| Scope and content |
Collection includes invoices, receipts, and lists of clothing, camp, and garrison equipage. Orders from headquarters in New Bern, N.C., include authorization of the resumption of target practice and promotion announcements. Also includes orders from the War Department announcing the death of President Abraham Lincoln and directing the disposition of all United States troops, certificates granting permission to induct youth into the army, a list of minors in "Company A," a small number of final statements of deceased soldiers, and instruction manuals. Of particular significance is a volume maintained by Lt. Edward R. Haight of the 107th Regiment of New York Volunteers, which is a register of ships entering and leaving the ports of Savannah, Ga., and Morehead City, N.C., and pertains directly to the logistics of supplying William T. Sherman's forces from the coast during his march through the Carolinas. Official correspondence and orders for the blockade of Wilmington, N.C., includes letters from officers on the scene as well as orders and instructions from Secretary of the Navy Gideon Welles, President Lincoln, and others. Also included is a detailed description of the deployment of the Union blockaders off the Cape Fear River. |
| Access restriction | No access restrictions. |
| Cite as |
Charles V. Peery Collection (#470), Special Collections Department, J. Y. Joyner Library, East Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina, USA. |
| Terms of use | Literary rights to specific documents are retained by the authors or their descendants in accordance with U.S. copyright law. |
| Acquisitions source |
Joyner- Gift of Dr. Charles V. Peery. |
| Biographical note | The 1st Regiment of North Carolina Union Volunteers, an infantry unit, was authorized by General A. E. Burnside in May 1862, and organized June 27, 1862. The regiment was mustered out at New Bern June 27, 1865. Company H, to which most of these records pertain, was stationed at Hatteras Inlet on the North Carolina Outer Banks. It was commanded by Captain Edward C. Manning. |
