R. Channing Price papers, 1858-1916.

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R. Channing Price papers, 1858-1916.

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Civil War letters, 1861-1863, from R. Channing Price written from the Virginia peninsula, 1861-1862; south of the James River, 1862; and in northern Virginia, Maryland, West Virginia, and Pennsylvania, 1862-1863. Letters are chiefly to members of the Price family in Richmond describing battles and military life. Among military actions discussed are the Peninsula Campaign, 1862; the Antietam Campaign (Maryland Campaign), September 1862; and the death of Lieutenant Colonel John Pelham (1838-1863) at Kelly's Ford. Also included is Price's diary, October 1861-May 1862, kept while he was camped in Warwick County, Va., and letters of condolence to Price's family after his death from generals Jeb Stuart and Fitzhugh Lee. Pre-war items are chiefly letters from Price to various family members discussing life in antebellum Virginia. There are also letters relating to pre- and post-Civil War affairs of John Singleton Mosby and Fitzhugh Lee, a pre-war list of property belonging to Mosby, and several letters relating to Mosby's death.

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University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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