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Collection Number: 02895

Collection Title: Howell Webb Autograph Book, 1863-1864.

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This collection was rehoused and a summary created with support from the National Endowment for the Humanities; this finding aid was created with support from NC ECHO.

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Abstract Howell Webb (fl. 1863-1864) was probably lieutenant colonel in the 11th Tennessee Infantry Regiment, Confederate States of America. He was a prisoner of war at Johnson's Island, Ohio. The collection includes a microfilmed autograph book of Webb, while imprisoned at Johnson's Island. Names included are chiefly of prisoners from Tennessee, Louisiana, and Mississippi. Please note that this collection is available on microfilm only.
Creator Webb, Howell, fl. 1863-1864.
Language English
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Restrictions to Access
No restrictions. Open for research.
Restrictions to Use
No usage restrictions.
Copyright Notice
Copyright is retained by the authors of items in these papers, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], in the Howell Webb Autograph Book, #2895, Southern Historical Collection, The Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Acquisitions Information
Originals lent for microfilming by John R. Peacock of High Point, N.C., March 1953.
Location of Originals
Original returned to private owner in 1953.
Additional Descriptive Resources
A copy of the original finding aid for this collection is filed in folder 1.
Sensitive Materials Statement
Manuscript collections and archival records may contain materials with sensitive or confidential information that is protected under federal or state right to privacy laws and regulations, the North Carolina Public Records Act (N.C.G.S. § 132 1 et seq.), and Article 7 of the North Carolina State Personnel Act (Privacy of State Employee Personnel Records, N.C.G.S. § 126-22 et seq.). Researchers are advised that the disclosure of certain information pertaining to identifiable living individuals represented in this collection without the consent of those individuals may have legal ramifications (e.g., a cause of action under common law for invasion of privacy may arise if facts concerning an individual's private life are published that would be deemed highly offensive to a reasonable person) for which the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill assumes no responsibility.
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Howell Webb (fl. 1863-1864) was probably lieutenant colonel in the 11th Tennessee Infantry Regiment, Confederate States of America. He was a prisoner of war at Johnson's Island, Ohio.

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MICROFILM ONLY. The collection includes a microfilmed autograph book of Howell Webb, while a prisoner of war at Johnson's Island, Ohio. Names included are chiefly of prisoners from Tennessee, Louisiana, and Mississippi.

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Processing Information

Processed by: SHC Staff

Encoded by: Noah Huffman, December 2007

Updated by: Kate Stratton and Jodi Berkowitz, May 2010

This collection was rehoused and a summary created with support from the National Endowment for the Humanities.

This finding aid was created with support from NC ECHO.

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