Edmund Strudwick Burwell papers, 1825-1883 (bulk 1863-1867) [manuscript].

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Edmund Strudwick Burwell papers, 1825-1883 (bulk 1863-1867) [manuscript].

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Letters, chiefly 1863-1867, to Edmund S. Burwell at school in Granville County and at Hampden-Sidney College, from his parents, the Rev. and Mrs. Robert Armistead Burwell, from his brothers serving in various Confederate regiments, and from his sisters at home in Charlotte, N.C. Civil War letters discuss military life and economic and social conditions at home, including the influx of refugees as Sherman's troops moved towards the Carolinas. Letters in the 1870s are from Edmund's father at Peace Institute.

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