Inventory of the John Andrew Ramsay Papers, 1852-1900

Collection Number 3534


Manuscripts Department, University Library of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Collection Information
Descriptive Summary
Administrative Information
Online Catalog Headings
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
Ramsay, John Andrew, fl. 1852-1900.
Title
John Andrew Ramsay Papers, 1852-1900.
Call Number
3534
Language of Materials
Materials in English
Extent
About 560 items (1.0 linear foot)
Abstract
Primarily military papers of Captain John A. Ramsay, commander of the Rowan Artillery, later Company D, 10th North Carolina Artillery Regiment, which served with the Army of Northern Virginia throughout the Civil War. Included are official correspondence, muster rolls, ordnance and quartermaster returns, orders, reports, and a variety of other military records, and Ramsay's postwar correspondence about the history of the unit. Also included is antebellum correspondence of Margaret L. Beall, later Mrs. John A. Ramsay, of Salisbury, N.C., from family and friends, mostly in Rowan, Iredell, and Davie counties, N.C., including letters received while she was student at Edgeworth Female Seminary, Greensboro, N.C. The letters discuss social and family news. Margaret married first Junius D. Ramsay (died 1864), John's cousin. Letters between Junius and John show that Junius managed John's business affairs in Salisbury while the latter was serving in the army, and assisted him in obtaining supplies for his regiment.


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Administrative Information

Acquisitions Information
Acquired 1961
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 John Andrew Ramsay Papers, #3534, 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.

Beall family.
Confederate States of America. Army--Officers--Correspondence.
Confederate States of America. Army--Supplies and stores.
Confederate States of America. Army. North Carolina Artillery Regiment, 10th. Company D.
Davie County (N.C.)--Social life and customs.
Edgeworth Female Seminary (Greensboro, N.C.)
Family--North Carolina--Social life and customs.
Iredell County (N.C.)--Social life and customs.
Ramsay, John Andrew, fl. 1852-1900.
Ramsay, Junius D., d. 1864.
Ramsay, Margaret Beall.
Rowan County (N.C.)--Social life and customs.
Salisbury (N.C.)--Economic conditions.
Salisbury (N.C.)--Social life and customs.
Women--Education--North Carolina--History--19th century.
Women--North Carolina--Social life and customs.
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Collection Overview

Primarily military papers of Captain John A. Ramsay, commander of the Rowan Artillery, later Company D, 10th North Carolina Artillery Regiment, which served with the Army of Northern Virginia throughout the Civil War. Included are official correspondence, muster rolls, ordnance and quartermaster returns, orders, reports, and a variety of other military records, and Ramsay's postwar correspondence about the history of the unit. Also included is antebellum correspondence of Margaret L. Beall, later Mrs. John A. Ramsay, of Salisbury, N.C., from family and friends, mostly in Rowan, Iredell, and Davie counties, N.C., including letters received while she was student at Edgeworth Female Seminary, Greensboro, N.C. The letters discuss social and family news. Margaret married first Junius D. Ramsay (died 1864), John's cousin. Letters between Junius and John show that Junius managed John's business affairs in Salisbury while the latter was serving in the army, and assisted him in obtaining supplies for his regiment.