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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 Griffin Stedman Williams Papers, #1155-z, Southern Historical Collection, The Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Acquisitions Information

Received from Mrs. Harrison Williams of Leesburg, Va., October 1946.

Additional Descriptive Resources

A copy of the original finding aid for this collection is filed in folder 1.

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• Confederate States of America--Social conditions.
• Europe--Description and travel.
• New Bern (N.C.)--History--19th century.
• North Carolina--History--Civil War, 1861-1865.
• United States. Army--Military life--History.
• United States. Army--Officers--Correspondence.
• United States. Army. Empire Brigade.
• United States. Army. Spinola's Brigade.
• Virginia--History--Civil War, 1861-1865.
• Washington (N.C.)--History--19th century.
• Williams, Griffin Stedman, 1841-1911.

Griffin Stedman Williams (1841-1911) of Buffalo, N.Y., was a staff officer with the Empire Brigade and Spinola's Brigade in the Federal army in Virginia and North Carolina, 1862-1863. In 1864 he traveled through Europe and a small part of Asia.

The collection consists of letters from Griffin Stedman Williams to his parents in Buffalo, N.Y., during his service as a staff officer with the Empire Brigade and Spinola's Brigade, in Manassas, Va., at Washington, N.C., at New Bern, N.C., and at other locations, 1862-1863. The letters discuss movements of forces and engagements with Confederates, scenes and inhabitants of locales where Williams was stationed, and discussions with fellow officers. His detailed description of a European tour, 1864, written in 1865, is also included.