Manuscripts Department
Library of the University of North Carolina
at Chapel Hill
SOUTHERN HISTORICAL COLLECTION
#4361
SATTERFIELD AND MERRITT FAMILY PAPERS
Inventory
Abstract: Prominent family members include Green Daniel
Satterfield, farmer and tobacco merchant of Roxboro,
Person County, N.C.; his wife, Mary A. Jordon
Satterfield; and their children: E. Fletcher
Satterfield (1837-1863), who received an A. B. from
the University of North Carolina in 1859, served as a
captain in the 55th North Carolina Regiment in the
Confederate Army, and was killed at the Battle of
Gettysburg; Pattie Satterfield (1841-1885); Susan
Satterfield (1835-1863); Ida Satterfield (1850-1927);
and Mollie Satterfield (1844-1871); as well as
Fletcher W. Merritt (1897-1918), who was killed in
France while serving as a member of the 120th U.S.
Infantry during World War I.
Letters and postcards to the Satterfields and
Merritts from friends and family. Among these are
letters of E. Fletcher Satterfield from the University
of North Carolina in Chapel Hill in the late 1850s and
different Civil War camps, mostly in Virginia.
Satterfield's war correspondence describe camp life,
fellow soldiers, and local inhabitants. One letter
describes an engagement with Union gunboats in the
Blackwater area of Virginia. The Fletcher W. Merritt
letters are from World War I camps in North Carolina,
South Carolina, and Texas where Merritt was stationed
before he was sent abroad. He wrote of his love for
his mother and his activities at these camps. Also
included are bills and notices of Green Daniel
Satterfield; the "Fletcher History" by Kate Cooper
Barden Winstead; a muster roll of Company H, 55th
Regiment; recipes; and newpaper clippings, including
obituarties of relatives. Several of Green Daniel
Satterfield's children are represented, including
Pattie, Susan, Ida, and Mollie Satterfield.
Online Catalog Terms:
College students--North Carolina--History--19th century.
Confederate States of America. Army--Military life.
Confederate States of America. Army. North Carolina
Regiment, 55th.
Family--North Carolina--Social life and customs.
Merritt family.
Merritt, Fletcher W.
Satterfield, E. Fletcher, 1837-1863.
Satterfield family.
Satterfield, Green Daniel.
Satterfield, Ida, 1850-1927.
Satterfield, Mollie, 1844-1871.
Satterfield, Pattie, 1841-1885.
Satterfield, Susan, 1835-1863.
Soldiers--Confederate States of America--Correspondence.
Soldiers--United States--History--World War, 1914-1918.
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Naval
operations.
United States. Army--Military life--History--20th century.
University of North Carolina (1793-1962)--Students--History
--19th century.
Size: About 125 items (0.5 linear feet).
Provenance: Received from Katharine Craven, Eglantine Merritt,
and Mildred Montague of Roxboro, North Carolina,
in August 1983.
Access: No restrictions
INTRODUCTION
Biographical Note
John I. Satterfield received a grant for land in what is today
Person County on January 9, 1761. Green D. Satterfield, his
grandson, became a tobacco merchant and farmer; with his wife,
Mary A. Jordon, he reared a large family in the town of Roxboro,
North Carolina.
One of the Satterfield's children, E. Fletcher (1837-1863),
graduated from the University of North Carolina in 1859. Joining
the Confederate Army in 1861 he became a captain with company "H"
of the 55th North Carolina Regiment. It is reported that when he
died at Gettysburg, he had advanced the furthest of any
Confederate soldier during the battle.
Several of Green D. Satterfield's other children, Pattie
(1841-1885), Susan (1835-1863), Ida (1850-1927), and Mollie
(1844-1871), in particular, are represented in this collection.
One of E. Fletcher Satterfield's namesakes, his great nephew,
W. Fletcher Merritt (1897-1918), was in Company H 120 U. S.
Infantry when he was killed in France in the line of duty.
Collection Overview
These papers are composed chiefly of family letters and
business papers of Green D. Satterfield. The principal
recipients are Pattie, Ida, Mollie, and Mrs. Green D.
Satterfield. Also included are letters from Captain E. Fletcher
Satterfield and W. Fletcher Merritt's letters to his mother Mrs.
Mamie Merritt (daughter of Ida).
The papers also include a family history written by Kate
Cooper Barden Winstead, daughter-in-law of Ida Satterfield
Winstead.
SERIES DESCRIPTIONS
Series 1. Correspondence
1853-1882, 1909-1922, and undated. About 90 items.
Arrangement: chronological.
Letters and postcards to Satterfields and Merritts from
friends and relatives. Included are are letters from E. Fletcher
Satterfield written from school in Chapel Hill and from
Confederate camps: Jackson's River, Camp French, and a camp near
Suffolk, Virginia. Satterfield's war correspondence describes
his camp life, fellow soldiers, and the inhabitants of the area.
One letter describes an engagement with union gunboats in the
Blackwater area of Virginia. The W. Fletcher Merritt letters are
from U.S. Army camps in North Carolina, South Carolina, and
Texas, where Fletcher was stationed before he was sent abroad.
He wrote of his love for his mother and his activities at these
camps.
Subseries 1.1. Satterfield Family
Folder 1. 1853-March 1860
2. April 1860-1863
3. 1864-1867
4. 1868-1871
5. 1872-1882
6. Undated
Subseries 1.2. Merritt Family
Folder 7. 1909-1918
8. 1919-1922
9. Undated
Series 2. Other Material
1861-1943. Approximately 35 items.
Arrangement: by type.
Bills and other routine financial items of Green D.
Satterfield; the "Fletcher History" by Kate Cooper Barden
Winstead; a muster roll of Company H, 55th North Carolina
Regiment; and recipes and newspaper clippings, some of family
obituaries.
Folder 10. Financial and legal items
11. Genealogical material
12. Muster roll
13. Miscellaneous items
Series 3. Photographs
Ca. 1862-1943. 6 items.
Black-and-white family photographs of Satterfields who were
named Fletcher.
P-4361/1. Captain E. Fletcher Satterfieild, ca. 1862-1863.
/2. W. Fletcher Winstead, ca. 1890-1897.
/3. W. Fletcher Merritt, ca. 1917-1918.
/4. W. Fletcher Merritt's grave, ca. 1918.
/5. Fletcher Merritt Winstead, ca. 1935-1943.
/6(SF) Tintype of unidentified young boy, ca. 1860-1880.
SHELF LIST
Box 1 (only).
Items separated:
P-4361/1-6