Finding Aid for the Russell Autograph Book, 1861 - 1863, PC.1877

[Identification of item], PC.1877, Russell Autograph Book, State Archives of North Carolina, Raleigh, NC, USA.

Autograph book of Governor Daniel L. Russell (1845-1908) while a member of the class of 1863/64 in the University of North Carolina. The volume contains the autographs of 70 schoolmates in the war classes at the university, most of whom went to war, and on all of whom (even those no longer living) the university conferred ex speciali gratia the degree of Bachelor of Arts in 1911. The volume contains, too, the autographs of three soldiers collected by Russell while commanding Russell's Battery, 2nd North Carolina Artillery, at Fort Caswell and Fort Fisher in 1863.

Information included in the university autograph entries: name, Greek fraternity; membership in which debating society (Dialectic or Philanthropic) residence, birthdate, profession, class designation, motto, and, sometimes, the forename or initials of sweetheart. To these entries Governor Russell subsequently. entered in pencil such additional information as he learned about the students, such as nickname, number of army regiment, date and place of death, occupation, noteworthy activity while a student, and so forth. Many of the autographs have no additional information gathered by Governor Russell.

Consists of one octavo volume, autographs (containing 84 leaves (8 of them blank) bound in crushed morocco spine and boards decorated with gold tooled panels, and title, Autographs, in gold on spine and on both boards. Manufactured by J. B. Lippincott & Co., Philadelphia.)

Cards are arranged alphabetically.

Daniel L. [Lindsay] Russell (1845-1908) served as governor of North Carolina from 1897 to 1901. He was a member of the class of 1863/64, University of North Carolina. Russell's studies were cut short when he left to join the Confederate Army. During the war, Russell commanded Russell's Battery, 2nd North Carolina Artillery, at Fort Caswell and Fort Fisher in 1863.

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Adams, Joseph Henry, 1843-1861.

Andrews, Samuel Jay, 1841-1918.

Atkinson, Edward Ruffin, 1843-1863

Avery, Willoughby F., 1843-1876.

Barrett, James, 1842-1912.

Bellamy, Marsden, 1843-1909.

Bellamy, William James Harris, 1844-1911.

Bowers, Patrick H., 1843-1878.

Bunn, Elias, 1841-1862.

Burgwyn, William Hyslop Sumner, 1845-1913.

Bynum, George C., 1839-1871.

Clifton, L. Berrie P., 1843-1888.

Cooper, Tim Ervin, 1842-

Cutchin, John Almarine, 1843-1866.

Day, William Henry, 1843-1908.

Dejean, Alexander, 1841-1882.

Donelson, Daniel, 1844-1906.

Dowd, Cornelius Furman, 1840-1914.

Green, John A., 1844-

Grigsby, Madison Ruth, 1839-

Gray, Samuel Wiley, 1842-1863.

Hagood, Thomas Barrett, 1841-1917.

Hargrove, William T., 1845-

Harris, John Williams, 1840-1861.

Haughton, John Laurence, 1841-1862.

Hays, J. Middleton, 1844-

Hines, Edward Samuel, 1843-1876.

Hunter, E. L.

Johnson, John Monroe, 1840-1906.

Johnston, Gabriel, 1842-

Jordan, William Churchill, 1843-

Judd, Henderson Dennis, 1841-

Kenan, James Graham, 1839-1912.

Kenan, William Rand, 1845-1903.

Kennedy, Hyder Ali, 1840-1919.

Lee, Richard Henry, 1844-

Leigh, Richard Henry, 1842-1872.

Lindsay, Thomas Strange, 1843-1869.

Long, James Monroe, 1843-

cDaniel, William C., 1843-

McKethan, William R., 1839-1861.

Martin, Charles F., 1843-

Martin, Clarence Dudley, 1844-1864.

Michie, William Cochran, 1840-

Mitchell, James Billingslea, 1844-1891.

Moseley, A. A.

Murphy, Robert Thomas, 1839-1866.

Nicholson, Edward A. T., 1843-1865.

Parsons, John H., 1841-

Rhodes, William James, 1840-1864.

Richmond, James Law, 1842-

Robertson, Henry Jasper, 1843-1888.

Sandford, E. Douglas, 1844-

Sneed, William M. , 1844-

Speight, Seth B., 1843-1862.

Tate, James Turner, 1845-

Thomson, Ruffin, 1841-1888.

Vanderveer, William Blackshear, 1841-

Van Wyck, William, 1840-1887.

Vines, Charles, 1843-1864.

Walker, Joel Paton, 1840-

Webb, William Henry Graham, 1842-1863.

Wiggins, Ocavius Augustus, 1844-1909.

Wiggins, Thomas James Medicus, 1842-

Williams, John Buxton, 1844-1887.

Winstead, Stephen, 1843-1874.

Whitaker, Spier, 1841-1901.

Whiting, H. C.

Wright, Joshua Grainger, 1840-1894.

Russell, Daniel Lindsay, 1845-1908.

Clark, Robert Spencer, 1838-

Montraville D.Clegg, 1840-1864

William Henry Day, 1843-1908

Alexander Dejean, 1841-1882

Daniel Donelson, 1844-1906

Cornelius Furman Dowd, 1840-1914

Green, John A., 1844-

Grigsby, Madison Ruth, 1839-

Samuel Wiley Gray, 1842-1863

Thomas Barrett Hagood, 1841-1917

Hargrove, William T., 1845-

John Williams Harris, 1840-1861

John Laurence Haughton, 1841-1862

Hays, J. Middleton, 1844-

Edward Samuel Hines, 1843-1876

Hunter, E. L.

John Monroe Johnson, 1840-1906

Johnston, Gabriel, 1842-

Jordan, William Churchill, 1843-

Judd, Henderson Dennis, 1841-

James Graham Kenan, 1839-1912

William Rand Kenan, 1845-1903

Hyder Ali Kennedy, 1840-1919

Lee, Richard Henry, 1844-

Richard Henry Leigh, 1842-1872

Thomas Strange Lindsay, 1843-1869

Long, James Monroe, 1843-

William R. McKethan, 1839-1861

Martin, Charles F., 1843-

Clarence Dudley Martin, 1844-1864

Michie, William Cochran, 1840-

Moseley, A. A.

Robert Thomas Murphy, 1839-1866

Edward A. T. Nicholson, 1843-1865

Parsons, John H., 1841-

William James Rhodes, 1840-1864

Henry Jasper Robertson, 1843-1888

Sandford, E. Douglas, 1844-

Sneed, William M. , 1844-

Seth B. Speight, 1843-1862

Tate, James Turner, 1845-

Ruffin Thomson, 1841-1888

Vanderveer, William Blackshear, 1841-

William Van Wyck, 1840-1887

Charles Vines, 1843-1864

Walker, Joel Paton, 1840-

William Henry Graham Webb, 1842-1863

Ocavius Augustus Wiggins, 1844-1909

Wiggins, Thomas James Medicus, 1842-

John Buxton Williams, 1844-1887

Stephen, 1843-1874 Winstead

Spier Whitaker, 1841-1901

Whiting, H. C.

Joshua Grainger Wright, 1840-1894

Russell, Daniel Lindsay

University of North Carolina (1793-1962)

University of North Carolina (1793-1962). Dialectic Society.

University of North Carolina (1793-1962). Philanthropic Society.

College students--North Carolina--Chapel Hill.

Greek letter societies.

College students

Fraternities and Sororities

United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Autographs.

United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865

Chapel Hill (N.C.)

Accessioned by Museum of History as 61.10.3; transferred to the State Archives 10 January 1964 as part of the Hall of History Collections; transferred to the private manuscripts collections in the Archives on 6 November 1997.