Papers, 1820-1929.

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Papers, 1820-1929.

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Family correspondence including letters from Confederate soldiers with references to the C.S.S. Virginia and descriptions of marches; letters of Wilkerson describing crops, his Civil War service around Petersburg, Va., and his stay in the General Hospital at Greensboro, N.C.; a number of almanacs used as diaries; correspondence of Lillie Wilkerson and Luther Wilkerson, James' children, discussing social life and customs, illnesses and hospitals, employment, and personal matters; and several letters from a soldier in France during World War I.

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Duke University Libraries, Duke University Library; Perkins Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 6999079

Duke University Libraries, Duke University Library; Perkins Library

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Wilkerson, Luther.

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Confederate States of America. Army. North Carolina Infantry Regiment, 55th

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Virginia (Ship)

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Whaling vessel; out of Bremen, Germany, mastered by Ezra Fitch. From the description of Logbook of the ship Virginia, 1836 July 26-1838 Aug. 16. (Old Dartmouth Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 71130097 ...

Wilkerson, James A., 1934-

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Confederate soldier, member of the 55th North Carolina Infantry Regiment, Co. K; and farmer, from Oxford (Granville Co.), N.C. From the description of Papers, 1820-1929. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 20504566 ...

Confederate states of America. Army

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The Savannah Ordnance Depot, Savannah, Georgia, was organized as a field depot during the Civil War. In April 1864, it became the Savannah Arsenal under the supervision of the Chief of Ordnance. From the description of Savannah Ordnance Depot employment roll, 1864. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 38477938 The Confederate States of America Army may have created the position of Purchasing Commissary of Subsistence to oversee the distribution of food and other supplies to the Co...

Wilkerson, Lillie.

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