Manuscripts Department
Library of the University of North Carolina
at Chapel Hill
SOUTHERN HISTORICAL COLLECTION
#1993-z
NEW BERN OCCUPATION PAPERS
Inventory
Abstract: Miscellaneous papers related to the Union
occupation of New Bern, N.C., during the Civil War,
including the muster roll of Co. B., 1st North
Carolina Infantry (Colored), U.S.A.; scattered letters
from Union soldiers at Camp Stevenson describing in
detail camp life and accommodations; and a plan of the
town of New Bern showing the location of Burnside's
headquarters.
Online Catalog Terms:
New Bern (N.C.)--History--Civil War, 1861-1865.
North Carolina--History--Civil War, 1861-1865.
Soldiers--United States--Correspondence--History--Civil War,
1861-1865.
United States. Army--Afro-American troops--History--Civil
War, 1861-1865.
United States. Army--Military life--History--Civil War,
1861-1865.
United States. Army. North Carolina Infantry Regiment, 1st
(1864-1866).
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Occupied
territories.
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Participation,
Afro-American.
Size: About 15 items (1 folder).
Provenance: Transferred from the North Carolina Collection in
April 1952; received from Winston Broadfoot of
Wilmington, N.C., in May and August 1957, and
Michael Musick of Washington, D.C., in 1974; and
purchased from American Library Service of New
York, N.Y., in October 1962, and Cohasco, Inc., of
New York, N.Y., in February 1971 and July 1974.
Access: No restrictions.
Processing Note: This collection was processed with support
from the Randleigh Foundation Trust.
Related Collections: Henry T. H. Thompson Papers at Duke
University Library, Durham, N.C.
Copyright: Retained by the authors of items in these papers,
or their descendants, as stipulated by United
States copyright law.