Re: Hartwell and Suzanna Spain
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In reply to:
Re: Hartwell and Suzanna Spain
kathy frick 12/23/06
I was mistaken, Hartwell P. Spain left a Civil War diary, not letters.Here are the details:
Manuscripts Department
Library of the University of North Carolina
at Chapel Hill
SOUTHERN HISTORICAL COLLECTION
#3467
HARTWELL PERCY SPAIN DIARY
Summary
NOTE: A more complete finding aid for this collection is available at the Southern Historical Collection.
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Spain, Hartwell Percy, 1840-1864.
Diary, 1861; 1867.
2 items.
Diary, 3 January to 17 March and 4 August 1861 (about 75 p.), kept by Spain
while he served as a volunteer Confederate soldier in the Darlington Guards
on duty around Charleston, S.C; and the April 1867 issue of the "The Land
We Love," a magazine published in Charlotte, N.C.The diary consists of a
detailed narrative of Spain's daily life on Sullivan Islands and Morris
Island, and at Darlington, S.C., including notes about his opinions and
feelings, and descriptions of his surroundings.It also includes poems and
miscellaneous memoranda.
Loan and gift, 1960; 1971.
Microfilm of a typed transcription of the diary, edited, with an
introduction and notes, by James Reed, 1971, is available.Copyflo prints
made from that microfilm are also on file.