Edmund Kirby-Smith papers, 1776-1906 (bulk 1840-1866) [manuscript].

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Edmund Kirby-Smith papers, 1776-1906 (bulk 1840-1866) [manuscript].

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Correspondence and other papers, chiefly 1840-1866, of Edmund Kirby-Smith, dealing with his personal affairs, education, military career, and later life as president of the University of Nashville and professor at the University of the South at Sewanee, Tenn. Includes notes on the Kentucky campaigns of 1862; letters of the Revolutionary War period written by his grandfather, Ephraim Kirby (1757-1804) and some by Joseph Smith written to his brother, Elnathan Smith; diary and miscellaneous notes, 1849-1868; official letter book, 1863-1865; a notebook, 1865, giving an account of Kirby-Smith's flight to Cuba and Mexico; and a scrapbook of Civil War clippings.

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University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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