Henry A. Chambers Papers, 1832-1925

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Henry A. Chambers Papers, 1832-1925

Henry A. Chambers Papers, 1832-1925

http://www2.lib.unc.edu/mss/inv/c/Chambers,Henry_A.html

Henry A. (Henry Alexander) Chambers was a native of North Carolina who became a lawyer, historian, legislator, member of the Tennessee House of Representatives, and United States Post Office agent in Tennessee. The collection includes the diary, correspondence, speeches, and business papers of Chambers. The diary, 1863-1865, 1870-1873, 1877-1887, and 1895-1924, written while Chambers was a captain with the 49th North Carolina Infantry Regiment and when he lived in Madisonville, Tenn., Loudon, Tenn., and Chattanooga, Tenn., contains entries about troop movements and military life during the Civil War, professional and public life, social and domestic events, and Masonic and Confederate veterans' affairs. Also included in the collection are personal and household accounts; a memorandum, 1877, concerning a state legislative committee on common schools; personal and family letters received; bills and receipts; a muster roll of and correspondence about Company C, 49th North Carolina Infantry Regiment, Confederate States of America; family history materials; and estate papers.

185; 6.0

eng,

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection