Inventory of the William Dorsey Pender Papers, 1860-1863

Collection Number 1059


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:
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University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, NC 27514-8890
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Descriptive Summary

Repository
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection.
Creator
Pender, William Dorsey, 1834-1863.
Title
William Dorsey Pender Papers, 1860-1863.
Call Number
1059
Language of Materials
Materials in English
Extent
202 items (0.5 linear feet).
Abstract
Pender, of Edgecombe County, N.C., was a West Point graduate and United States Army officer. He served briefly as colonel of the 3rd North Carolina Infantry Regiment, Confederate States of America, and as a colonel of the 6th North Carolina Infantry Regiment before transferring to A. P. Hill's division and being promoted to major general, May 1863. He participated in many of the major engagements in Virginia and died in July 1863 as the result of a wound received at Gettysburg. The papers are almost entirely letters from William Dorsey Pender to his wife, Mary Frances (Fanny) Shepperd, daughter of former congressman Augustine H. Shepperd of Forsyth County, N.C. Those of May-August 1860 were written while he was on field duty, in Oregon, to Fanny at Fort Vancouver. Civil War letters were written chiefly from camps in North Carolina and Virginia to Fanny in North Carolina, giving an intimate account of Pender's personal feelings, religious experiences, activities, ambitions, and opinions of his associates and superiors.


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Administrative Information

Acquisitions Information
Gift 1946
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 Dorsey Pender Papers, #1059, 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--Officers--Correspondence.
Confederate States of America. Army--Officers--Religious life and customs.
North Carolina--History--Civil War, 1861-1865.
Oregon--Description and travel.
Pender, Fanny.
Pender, William Dorsey, 1834-1863.
United States. Army--Military life--History.
United States. Army--Officers--Correspondence.
Virginia--History--Civil War, 1861-1865.
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Biographical Note

Pender, of Edgecombe County, N.C., was a West Point graduate and United States Army officer. He served briefly as colonel of the 3rd North Carolina Infantry Regiment, Confederate States of America, and as a colonel of the 6th North Carolina Infantry Regiment before transferring to A. P. Hill's division and being promoted to major general, May 1863. He participated in many of the major engagements in Virginia and died in July 1863 as the result of a wound received at Gettysburg.

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Collection Overview

The papers are almost entirely letters from William Dorsey Pender to his wife, Mary Frances ("Fanny") Shepperd, daughter of former congressman Augustine H. Shepperd of Forsyth County, N.C. Those of May-August 1860 were written while he was on field duty, in Oregon, to Fanny at Fort Vancouver. Civil War letters were written chiefly from camps in North Carolina and Virginia to Fanny in North Carolina, giving an intimate account of Pender's personal feelings, religious experiences, activities, ambitions, and opinions of his associates and superiors.