Inventory of the Patton Family Letters, 1860-1864

Collection Number 581-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
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Descriptive Summary

Repository
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection.
Creator
Patton family.
Title
Patton Family Letters, 1860-1864.
Call Number
581-z
Language of Materials
Materials in English
Extent
38 items.
Abstract
The collection includes letters home from four Buncombe County, N.C., brothers, Jacob, John, Sam, and William Patton, sons of J. L. Patton. The brothers served in the Confederate Army in the Virginia and Mississippi Valley theaters. The letters discuss battles and conditions in camp.


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Administrative Information

Processing Information
Processed by: SHC Staff
Encoded by: Noah Huffman, December 2007
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], in the Patton Family Letters, #581-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.

Confederate States of America. Army--Military life.
Patton, J. L.
Patton, Jacob, fl. 1860-1864.
Patton, John, fl. 1860-1864.
Patton, Sam, fl. 1860-1864.
Patton, William Macfarland, 1845-1905.
Soldiers--Confederate States of America--Correspondence.
Virginia--History--Civil War, 1861-1865.
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Biographical Note

The Patton family of Buncombe County, N.C., included brothers Jacob, John, Sam, and William Patton, sons of J. L. Patton. The brothers served in the Confederate Army in the Virginia and Mississippi Valley theaters.

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Collection Overview

The collection includes letters home from four Buncombe County, N.C., brothers, Jacob, John, Sam, and William Patton, sons of J. L. Patton. The brothers served in the Confederate Army in the Virginia and Mississippi Valley theaters. The letters discuss battles and conditions in camp.