Inventory of the George Gegner Letters, 1864-1865

Collection Number 3366-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
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Descriptive Summary

Repository
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection.
Creator
Gegner, George, fl. 1864-1865.
Title
George Gegner Letters, 1864-1865.
Call Number
3366-z
Language of Materials
Materials in English
Extent
14 items.
Abstract
Letters from Gegner, a federal soldier with Company H, 130th Regiment, Indiana Volunteers, to Lizzie Wayman, at home in Alexandria, Ind. The letters were written while Gegner's unit was advancing on Atlanta from Tennessee and then returning; they describe marches, foraging expeditions, reactions to Lincoln's death, conversations with paroled Confederate officers, and other matters.


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Administrative Information

Acquisitions Information
Purchase 1958
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 George Gegner Letters, #3366-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--Officers.
Gegner, George, fl. 1864-1865.
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865--Public opinion.
Soldiers--United States--Correspondence.
Tennessee--History--Civil War, 1861-1865.
United States. Army--Military life--History.
United States. Army. Indiana Volunteers Regiment, 130th.
Wayman, Lizzie.
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Collection Overview

Letters from Gegner, a federal soldier with Company H, 130th Regiment, Indiana Volunteers, to Lizzie Wayman, at home in Alexandria, Ind. The letters were written while Gegner's unit was advancing on Atlanta from Tennessee and then returning; they describe marches, foraging expeditions, reactions to Lincoln's death, conversations with paroled Confederate officers, and other matters.