William Porter Letters, 1861

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William Porter Letters, 1861

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William Porter of Swannanoa, N.C., was a soldier in the 1st North Carolina Infantry Regiment (North Carolina Volunteers) in the Confederate Army. The collection is nine letters, May-August 1861, the majority of which were written by William Porter from Raleigh, N.C., and Yorktown, Va., to his brother John Porter in Swannanoa, describing the early days of the Civil War. Letters discuss mutual friends; troop numbers and weapons; a rumor of drunkenness in the regiment in Raleigh (5 June 1861); a skirmish outside Yorktown; the Battle of Rich Mountain (Laurel Hill) and the 1st Battle of Bull Run (Manassas Gap); rumors of fighting in Wisconsin and great Confederate victories there; sickness in the camp, including measles and fever. A letter of 27 June 1861 from John Porter in Swannanoa to William Porter discusses the harvest in great detail.

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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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Porter, William, active 1861

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William Porter of Swannanoa, N.C., was as a soldier in the 1st North Carolina Infantry Regiment (North Carolina Volunteers) during the Civil War. From the guide to the William Porter Letters, 1861, (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection.) William Porter of Swannanoa, N.C., was a soldier in the 1st North Carolina Infantry Regiment (North Carolina Volunteers) in the Confederate Army. From the description of William Por...