Inventory of the William Whann Mackall Papers, 1839-1939

Collection Number 1299


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
Mackall, William Whann, 1818-1891.
Title
William Whann Mackall Papers, 1839-1939.
Call Number
1299
Language of Materials
Materials in English
Extent
470 items (1.0 linear foot).
Abstract
Mackall, a West Point graduate, served in the United States Army from his graduation in 1837 until 1861, and in the Confederate Army, 1861-1865, attaining the rank of brigadier general. After the war he lived at Langley, Va. He married Aminta Sorrel of Savannah, Ga., and had a son, W. W. Mackall (b. 1853), who was a lawyer in Savannah. Letters during the early period, 1839-1849, include those written from Florida while Mackall was on his way to Mexico, and from Mexico, discussing the military situation. Letters during the Civil War period include those written by Mackay to his family discussing skirmishes and battles and also the family's welfare, and letters written to Mackay from other Confederate officers discussing army politics and military actions in Kentucky, Tennessee, Alabama, Mississippi, and Georgia. Correspondents include Joseph Eggleston Johnston (27 letters), Braxton Bragg, Pierre Gustave Toutant Beauregard, and Jeremy F. Gilmer. Post-war papers largely concern Confederate military history and recollections, and include also the papers of Mackall's son, W. W. Mackall, who published privately A Son's Recollections of his Father. Also available are scrapbooks and commissions and, on microfilm, genealogical and biographical data on the Mackall family.


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Administrative Information

Acquisitions Information
Deposit 1947
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 William Whann Mackall Papers, #1299, 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.

Beauregard, G. T. (Gustave Toutant), 1818-1893.
Bragg, Braxton, 1817-1876.
Confederate States of America--History, Military.
Confederate States of America. Army--Officers--Correspondence.
Fathers and sons--Georgia--History.
Gilmer, Jeremy Francis, 1818-1883.
Johnston, Joseph E. (Joseph Eggleston), 1807-1891.
Mackall family--Genealogy.
Mackall, William W.
Mackall, William Whann, 1818-1891.
Mexican War, 1846-1848--Personal narratives.
United States. Army--Military life.
United States. Army--Officers--Correspondence.
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Biographical Note

Mackall, a West Point graduate, served in the United States Army from his graduation in 1837 until 1861, and in the Confederate Army, 1861-1865, attaining the rank of brigadier general. After the war he lived at Langley, Va. He married Aminta Sorrel of Savannah, Ga., and had a son, W. W. Mackall (b. 1853), who was a lawyer in Savannah.

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Collection Overview

Letters during the early period, 1839-1849, include those written from Florida while Mackall was on his way to Mexico, and from Mexico, discussing the military situation. Letters during the Civil War period include those written by Mackay to his family discussing skirmishes and battles and also the family's welfare, and letters written to Mackay from other Confederate officers discussing army politics and military actions in Kentucky, Tennessee, Alabama, Mississippi, and Georgia. Correspondents include Joseph Eggleston Johnston (27 letters), Braxton Bragg, Pierre Gustave Toutant Beauregard, and Jeremy F. Gilmer. Post-war papers largely concern Confederate military history and recollections, and include also the papers of Mackall's son, W. W. Mackall, who published privately "A Son's Recollections of his Father." Also available are scrapbooks and commissions and, on microfilm, genealogical and biographical data on the Mackall family.