Henry L. Benning, papers, 1818-1897 (bulk 1862-1863).

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Henry L. Benning, papers, 1818-1897 (bulk 1862-1863).

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Primarily military papers of Benning in southside Virginia and in North Carolina, including resignations; reassignments; reports of casualties; items relating to the arrest of Lt. Henry McCauley; lists of persons having available supplies and produce; and correspondence concerning a riot in Raleigh, N.C., in September 1863, and the alleged involvement of one of Benning's officers, Lt. Col. W.S. Shepherd. Correspondents include Robert A. Toombs, Zebulon B. Vance, James A. Seddon, John D. Whitford, Samuel Cooper, and Jerome Bonaparte Robertson. Prewar items consist of miscellaneous legal papers, including the marriage contract, 1834, of Elijah Cook and Mary V. Walker of Harris County, Ga., and several items relating to the sale of slaves. Postwar items pertain to the compilation of records and histories of the war and include Benning's notes for Edward P. Alexander's history of Longstreet's Corps.

About 65 items.

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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SNAC Resource ID: 7149450

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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Cooper, Samuel, 1798-1876

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McCauley, Henry Clay

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Whitford, John D. (John Dalton), 1825-1910

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Toombs, Robert Augustus, 1810-1885

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Robertson, Jerome Bonaparte, 1815-1890

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Shepherd, W. S. (Walter Scott)

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Walker, Mary V., fl. 1834.

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Vance, Zebulon Baird, 1830-1894

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