Dabney Cosby Papers, 1827-1865

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Dabney Cosby Papers, 1827-1865

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Dabney Cosby (1779-1862) of Raleigh, N.C., was a builder engaged in contructing courthouses, jails, houses, and other buildings in Virginia and North Carolina. The collection includes letters from Dabney Cosby to his son, Dabney Minor Cosby, and others, concerning details of his building work, family matters, and public events, including one letter, 1847, referring to work in Chapel Hill, N.C. Also included are letters, 1862-1864, from Dabney Cosby (1836-1886) from the Virginia Peninsula, northern Virginia, and eastern Tennessee, where he served first in the 53rd Virginia Infantry Regiment and later as Ordnance Officer in Wharton's Brigade of the Confederate Army, about camp life, progress of the war, life in communities where he was stationed, and his philosophy about the war.

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

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

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Cosby, Dabney, 1779-1862

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Halifax Court House (Halifax Co.), Va. resident. From the description of Papers, 1844-1856. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 37883950 Dabney Cosby (1779-1862) of Raleigh, N.C., was a builder engaged in contructing courthouses, jails, houses, and other buildings in Virginia and North Carolina. From the description of Dabney Cosby papers, 1827-1865. WorldCat record id: 23667502 Dabney Cosby (1779-1862) of Raleigh, N.C., was a bui...