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[Identification of item], in the William Moody papers #4903-z, Southern Historical Collection, The Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

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Acquisitions Information

Purchased from J. Douglas Mattox on 20 November 1997 (Acc. 97153).

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• Confederate States of America. Army--Military life.
• Confederate States of America. Army. Georgia Battalion Sharpshooters, 1st.
• Moody, William.
• Soldiers--Confederate States of America--Correspondence.

William Moody was a Confederate soldier in the 1st Georgia Battalion Sharpshooters.

The collection contains letters, December 1861-June 1864, from William Moody to his wife Margaret. The letters primarily concern family life, updating Margaret on the health and whereabouts of friends who were soldiers and informing her about military life. These letters were written from various locations, including Camp Lordon, Camp Anderson, Camp Lee, Camp Harkie, and Camp Way.