Manuscripts Department
Library of the University of North Carolina
at Chapel Hill
SOUTHERN HISTORICAL COLLECTION
#2567-z
WALLACE AND GAGE FAMILY PAPERS
Inventory
Abstract: Chiefly papers of William Henry Wallace (1827-
1901) of Union County, S.C., Confederate brigadier
general and state legislator, pertaining to the estate
of his father, Daniel Wallace (1801-1859), U.S.
representative, 1848-1853, and to Reconstruction,
including a letter, 1878, about the race question in
South Carolina, from Samuel H. Bennett, a black
politician. Also included are an undated circular
regarding the trial of reputed members of the Ku Klux
Klan under anti-Klan laws; a scrapbook containing
clippings; and other items pertaining to Confederate
veterans, to members of the Wallace and Gage families,
and to other topics.
Online Catalog Terms:
Afro-American politicians--History--19th century.
Bennett, Samuel H., fl. 1878.
Estates (Law)--South Carolina.
Gage family.
Ku-Klux Klan (1866-1869)--Trials, litigation, etc.
Reconstruction--South Carolina.
Scrapbooks--South Carolina.
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Veterans.
Wallace, Daniel, 1801-1859.
Wallace, William Henry, 1827-1901.
Wallace family.
Size: 16 items (1 folder).
Provenance: Received from and lent for filming by Mrs. Morris
Bush of Birmingham, Ala., in November 1943, and
Mrs. D. H. Wallace of Greenville, S.C., in October
1954.
Access: No restrictions. In part, microfilm.
Processing Note: This collection was processed with support
from the Randleigh Foundation Trust.
Copyright: Retained by the authors of items in these papers,
or their descendants, as stipulated by United
States copyright law.