Charles Iverson Graves papers, 1831-1962 [manuscript].

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Charles Iverson Graves papers, 1831-1962 [manuscript].

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/25280970

The collection is chiefly correspondence of Charles Iverson and Margaret (Lea) Graves, especially documenting his military career in the U.S. and Confederate navies and his civil engineering career, particularly his service in Egypt, but also his work on the Georgia Pacific and Memphis & Vicksburg railroads. The pair exchanged several hundred letters from 1875 to 1878 detailing his experiences in Egypt and her life at Locust Hill, Caswell County, N.C., where she tried to raise five children with limited economic resources. There is also correspondence relating to Charles's time at the U.S. Naval Academy; to the couple's courtship; to the couples' independent struggles--he on active duty and she on the the homefront at various places, including Mobile, Ala.--during the Civil War; and to the operation of the family farm in Rome, Ga. Other letters contain information about the experiences of other family members, particularly members of the Lea family, who moved to Alabama and Mississippi before the Civil War, and those of a relative in California after the war. Also included are genealogical materials about the Graves, Lea, and related families, reminiscences by Margaret (Lea) Graves, and Charles Iverson Graves's writings on Egyptian culture. There are also other writings, notes, and pictures, including materials relating to a book on Civil War veterans in Egypt by William Best Hesseltine.

About 1500 items (3.0 linear ft).

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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SNAC Resource ID: 7143717

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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