Nicholas W. Schenck Reminiscences, circa 1911

  1. Resources
  2. View Resource

ArchivalResource

Nicholas W. Schenck Reminiscences, circa 1911

http://www2.lib.unc.edu/mss/inv/s/Schenck,Nicholas_W.html

MICROFILM ONLY. Mainly reminiscences by Schenck of his early life in Wilmington, N.C., and Civil War and postwar conditions in that city. Also included are family data, a lot-by-lot description of the older blocks of Wilmington, and notes on the 1906 Cotton Convention in New Orleans.

eng,

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

Information

SNAC Resource ID: 6628881

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

Related Entities

There are 1 Entities related to this resource.

Schenck, Nicholas W., 1830-1916

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w60g68m9 (person)

Nicholas W. Schenck (1830-1916), son of Eliza Ann Fanning and William Schenck, moved from his native Brooklyn, N.Y., to Wilmington, N.C., in 1836. Schenck, a bookkeeper, remained in Wilmington until 1865. In later years, he lived in New York City, Wilmington, Hickory, Cronly, Brooklyn, and Charlottesville, Va., where he was treasurer of the Virginia Realty and Insurance Company. During the Civil War, he served as an assistant to Captain Henry M. Drone and in 1863 was appointed as captain of the ...