W.A. Day book of recollections and miscellany [microfilm manuscript] 1935.

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W.A. Day book of recollections and miscellany [microfilm manuscript] 1935.

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Recollections by W.A. Day of Catawba County, N.C., concerning his Civil War experiences with the 49th N.C. Regiment in Virginia, in Winder Hospital in Richmond, and in prison at Point Lookout, Md. Included is discussion of Day's feelings when he, as a prisoner at Point Lookout, heard of the assassination of Abraham Lincoln and discussion of Christmas during the war. Also included are anecdotes of Reconstruction in Catawba County, with notes about the Ku-Klux Klan; the history of Rehoboth Methodist Church in Catawba County; and other material.

1 v. (255 p.).

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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