Inventory of the W. R. Redding Papers, 1861-1865

Collection Number 3348-z


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
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Descriptive Summary

Repository
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection.
Creator
Redding, W. R., d. 1864.
Title
W. R. Redding Papers, 1861-1865.
Call Number
3348-z
Language of Materials
Materials in English
Extent
41 items.
Abstract
Letters from Redding, a Confederate officer in the 13th Georgia Volunteers, while stationed in Virginia and Savannah, Ga., to his wife, E[lizabeth] (Lizzie) M. Redding, in Randolph County, Ga., discussing camp life, troop movements and skirmishes, and conditions at home. Also included are letters to Lizzie about her husband's death in late 1864.


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Administrative Information

Acquisitions Information
Purchase 1958
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 W. R. Redding Papers, #3348-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.
Confederate States of America. Army--Officers--Correspondence.
Confederate States of America. Army. Georgia Infantry Regiment, 13th.
Georgia--History--Civil War, 1861-1865.
Randolph County (Ga.)--Social conditions.
Redding, Elizabeth M., fl. 1861-1865.
Redding, W. R., d. 1864.
Virginia--History--Civil War, 1861-1865.
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Collection Overview

Letters from Redding, a Confederate officer in the 13th Georgia Volunteers, while stationed in Virginia and Savannah, Ga., to his wife, E[lizabeth] ("Lizzie") M. Redding, in Randolph County, Ga., discussing camp life, troop movements and skirmishes, and conditions at home. Also included are letters to Lizzie about her husband's death in late 1864.