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| Size | 7 items |
| Abstract | Daniel R. Hundley (1832-1899) was born in Alabama, received a law degree from Harvard University in 1853, and lived in Chicago, Ill., in the 1850s. He was the author of Social Relations in our Southern States (1860). He returned to Alabama in 1861 and served as colonel of the 31st Alabama Regiment. The collection includes photocopies of diaries for 1861 and January-May 1864, and of scattered items by, about, or collected by Hundley. The earlier diary discusses contemporary political occurrences and personal and family matters, including Hundley's own role in growing sectional hostilities. The later diary vividly portrays Confederate army life and includes references to troop movements, blockade runners, the effects of the war on civilians, and women soldiers. |
| Creator | Hundley, Daniel R. (Daniel Robinson), 1832-1899. |
| Language | English |
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Daniel Robinson Hundley (1832-1899) was born in Alabama, received a law degree from Harvard University in 1853, and lived in Chicago, Ill., in the 1850s. He was the author of Social Relations in our Southern States (1860). He returned to Alabama in 1861 and served as colonel of the 31st Alabama Regiment. He was captured by Union forces at Kennesaw Mountain, Ga., and imprisoned at Johnson's Island, Ohio. He escaped from Johnson's Island in January 1865.
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The collection includes photocopies of diaries for 1861 and January-May 1864, and scattered items by, about, or collected by Daniel R. Hundley. The earlier diary discusses contemporary political occurrences and personal and family matters, including Hundley's own role in growing sectional hostilities. The later diary vividly portrays Confederate army life and includes references to troop movements, blockade runners, the effects of the war on civilians, and women soldiers.
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Daniel R. Hundley Papers, 1861-1864 and undated.
| Folder 1a |
Original finding aid #04234, Series: "Daniel R. Hundley Papers, 1861-1864 and undated." Folder 1a |
| Folder 1 |
Volume 1: Photocopy of diary, Daniel R. Hundley, 1861-1862 #04234, Series: "Daniel R. Hundley Papers, 1861-1864 and undated." Folder 1Photocopied diary includes comments on personal and family matters; noted contemporary political occurrences, including the secession of the southern states from the Union and their subsequent mobilization for war; and narrations of his own role in the growing hostilities between North and South. At the end of the diary, entries are brief accounts of some of Daniel R. Hundley's expenses for 1861, a list of game killed in 1861, and notes on what seem to be his activities during January 1862. |
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Volume 2: Photocopy of diary, Daniel R. Hundley, January-May 1864 #04234, Series: "Daniel R. Hundley Papers, 1861-1864 and undated." Folder 2Photocopied diary includes Daniel R. Hundley's account of his travels through parts of Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina, and Virginia. The diary also contains vivid portrayals of the life of a soldier in the Confederate army, the effects of the Civil War on civilians, women soldiers, Union and Confederate troop movements, blockade runners, and many other war-related activities. There are also copies of letters from his father, from the correspondent to the London Times, and between two British sympathizers during the American Revolution. |
| Folder 3 |
Miscellaneous material, 1864 and undated #04234, Series: "Daniel R. Hundley Papers, 1861-1864 and undated." Folder 3Includes photocopies of a speech, biographical notes, newspaper clippings, a transcribed letter, and other items. |
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Encoded by: Noah Huffman, December 2007
Updated by: Kate Stratton and Jodi Berkowitz, July 2010
This collection was rehoused and a summary created with support from the National Endowment for the Humanities.
This finding aid was created with support from NC ECHO.
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