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Collection Number: 01921-z

Collection Title: Otway B. Norvell Papers, 1864; 1891

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Abstract Otway B. Norvell (fl. 1860-1891) was a Confederate soldier who served with the 2nd Kentucky Cavalry Regiment. He was captured in 1863 and imprisoned at Camp Douglas near Chicago, Ill., until 1865. The collection includes an account (37 pages), written in 1891, by Norvell of his experiences, 1863-1865, as a Confederate prisoner in federal Camp Douglas, mentioning hardships and maltreatment. Also included is a contemporary handwritten transcription (4 pages) of charges against conspirators who allegedly planned to attack Camp Douglas in 1864.
Creator Norvell, Otway B., fl. 1860-1891.
Language English
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Restrictions to Access
No restrictions. Open for research.
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Copyright Notice
Copyright is retained by the authors of items in these papers, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], in the Otway B. Norvell Papers, #1921-z, Southern Historical Collection, The Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Acquisitions Information
Received from Mrs. Almarine R. Lacey of Shreveport, La., December 1951.
Additional Descriptive Resources
A copy of the original finding aid for this collection is filed in folder 1.
Sensitive Materials Statement
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Otway B. Norvell (fl. 1860-1891) was a Confederate soldier who served with the 2nd Kentucky Cavalry Regiment. He was captured in 1863 and imprisoned at Camp Douglas near Chicago, Ill., until 1865.

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The collection includes an account (37 pages), written in 1891, by Otway B. Norvell of his experiences, 1863-1865, as a Confederate prisoner in federal Camp Douglas near Chicago, Ill. Norvell recounts hardships and maltreatment. Also included is a contemporary handwritten transcription (4 pages) of charges against conspirators who allegedly planned to attack Camp Douglas in 1864.

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Processed by: SHC Staff

Encoded by: Noah Huffman, December 2007

Updated by: Kate Stratton and Jodi Berkowitz, July 2010

This collection was rehoused and a summary created with support from the National Endowment for the Humanities.

This finding aid was created with support from NC ECHO.

Diacritics and other special characters have been omitted from this finding aid to facilitate keyword searching in web browsers.

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