Inventory of the William Patterson Diary, 1863-1864

Collection Number 580-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
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
Patterson, William, fl. 1863-1864.
Title
William Patterson Diary, 1863-1864.
Call Number
580-z
Language of Materials
Materials in English
Extent
1 volume (83 pages).
Abstract
William Patterson was a Federal soldier from near Athens, Ohio. The collection is a typed transcription (83 p.) copied from the original manuscript at Athens College, Ohio, of the diary of William Patterson. William Patterson was a federal soldier with the United States quartermaster and commissary service in Berkeley County, W. Va., and in the Shenandoah Valley in western Virginia, September 1863-July 1864. The diary is chiefly concerned with camp life, behind-the-lines activity, and General David Hunter's invasion of the Shenandoah Valley.


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Administrative Information

Acquisitions Information
1939
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 William Patterson Diary, #580-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.

Berkeley County (W. Va.)--History--19th century.
Hunter, David, 1802-1886.
Patterson, William, fl. 1863-1864.
Shenandoah Valley Campaign, 1864 (May-August)
Soldiers--United States--Correspondence.
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Equipment and supplies.
United States. Army--Military life--History.
United States. Army--Supplies and stores.
Virginia--History--Civil War, 1861-1865.
West Virginia--History--Civil War, 1861-1865.
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Biographical Note

William Patterson, from near Athens, Ohio, was a federal soldier with the United States quartermaster and commissary service in Berkeley County, W. Va., and in the Shenandoah Valley in western Virginia, September 1863-July 1864.

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Collection Overview

The collection is a typed transcription (83 p.) copied from the original manuscript at Athens College, Ohio, of the diary of William Patterson. William Patterson was a federal soldier with United States quartermaster and commissary service in Berkeley County, W. Va., and in the Shenandoah Valley in western Virginia, September 1863-July 1864. The diary is chiefly concerned with camp life, behind-the-lines activity, and General David Hunter's invasion of the Shenandoah Valley.