Inventory of the H. C. Kendrick Papers, 1861-1863

Collection Number 397-z


Manuscripts Department, University Library of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Collection Information
Descriptive Summary
Administrative Information
Online Catalog Headings
Collection Overview
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Manuscripts Department
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University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, NC 27514-8890
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Descriptive Summary

Repository
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection.
Creator
Kendrick, H. C., d. 1863.
Title
H. C. Kendrick Papers, 1861-1863.
Call Number
397-z
Language of Materials
Materials in English
Extent
58 items.
Abstract
Letters from Kendrick, a Confederate soldier, member of the 9th Georgia Infantry Regiment, Army of Northern Virginia, to his parents, brothers, and sister. Letters were written from camps at or near the following locations: Daleville, Va.; Winchester, Va.; Manassas, Va.; Centerville, Va.; Camp Sam Jones; Savannah, Ga.; Gordonsville, Va.; Fredericksburg, Va.; Richmond, Va.; and Suffolk, Va. Kendrick's letters contain little discussion of major battles. They do give excellent views of camp life, food, sickness among the troops, rapid marches, and other aspects of military life, including troop morale, the importance of mail from home, hatred of Yankees, drills, the superiority of southern soldiers, patriotism, kindness of the local populace (particularly the ladies of Virginia), scenery, northern degeneracy, and homesickness. Some minor skirmishes are described. A final letter is from Kendrick's commanding officer to Kendrick's parents describing Kendrick's death at Gettysburg.


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Administrative Information

Acquisitions Information
Gift prior to 1941
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 H. C. Kendrick Papers, #397-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--Social conditions.
Confederate States of America. Army--Military life.
Confederate States of America. Army. Georgia Infantry Regiment, 9th.
Gettysburg, Battle of, Gettysburg, Pa., 1863.
Kendrick, H. C., d. 1863.
Sectionalism (United States)
Soldiers--Confederate States of America--Correspondence.
Soldiers--Health and hygiene--Confederate States of America.
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Health aspects.
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Social aspects.
Virginia--History--Civil War, 1861-1865.
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Collection Overview

Letters from Kendrick, a Confederate soldier, member of the 9th Georgia Infantry Regiment, Army of Northern Virginia, to his parents, brothers, and sister. Letters were written from camps at or near the following locations: Daleville, Va.; Winchester, Va.; Manassas, Va.; Centerville, Va.; Camp Sam Jones; Savannah, Ga.; Gordonsville, Va.; Fredericksburg, Va.; Richmond, Va.; and Suffolk, Va. Kendrick's letters contain little discussion of major battles. They do give excellent views of camp life, food, sickness among the troops, rapid marches, and other aspects of military life, including troop morale, the importance of mail from home, hatred of Yankees, drills, the superiority of southern soldiers, patriotism, kindness of the local populace (particularly the ladies of Virginia), scenery, northern degeneracy, and homesickness. Some minor skirmishes are described. A final letter is from Kendrick's commanding officer to Kendrick's parents describing Kendrick's death at Gettysburg.