Inventory of the George M. Hanvey Papers, 1859-1865
Collection Number 3715-z
Manuscripts Department, University Library of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Collection Information
- 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
- Hanvey, George M., fl. 1859-1865.
- Title
- George M. Hanvey Papers, 1859-1865.
- Call Number
- 3715-z
- Language of Materials
- Materials in English
- Extent
- 10 items.
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Administrative Information
- 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 M. Hanvey Papers, #3715-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.
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--Officers--Correspondence.
- Confederate States of America. Army. Georgia Artillery Battalion, 12th.
- Coweta County (Ga.)--History--19th century.
- Florida--History--Civil War, 1861-1865.
- Georgia. Militia--History--19th century.
- Hanvey, George M., fl. 1859-1865.
- Johnson Island Prison.
- Macon (Ga.)--History--19th century.
- Navy-yards and naval stations--Florida--History--Civil War, 1861-1865.
- Newnan (Ga.)--History--19th century.
Collection Overview
Military letters and papers of Hanvey of Coweta County, Ga., concerning antebellum militia and the 12th Georgia Artillery Battalion, Confederate States of America Hanvey was stationed in Macon and Newnan, Ga., and at a navy yard in Florida. The letters concern troop movements, provisions, praise from an officer, and Hanvey's discharge from Johnson Island Prison (Ohio). The pre-war material includes a letter from Hanvey promising to put his corps, the Newnan Guards, at the service of the governor of South Carolina should they be needed.