William Dorsey Pender papers, 1860-1863 [manuscript].

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William Dorsey Pender papers, 1860-1863 [manuscript].

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The papers are almost entirely letters from William Dorsey Pender to his wife, Mary Frances ("Fanny") Shepperd, daughter of former congressman Augustine H. Shepperd of Forsyth County, N.C. Those of May- August 1860 were written while he was on field duty, in Oregon, to Fanny at Fort Vancouver. Civil War letters were written chiefly from camps in North Carolina and Virginia to Fanny in North Carolina, giving an intimate account of Pender's personal feelings, religious experiences, activities, ambitions, and opinions of his associates and superiors.

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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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Pender, William Dorsey, 1834-1863

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