Inventory of the Stonewall Jackson Papers, 1842-1898

Collection Number 370-z


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
Jackson, Stonewall, 1824-1863.
Title
Stonewall Jackson Papers, 1842-1898 (bulk 1861-1862).
Call Number
370-z
Language of Materials
Materials in English
Extent
39 items.
Abstract
Stonewall Jackson was a Confederate general. The collection includes typed transcriptions of chiefly military correspondence, 1861-1862, with a few prewar items and postwar letters received by Jackson's second wife, Mary Anna Morrison Jackson. The earliest items are letters, 1842, about Jackson's appointment to West Point. Military correspondence includes letters to Judah P. Benjamin, 1861; from Robert E. Lee, 1862; and from R. S. Ewell, 1862, about troop movements in Virginia. Also included are a letter, 1861, from W. N. Pendleton defending himself against charges of cowardice and letters about Jackson's charge of neglect of duty against A. P. Hill in 1862.


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Administrative Information

Alternate Form of Material
Typed transcriptions; originals returned to private owner.
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 Stonewall Jackson Papers, #370-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.

Benjamin, J. P. (Judah Philip), 1811-1884.
Confederate States of America. Army--Officers--Correspondence.
Ewell, Richard Stoddert, 1817-1872.
Hill, A. P. (A. Powell)
Jackson, Mary Anna, 1831-1915.
Jackson, Stonewall, 1824-1863.
Lee, Robert E. (Robert Edward), 1807-1870.
Pendleton, William Nelson, 1809-1883.
United States Military Academy--Admission--History--19th century.
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Campaigns.
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Biographical Note

Stonewall Jackson (1824-1863) was a Confederate general.

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Collection Overview

The collection includes typed transcriptions of chiefly military correspondence, 1861-1862, with a few prewar items and postwar letters received by Jackson's second wife, Mary Anna Morrison Jackson. The earliest items are letters, 1842, about Jackson's appointment to West Point. Military correspondence includes letters to Judah P. Benjamin, 1861; from Robert E. Lee, 1862; and from R. S. Ewell, 1862, about troop movements in Virginia. Also included are a letter, 1861, from W. N. Pendleton defending himself against charges of cowardice and letters about Jackson's charge of neglect of duty against A. P. Hill in 1862.