Inventory of the John Marshall Otey Letter, 1865

Collection Number 5305-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
Related Collections
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
Otey, John Marshall, d. 1883.
Title
John Marshall Otey Letter, 1865
Call Number
5305-z
Language of Materials
Materials in English
Extent
Items: 1
Abstract
John Marshall Otey was assistant adjutant general under General P. G. T. Beauregard during the Civil War.
The collection consists of one letter, 10 March 1865, from E. Willis to Colonel John Marshall Otey (J. M. Otey), discussing the difficulties facing railroad transportation and the movement of troops, artillery, and provisions at the time. The letter specifically discusses orders from General Braxton Bragg to detain trains at Goldsboro, N.C.

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Administrative Information

Restrictions to Access
No restrictions.
Acquisitions Information
Purchased from B & L Rootenberg, December 2006 (Acc. 100555).
Processing Information
Processed by: Margaret Dickson, June 2007
Encoded by: Margaret Dickson, June 2007
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], in the John Marshall Otey Letter #5305-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.

Bragg, Braxton, 1817-1876.
Confederate States of America. Army--Military life.
Confederate States of America. Army--Officers--Correspondence.
Confederate States of America. Army--Transportation.
Goldsboro (N.C.)--History.
North Carolina--History--Civil War, 1861-1865.
Otey, John Marshall, d. 1883.
Railroads--Confederate States of America.
Willis, E., fl. 1865.
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Related Collections

John Marshall Otey Papers, Rare Book, Manuscript, and Special Collections Library, Duke University
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Biographical Note

John Marshall Otey was assistant adjutant general under General P. G. T. Beauregard during the Civil War.

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Collection Overview

The collection consists of one letter, 10 March 1865, from E. Willis to Colonel John Marshall Otey (J. M. Otey), discussing the difficulties facing railroad transportation and the movement of troops, artillery, and provisions during the Civil War. The letter specifically discusses orders from General Braxton Bragg to detain trains at Goldsboro, N.C.

Detailed Description of the Collection

Letter, 10 March 1865.
1 item.
Folder 1
Letter

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