Summary

Repository
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection.
Creator
Garrett, J. P.
Title
J. P. Garrett Letters, 1863-1865.
Call Number
3434
Language of Materials
Materials in English
Extent
9 items.
Abstract
MICROFILM ONLY. Letters to Mrs. Maryette Wetmore, Madison County, N.Y., from J. P. Garrett, 52-year-old fifer in the band of the 97th N.Y. Volunteers, encamped in northern Virginia and near Washington, D.C. The first two letters were written by Garrett as amanuensis to Oliver Moyes, a relative of Mrs. Wetmore. During the war, Garrett lost track of Moyes but continued independently his letters to Mrs. Wetmore. Garrett's letters describe army life and war news, and discuss Moyes's business and death.


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Administrative Information

Location of Originals
Originals in private hands in 1959.
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 J. P. Garrett Letters, #3434, 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.

Garrett, J. P.
Moyes, Oliver.
Soldiers--United States--Correspondence.
United States. Army--Military life--History.
United States. Army. New York Infantry Regiment, 97th (1862-1865)
Virginia--History--Civil War, 1861-1865.
Wetmore, Maryette.
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Collection Overview

MICROFILM ONLY. Letters to Mrs. Maryette Wetmore, Madison County, N.Y., from J. P. Garrett, 52-year-old fifer in the band of the 97th N.Y. Volunteers, encamped in northern Virginia and near Washington, D.C. The first two letters were written by Garrett as amanuensis to Oliver Moyes, a relative of Mrs. Wetmore. During the war, Garrett lost track of Moyes but continued independently his letters to Mrs. Wetmore. Garrett's letters describe army life and war news, and discuss Moyes's business and death.