W. D. Wharton Papers (#5059) 1862-1907

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W. D. Wharton Papers (#5059), 1862-1907

W. D. Wharton Papers (#5059) 1862-1907

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W. D. Wharton (1840-1907) and his brother, John E. Wharton (1835-1916), were raised in Guilford County, N.C. During most of the Civil War, both men served in the Company K, 5th North Carolina Cavalry Regiment (later called the 63rd North Carolina Troops). After the war, W. D. Wharton appears to have returned to Guilford County, N.C., and married Mary Eliza Wharton (1840-1873). John E. Wharton moved to Texas and became a member of the faculty at Austin College in Sherman, Tex. The collection is chiefly correspondence, 1862-1907, relating to W. D. Wharton's Confederate army service in the Civil War. The largest concentration of letters are those written by W. D. Wharton to his parents and fiancee, Mary Eliza Wharton (called Cousin Mollie), from eastern North Carolina, 1862-1863, and from Virginia, 1864-1865. Wharton described military life in camp, speculated about how long the war would last, and gave his assessment of the officers in command. A few of the letters, December 1864, contain a detailed account of the Union raid at Stoney Creek, Va. (also called Stony Creek Station, Va.) on 1 December 1864. Scattered correspondence, 1869-1907, chiefly consists of photocopies of typed transcriptions of letters from John E. Wharton to his parents, Mr. and Mrs. David Wharton, and his brother, W. D. Wharton. The letters describe the daily lives of John E. Wharton and his family in Texas.

About 100 items (0.5 linear feet)

eng,

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