Inventory of the Eli Spinks Hamilton Papers, 1861-1864

Collection Number 3226


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
Hamilton, Eli Spinks.
Title
Eli Spinks Hamilton Papers, 1861-1864.
Call Number
3226
Language of Materials
Materials in English
Extent
1 microfilm reel.
Abstract
MICROFILM ONLY. Eli Spinks Hamilton of New Hope Academy, Randolph County, N.C. Letters to Eli Spinks Hamilton from his sons, Oliver Clark Hamilton, with the 38th North Carolina Regiment (Pender's Brigade, A. P. Hill's Division), and Calier G. Hamilton, with the 12th and 38th N.C. regiments. Thirteen letters from Oliver Hamilton, tell of his position in northern Virginia during 1862-1863, fighting, camp life, health, prices of food and daily necessities, news of friends, marches and travel, and his opinion of the morale and fighting spirit of the troops and officers. Two letters, dated April and May 1864, tell of being transferred to the Navy for service on the ironclad "Fredericksburg" in the James River between Richmond and the Federal fleet. Calier Hamilton's twenty-four letters were written from his training camp near Raleigh, N.C., in July 1861, and then from the Potomac River and Fredericksburg area, where he was with Company L, 12th N.C. Volunteer Regiment. These letters describe weather conditions, the health of his company, drilling, goods received from home, camp life, his bout with rheumatism and fever, and his transfer to the 38th North Carolina Regiment in the winter of 1862-1863. Later letters mention some fighting, his company's casualties, and the death of Stonewall Jackson.


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Administrative Information

Location of Originals
Originals returned to private owner in 1956.
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 Eli Spinks Hamilton Papers, #3226, 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. North Carolina Infantry Regiment, 12th.
Confederate States of America. Army. North Carolina Infantry Regiment, 38th.
Confederate States of America. Navy--Sea life.
Hamilton family.
Hamilton, Calier G., d. 1863.
Hamilton, Eli Spinks.
Hamilton, Oliver Clark, 1839-1918.
James River (Va.)--History--19th century.
Military training camps--Confederate States of America.
Raleigh (N.C.)--History--19th century.
Soldiers--Confederate States of America--Correspondence.
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Riverine operations.
Virginia--History--Civil War, 1861-1865.
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Biographical Note

Eli Spinks Hamilton of New Hope Academy, Randolph County, N.C.

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Collection Overview

MICROFILM ONLY. Letters to Eli Spinks Hamilton from his sons, Oliver Clark Hamilton, with the 38th North Carolina Regiment (Pender's Brigade, A. P. Hill's Division), and Calier G. Hamilton, with the 12th and 38th N.C. regiments. Thirteen letters from Oliver Hamilton, tell of his position in northern Virginia during 1862-1863, fighting, camp life, health, prices of food and daily necessities, news of friends, marches and travel, and his opinion of the morale and fighting spirit of the troops and officers. Two letters, dated April and May 1864, tell of being transferred to the Navy for service on the ironclad "Fredericksburg" in the James River between Richmond and the Federal fleet. Calier Hamilton's twenty-four letters were written from his training camp near Raleigh, N.C., in July 1861, and then from the Potomac River and Fredericksburg area, where he was with Company L, 12th N.C. Volunteer Regiment. These letters describe weather conditions, the health of his company, drilling, goods received from home, camp life, his bout with rheumatism and fever, and his transfer to the 38th North Carolina Regiment in the winter of 1862-1863. Later letters mention some fighting, his company's casualties, and the death of Stonewall Jackson.