Inventory of the A. G. Magrath Papers, 1861-1873

Collection Number 467-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
Magrath, A. G. (Andrew Gordon), 1813-1893.
Title
A. G. Magrath Papers, 1861-1873 (bulk 1864-1865).
Call Number
467-z
Language of Materials
Materials in English
Extent
76 items.
Abstract
A. G. Magrath was a Confederate governor of South Carolina. The collection contains chiefly correspondence, 1864-1865, during Magrath's tenure as governor of South Carolina, concerning military and economic problems of the South during the Civil War, military movements in Georgia, North Carolina, and South Carolina, and other related topics. Correspondents include General E.B.C. Cash, General W.R. DeSaussure, General W.W. Harlee, E.W. Marshall, General J.G. Martin, General W.R. Nance, Governor F.W. Pickens, William Henry Prescott, and Governor F.H. Watts.


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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 A. G. Magrath Papers, #467-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.

Cash, E. B. C. (Ellerbe Boggan Crawford), 1823-1888.
Confederate States of America--Economic conditions.
Confederate States of America--History, Military.
DeSaussure, W. R.
Governors--South Carolina--History--19th century.
Harllee, W. W.
Magrath, A. G. (Andrew Gordon), 1813-1893.
Marshall, E. W.
Martin, J. G. (James Green), 1819-1878.
Nance, W. R.
Pickens, F. W. (Francis Wilkinson), 1805-1869.
South Carolina--Politics and government--1861-1865.
Trescot, William Henry, 1822-1898.
Watts, F. H.
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Biographical Note

Andrew Gordon Magrath (1813-1893) was a Confederate governor of South Carolina.

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Collection Overview

The collection includes chiefly correspondence, 1864-1865, during Magrath's tenure as governor of South Carolina, concerning military and economic problems of the South during the Civil War, military movements in Georgia, North Carolina, and South Carolina, and other related topics. Correspondents include General E.B.C. Cash, General W.R. DeSaussure, General W.W. Harlee, E.W. Marshall, General J.G. Martin, General W.R. Nance, Governor F.W. Pickens, William Henry Prescott, and Governor F.H. Watts.