The Resource Richard Wharton papers
Richard Wharton papers
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- Summary
- A diary, letters, and other writings. The diary, apparently composed during 1863 and 1864, discusses Richard Wharton's service in the Confederate Army with the 154th Tennessee Senior Infantry Regiment under John Bell Hood in defense of Atlanta. Also included are a love letter, 1864; letters, 1889 and 1901, relating to family affairs; letters, 1905-1906, to Wharton from W. S. Ray, also of the 154th Tennessee, discussing the fates of several of their former comrades and the death of Wharton's brother in 1863 at the hands of Tennessee guerilla leader Fielding Hurst; poems; speeches; a genealogy of the Wharton family; and a brief description of the battle of Perryville, Ky., dictated by Wharton to his daughter, Winnie Wharton
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 1 online resource (12
- Note
- In the Southern Historical Collection, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (#5023-z)
- Label
- Richard Wharton papers, 1863-1906
- Title
- Richard Wharton papers
- Inclusive dates
- 1863-1906
- Subject
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- Hurst, Fielding, b. 1818
- Wharton, Richard, b. 1843
- Confederate States of America, Army | Tennessee Senior Infantry Regiment, 154th
- Diaries (Blank-books)
- Confederate States of America, Army -- Military life
- Hood, John Bell, 1831-1879
- Family -- Tennessee -- Social life and customs
- Tennessee -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865
- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives, Confederate
- Wharton family
- Perryville, Battle of, Perryville, Ky., 1862
- Soldiers -- Confederate States of America -- Diaries
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- A diary, letters, and other writings. The diary, apparently composed during 1863 and 1864, discusses Richard Wharton's service in the Confederate Army with the 154th Tennessee Senior Infantry Regiment under John Bell Hood in defense of Atlanta. Also included are a love letter, 1864; letters, 1889 and 1901, relating to family affairs; letters, 1905-1906, to Wharton from W. S. Ray, also of the 154th Tennessee, discussing the fates of several of their former comrades and the death of Wharton's brother in 1863 at the hands of Tennessee guerilla leader Fielding Hurst; poems; speeches; a genealogy of the Wharton family; and a brief description of the battle of Perryville, Ky., dictated by Wharton to his daughter, Winnie Wharton
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- Biographical or historical data
- Richard Wharton of McNairy County, Tenn., was an infantryman with Company I of the 154th Tennessee Senior Infantry Regiment during the Civil War. He was present at the battle of Perryville, but his unit did not participate. After the war, he lived in Verona, Miss., and Chesterville, Miss. In 1874, he married Martha McKinney.
- Cataloging source
- NOC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- b. 1843
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Wharton, Richard
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Confederate States of America
- Confederate States of America
- Diaries (Blank-books)
- Family
- Hood, John Bell
- Hurst, Fielding
- Perryville, Battle of, Perryville, Ky., 1862
- Soldiers
- Tennessee
- United States
- Wharton family
- Wharton, Richard
- Label
- Richard Wharton papers
- Link
- Note
- In the Southern Historical Collection, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (#5023-z)
- Extent
- 1 online resource (12
- Immediate source of acquisition
- Gift
- Specific material designation
- remote
- Type of unit
- items.)
- Label
- Richard Wharton papers
- Link
- Note
- In the Southern Historical Collection, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (#5023-z)
- Extent
- 1 online resource (12
- Immediate source of acquisition
- Gift
- Specific material designation
- remote
- Type of unit
- items.)
Subject
- Confederate States of America, Army -- Military life
- Confederate States of America, Army | Tennessee Senior Infantry Regiment, 154th
- Diaries (Blank-books)
- Family -- Tennessee -- Social life and customs
- Hood, John Bell, 1831-1879
- Hurst, Fielding, b. 1818
- Perryville, Battle of, Perryville, Ky., 1862
- Soldiers -- Confederate States of America -- Diaries
- Tennessee -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865
- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives, Confederate
- Wharton family
- Wharton, Richard, b. 1843
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