Phifer family papers, 1859; 1862-1864 [manuscript].

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Phifer family papers, 1859; 1862-1864 [manuscript].

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Civil War letters exchanged by Lieutenant Edward K. Phifer (d. 1864), of Lincolnton, N.C., who served in the 49th North Carolina Regiment, C.S.A., in Virginia and eastern North Carolina; his parents, John F. Phifer and Elizabeth Caroline Ramseur Phifer, in Lincoln County, N.C.; and his brothers, Pvt. Will Locke Phifer (d. 1863) and Capt. George S. Phifer, in the Confederate Army; papers about Phifer's hospitalization and death at Petersburg, Va., and conditions in Petersburg, June-July 1864; and other family papers. Most items and correspondence of Edward K. Phifer deal with military movements, living conditions, fighting, casualties, desertions, recruiting and drilling troops, and family and community news from Lincolnton.

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