Inventory of the Tench Tilghman Diary, 1865

Collection Number 991


Manuscripts Department, University Library of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Collection Information


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
Tilghman, Tench, 1833-1867.
Title
Tench Tilghman Diary, 1865.
Call Number
991
Language of Materials
Materials in English
Extent
1 volume
Abstract
MICROFILM ONLY. The collection is the diary of Confederate officer Tilghman of Maryland on an ordnance inspection tour of North Carolina during the last months of the Civil War and his journey to Florida immediately after the surrender.


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Administrative Information

Location of Originals
Original in private hands in 1945.
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 Tench Tilghman Diary, #991, 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--Diaries.
Confederate States of America. Army--Ordnance and ordnance stores--Inspection.
Diaries.
Florida--Description and travel.
North Carolina--History--Civil War, 1861-1865.
Southern States--Description and travel.
Tilghman, Tench, 1833-1867.
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Biographical Note

Tench Tilghman (1833-1867), of Maryland, was a Confederate officer.

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Collection Overview

MICROFILM ONLY. The collection is the diary of Confederate officer Tilghman of Maryland on an ordnance inspection tour of North Carolina during the last months of the Civil War and his journey to Florida immediately after the surrender.