Edward O. Guerrant papers, 1856-1917 [manuscript].

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Edward O. Guerrant papers, 1856-1917 [manuscript].

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Diary and other papers of Edward Owings Guerrant. The diary, 1856-1916, with gaps, reflects Guerrant's experiences as a student at Centre College, Danville, Ky., 1856-1860; as a staff officer to several Confederate generals in campaigns in eastern Kentucky and southwest Virginia and in the Army of Tennessee, 1861-1865; as a medical student; as a practicing physician at Mt. Sterling, Ky., 1867-1873; as a seminarian at Hampden-Sydney College in Virginia, 1873-1876; as a Presbyterian minster at several places, including Louisville, Ky., 1876-1885; and therafter founder and president of the American Inland Mission or "Soul Winners Society" and editor of "The Soul Winner," at Wilmore and Troy, Ky. Among other items are scattered correspondence, 1862-1917, and Guerrant's manuscript history of Kentucky soldiers in the Confederacy.

About 300 items (8.0 linear feet).

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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