Inventory of the Charles F. James Papers, 1865-1901

Collection Number 373-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
James, Charles F. (Charles Fenton), 1844-1902.
Title
Charles F. James Papers, 1865-1901.
Call Number
373-z
Language of Materials
Materials in English
Extent
7 items.
Abstract
Charles F. James was a Confederate soldier, and a clergyman and president of Roanoke Female College in Danville, Va. The collection includes typed transcriptions of four Civil War letters, February 1865, from James, near Richmond with the 8th Virginia Regiment, to his sister describing current conditions and war events. Also included are two speeches by James about the Civil War, 1901; and a typescript (3 pages) titled Some of our Hardships.


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Administrative Information

Acquisitions Information
Prior to 1940
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 Charles F. James Papers, #373-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--Military life.
Confederate States of America. Army. Virginia Infantry Regiment, 8th.
James, Charles F. (Charles Fenton), 1844-1902.
Soldiers--Confederate States of America--Correspondence.
Virginia--History--Civil War, 1861-1865.
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Biographical Note

Charles Fenton James (1844-1902) was a Confederate soldier, clergyman, and president of Roanoke Female College in Danville, Va.

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Collection Overview

The collection includes typed transcriptions of four Civil War letters, February 1865, from James, near Richmond with the 8th Virginia Regiment, to his sister describing current conditions and war events. Also included are two speeches by James about the Civil War, 1901; and a typescript (3 pages) titled "Some of our Hardships."