Edmund Jones Williams letters, 1861-1864 [manuscript].

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Edmund Jones Williams letters, 1861-1864 [manuscript].

Letters from Williams, a soldier in the Fayetteville Independent Light Infantry and the 31st North Carolina Regiment from locations in North Carolina and Virginia to members of his family in Cumberland County, N.C. Williams wrote from the Virginia Peninsula, 1861; from Sampson, Onslow, Bertie, and other North Carolina counties, 1862-1863; and from Petersburg, Culpeper, and the banks of the Rappahannock in Virginia, May 1863-December 1864. The letters give a detailed picture of camp life and engagements in these locations.

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Confederate States of America. Army. Fayetteville Independent Light Infantry.

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Williams, Edmund Jones, 1841-1926.

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Edmund Jones Williams (1841-1926) was a soldier in the Fayetteville Independent Light Infantry and the 31st North Carolina Regiment. Williams was born at Linden, Cumberland County, N.C. He recieved his medical doctorate from Washington Medical College, Baltimore, Md. From the guide to the Edmund Jones Williams Letters, ., 1861-1864, (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection.) ...

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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...

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