Robert F. Hoke (1837-1912) Papers, PC.64

[Identification of item], PC.64, Robert F. Hoke Papers, Private Collections, State Archives of North Carolina, Raleigh, NC, U.S.A.

Papers of Hoke, Confederate general and operator of ironworks in Lincoln, Orange, and Mitchell counties, including letter (1852) to Hoke at school in Kentucky; photocopies of letters concerning death of Col. Isaac E. Avery (1863); reports on troop movements (1865); and Hoke's printed farewell address to his division. An order book (1864) has Hoke's suggestions for defense of Petersburg (June 17, 1864) and letters relating to courts-martial. Three additional order books (1865) concern furloughs, special orders, and number of duty- efficient men. Postwar items include material on Cranberry Ironworks in Mitchell Co. and a railroad to be built into Tennessee (1866-1868); personal letters from Jefferson and Varina Davis and from Hoke's sister, mother of Hoke Smith, in Texas (1886); reminiscences of battles at Ft. Fisher, Bentonville, and Plymouth; an anecdote about Governor Vance in last days of war; and photographs of Jefferson Davis, P. G. T. Beauregard, and Hoke. Subject files include Chapel Hill Iron Mountain Railroad Co. (later the State University Rail Road Co.), Civil War (assaults on Petersburg, 1864; Junior Reserves near Kinston; Confederate veterans magazine, 1898); Lincoln Lithia Springs; and the S. S. Robert S. Hoke. Also included is Jamestown Exposition Edition, News and Observer (Raleigh), 1907, describing North Carolina exhibits on fire and life insurance, tobacco, cotton, furniture, lumber, nurseries, and the town of Pinehurst. Additional correspondents are P. G. T. Beauregard, Jubal A. Early, Joseph A. Johnston, J. G. de R. Hamilton, Wade Hampton, and Fred A. Olds. Other R. F. Hoke papers are in the Southern Historical Collection.

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• •  Letters and Photographs, 1865-1896; General Order and Letter Book 1864
  PC.64.01-02

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• •  Order Books, 1865; (Addition) Correspondence, Receipts and Accounts, Obituaries, etc., 1852-1954
  PC.64.03-04

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• •  Subject File
  PC.64.05

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• •  Oversize Folder: Raleigh News and Observer, Jamestown Exposition Edition
  PC.64.06

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Hoke, Robert F.

Davis, Jefferson

Davis, Varina Howell

Avery, Isaac E.

Vance, Zebulon Baird, 1830-1894

G. T. (Gustave Toutant) Beauregard,1818-1893

Jubal Anderson Early, 1816-1894

Johnston, Joseph A.

Hampton, Wade, 1818-1902

Olds, Fred A.

Hamilton, J. G. de R.

Smith, Hoke, 1855-1931

Chapel Hill Iron Mountain Railroad Co.

State University Railroad Co.

News and observer (Raleigh, N.C.)

Cranberry Ironworks

Junior Reserves

Colonels

Generals

Governors

Railroads

JAMESTOWN EXPOSITION EDITION

CONFEDERATE VETERANS MAGAZINE

Battles

Ships

Tobacco

Cotton

Furniture

Life insurance

Fire insurance

Iron Works

Troop Movements

Farewells

Death

Sisters

[ Duplin Co. Militia] Regimental Courts-Martial

Fort Fisher (N.C. : Fort) Siege, 1864-1865

Battle of Bentonville, Bentonville, N.C., 1865

Plymouth, Battle of, 1864

Orders

Students

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

Pinehurst (N.C.)

Lithia Springs

Lincoln County (N.C.)

Orange County (N.C.)

Mitchell County

Petersburg (Va.)

Kinston (N.C.)

PC.64.1-3: 39 items, gift of Dr. Alex Webb, December 3, 1962.Addition, PC.64.4-6: 235 items, donated by Dr. Alexander Webb, Jr., grandson of General R. F. Hoke, via Miss Beth Crabtree, Historical Publications, N.C. State Archives, October 1975.