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[Identification of item], in the Samuel Thompson Papers, #540, Southern Historical Collection, The Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

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• Alabama--History--Civil War, 1861-1865.
• Confederate States of America. Army--Military life.
• Confederate States of America. Army--Officers--Correspondence.
• Confederate States of America. Army. Mississippi Infantry Regiment, 23rd.
• Confederate States of America. Army. North Carolina Infantry Regiment, 27th.
• Confederate States of America. Army. North Carolina Infantry Regiment, 31st.
• Farmers--North Carolina--History.
• Johnson Island Prison.
• Mississippi--History--Civil War, 1861-1865.
• Mississippi--Social life and customs.
• North Carolina--History--Civil War, 1861-1865.
• Orange County (N.C.)--Economic conditions.
• Soldiers--Confederate States of America--Correspondence.
• South Carolina--History--Civil War, 1861-1865.
• Teachers--Mississippi--History--19th century.
• Teachers--Tennessee--History--19th century.
• Tennessee--History--Civil War, 1861-1865.
• Tennessee--Social life and customs.
• Thompson family.
• Thompson, David, fl. 1861-1865.
• Thompson, Eliza, fl. 1861-1865.
• Thompson, John, fl. 1861-1865.
• Thompson, Joseph S., fl. 1857-1862.
• Thompson, Mary, fl. 1861-1865.
• Thompson, Samuel, fl. 1781-1826.
• Thompson, Solomon, fl. 1861-1865.
• United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Hospitals.
• United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Prisoners and prisons.
• Virginia--History--Civil War, 1861-1865.

The collection contains papers of the Thompson family of Orange County, N.C., mainly Civil War letters of Joseph, David, and John to their mother Eliza, father Solomon, and sister Mary, including letters written from prison and hospitals. Joseph was captain and quartermaster of the 23rd Mississippi Regiment in Tennesee, Missippippi, and Alabama, and a prisoner of war at Johnson's Island, Ohio in 1862. His brother David, 27th North Carolina Regiment, was stationed in eastern North Carolina, South Carolina, and Virginia. Their brother John, 31st North Carolina Regiment, was in North Carolina, South Carolina, and Mississippi. Other papers include correspondence, deeds, and receipts, 1769-1831, of Samuel Thompson (fl. 1781-1826), Orange County farmer, and his family; and letters from Joseph S. Thompson when he was a teacher in Tennessee and Mississippi, 1857-1861.