John Mitchell Davidson papers, 1851-1960 [microform].

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John Mitchell Davidson papers, 1851-1960 [microform].

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/123402135

The collection consists of a microfilm copy of the papers of John M. Davison from 1851-1960. Correspondence between Davidson and his wife, Julia, describes his business trips, enlistment, his cousin Zebulon Vance, and military campaigns in which he was involved in Tennessee, Mississippi, and Georgia, and Julia's life in Atlanta (1862-1864) including difficult economic conditions and Sherman's capture of Atlanta; there is also correspondence between Bell I. Wiley and the donor of the material. The scrapbook of clippings was compiled by Davidson; genealogical material is on the Davidson family; the biography is of Isaac Dunn, Julia's father; miscellaneous papers are Davidson's and are service related.

.125 linear feet (1 partial box)1 microfilm reel.

Emory University. Special Collections and Archives

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Emory University. Special Collections and Archives

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Davidson family.

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Vance, Zebulon Baird, 1830-1894

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Confederate general; governor of North Carolina, and U.S. senator. From the description of Autograph letter signed : [Washington], to William F. Vilas, 1888 May 1. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270574072 Confederate Army officer, governor of North Carolina, and U.S. senator from North Carolina. From the description of Papers, 1857-1893. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 20460648 Zebulon Baird Vance, a native of Buncombe County, N.C., was go...

Davidson, Julia Dunn, d. 1890.

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Wiley, Bell Irvin, 1906-1980

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Born in 1906 in Halls, Tennessee; educated at Asbury College (Kentucky), the University of Kentucky, and Yale University (Ph.D.); professor of history at Asbury College, the University of Southern Mississippi, the University of Mississippi, Louisiana State University, and Emory University; author of significant historical works primarily on the South and the Confederacy; died in 1980. From the description of Typescript of Southern Negroes, 1861-1865, 1933. (University of Southern Mis...

Davidson, John Mitchell, 1829-1917.

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John Mitchell Davidson, merchant and soldier, was born 21 October 1829 in North Carolina, and died 17 January 1917, place unknown. He was a shopkeeper in Copperhill, Tennessee (1856-1861), and served (1862-1864) as a lieutenant in Company C, 39th Regiment, North Carolina Volunteers. While Davidson was in the Confederate Army, his wife Julia Dunn Davidson lived in Atlanta, where her family operated a hotel. After the war, Davidson became a station agent for the Western & Atlantic Railroad. ...

Dunn, Isaac, d. 1863.

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