Inventory of the Joseph H. Young Papers, 1864-1865

Collection Number 3695-z


Manuscripts Department, University Library of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Collection Information
Descriptive Summary
Administrative Information
Online Catalog Headings
Collection Overview
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
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Descriptive Summary

Repository
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection.
Creator
Young, Joseph H., 1832?-1867.
Title
Joseph H. Young Papers, 1864-1865.
Call Number
3695-z
Language of Materials
Materials in English
Extent
30 items.
Abstract
Civil War letters of Young of Mifflin County, Pa., a federal soldier with the 184th Pennsylvania Regiment, to and from his wife, Ann Eliza Young, while he was with the army near Richmond and Petersburg, Va., and while he was hospitalized; and some papers concerning Young's military service and application for pensions. Letters exchange news of friends in the service, contain requests for items from home, discuss possibility of leaves, and note the desertion of Confederate soldiers to the North. Letters during Young's hospitalization discuss his health, treatment, and the possibility of discharge.


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Administrative Information

Alternate Form of Material
Typed transcriptions of letters available.
Acquisitions Information
Purchase 1964
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 Joseph H. Young Papers, #3695-z, 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.

Desertion, Military--Confederate States of America.
Petersburg (Va.)--History--19th century.
Richmond (Va.)--History--Civil War, 1861-1865.
Soldiers--United States--Correspondence.
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Desertions.
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Hospitals.
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Medical care.
United States. Army--Medical care.
United States. Army--Military life--History.
United States. Army. Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment, 184th (1861-1865)
Young, Ann Eliza.
Young, Joseph H., 1832?-1867.
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Collection Overview

Civil War letters of Young of Mifflin County, Pa., a federal soldier with the 184th Pennsylvania Regiment, to and from his wife, Ann Eliza Young, while he was with the army near Richmond and Petersburg, Va., and while he was hospitalized; and some papers concerning Young's military service and application for pensions. Letters exchange news of friends in the service, contain requests for items from home, discuss possibility of leaves, and note the desertion of Confederate soldiers to the North. Letters during Young's hospitalization discuss his health, treatment, and the possibility of discharge.