Restrictions to Access

No restrictions. Open for research.

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 William Ray Wells Papers #2960-z, Southern Historical Collection, The Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Acquisitions Information

Received from Mrs. Edward H. Roberts of Talladega, Ala., in June 1953.

Additional Descriptive Resources

A detailed listing of the letters is available in Folder 1.

Sensitive Materials Statement

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The following terms from Library of Congress Subject Headings suggest topics, persons, geography, etc. interspersed through the entire collection; the terms do not usually represent discrete and easily identifiable portions of the collection--such as folders or items.

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• Family--New York (State)--Social life and customs.
• Family--Wisconsin--Social life and customs.
• Seventh-Day Adventists--United States--History.
• Soldiers--United States--Correspondence.
• United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Military life.
• United States. Army--Military life--History--Civil War, 1861-1865.
• United States. Army. New York Regiment, 12th (1861-1865).
• Virginia--History--Civil War, 1861-1865.
• Washington (D.C.)--History--Civil War, 1861-1865.
• Wells family.
• Wells, William Ray, d. 1862?

William Ray Wells served with the 12th New York Regiment in federal camps near Washington, D.C., and in Virginia. He was possibly killed in battle in August 1862.

Chiefly letters, 1861-1862, from William Ray Wells to his family in New York and Wisconsin. Wells's letters refer to life in federal camps with the 12th New York Regiment and on the battlefield. Wells also wrote of his unhappiness with the necessity of serving in the army. The collection also contains correspondence of Wells's family members, which includes references to Seventh Day Adventist activities in the 1840s and 1850s; an ambrotype and a tintype depicting unidentified Wells family members; and other items.

• SF-P-2960/1-2