Inventory of the Rawley White Martin Papers, 1851-1927

Collection Number 3401


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
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Descriptive Summary

Repository
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection.
Creator
Martin, Rawley White, 1835-1912.
Title
Rawley White Martin Papers, 1851-1927.
Call Number
3401
Language of Materials
Materials in English
Extent
158 items (0.5 linear feet).
Abstract
Pittsylvania County, Va., physician, and lieutenant colonel in the 53rd Virginia Regiment, Confederate States of America, who was wounded and captured in 1863, spent some time in federal prisons, was exchanged, and became Confederate prison director at Columbia, S.C., 1864-1865. Mostly letters, 1861-1865, to Martin from his sisters Mollie, Beckie, Bettie, and Mattie, in Pittsylvania County, Va., about family and community matters; and letters written by Martin describing the movements of his company in the 53rd Regiment of Virginia Volunteers during May-June 1862, and his situation in the United States General Hospital in 1863, after he was wounded and captured at the Battle of Gettysburg. Also included are antebellum letters from members of the family of Lewis W. Ashley, who had settled in Union County, Ill., about their work and situation there as well as postbellum accounts, letters to Martin from William G. Jeffries of Dunnsville, Essex County, Va., about amusements and mutual friends; and tributes to Martin after his death.


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Administrative Information

Acquisitions Information
Gift 1958
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 Rawley White Martin Papers, #3401, 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.

Ashley, Lewis W.
Confederate States of America. Army. Virginia Infantry Regiment, 53rd.
Essex County (Va.)--Social life and customs.
Family--Virginia--Social life and customs.
Jeffries, William G.
Leisure--Virginia--History--19th century.
Martin family.
Martin, Rawley White, 1835-1912.
Pittsylvania County (Va.)--Social life and customs.
Union County (Ill.)--Social life and customs.
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Prisoners and prisons.
United States. Army. General Hospital (West Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pa.)
Virginia--History--Civil War, 1861-1865.
Women--Confederate States of America--Social life and customs.
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Biographical Note

Pittsylvania County, Va., physician, and lieutenant colonel in the 53rd Virginia Regiment, Confederate States of America, who was wounded and captured in 1863, spent some time in federal prisons, was exchanged, and became Confederate prison director at Columbia, S.C., 1864-1865.

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Collection Overview

Mostly letters, 1861-1865, to Martin from his sisters Mollie, Beckie, Bettie, and Mattie, in Pittsylvania County, Va., about family and community matters; and letters written by Martin describing the movements of his company in the 53rd Regiment of Virginia Volunteers during May-June 1862, and his situation in the United States General Hospital in 1863, after he was wounded and captured at the Battle of Gettysburg. Also included are antebellum letters from members of the family of Lewis W. Ashley, who had settled in Union County, Ill., about their work and situation there as well as postbellum accounts, letters to Martin from William G. Jeffries of Dunnsville, Essex County, Va., about amusements and mutual friends; and tributes to Martin after his death.