Inventory of the Francis Milton Kennedy Diary, 1863-1864

Collection Number 3008


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
Kennedy, Francis Milton, b. 1834.
Title
Francis Milton Kennedy Diary, 1863-1864.
Call Number
3008
Language of Materials
Materials in English
Extent
1 volume (64 pages).
Abstract
MICROFILM ONLY. Methodist chaplain and Confederate soldier. Typescript of Diary, 11 January 1863-17 May 1864, of F. M. Kennedy while serving with the 28th North Carolina Regiment in northern Virginia and at the Battle of Gettysburg. He recorded battles, marching, camp life, preaching, furloughs, chaplains' activities, visiting the sick, and his efforts on behalf of prisoners facing execution.


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Administrative Information

Location of Originals
Volume was still in private hands as of 1969.
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 Francis Milton Kennedy Diary, #3008, 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--Chaplains--Diaries.
Confederate States of America. Army--Military life.
Confederate States of America. Army. North Carolina Infantry Regiment, 28th.
Diaries.
Gettysburg, Battle of, Gettysburg, Pa., 1863.
Kennedy, Francis Milton, b. 1834.
Methodist Church--Confederate States of America--Clergy.
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Personal narratives, Confederate.
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Prisoners and prisons.
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Religious aspects.
Virginia--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Personal narratives, Confederate.
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Biographical Note

Methodist chaplain and Confederate soldier.

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Collection Overview

MICROFILM ONLY. Typescript of diary, 11 January 1863-17 May 1864, of F. M. Kennedy while serving with the 28th North Carolina Regiment in northern Virginia and at the Battle of Gettysburg. He recorded battles, marching, camp life, preaching, furloughs, chaplains' activities, visiting the sick, and his efforts on behalf of prisoners facing execution.