Record Series and Collections

1864 - 1915

Papers relative to erection of a monument over the grave of Anne Carter Lee (1839-1862), daughter of Gen. Robert E. Lee, buried in the family cemetery of Joseph S. Jones at White Sulphur Springs, Warren Co. Two letters (1864) relate to the invalid ...

1892

Photocopy of five-page letter from Gen. E. Porter Alexander, Portland, Oreg., to General Longstreet, recalling actions of the Army of Northern Virginia at Appomattox Court House on Apr. 9, 1865, before and after Lee's surrender.

1789

Bond for conveyance of land title, Loudoun Co., Va., given by Gen. Henry "Light Horse Harry" Lee, father of Robert E. Lee.

1844 - 1865

Collection of papers of General Lee, including his quarterly report as chief engineer, Ft. Hamilton, N.Y. (1844); and originals and copies of orders and military correspondence (1863-1865), including letter to Gen. Braxton Bragg at Wilmington about the ...

1940 - 1998

Photograph shows a portrait of Robert Edward Lee, United States Navy, in uniform. Lee served in the Korean War from Johnston County, North Carolina.

[ca. 1913 - 1996 ]

Portrait of Robert Edward Lee, aged Twenty-Four, in World War One United States Army Uniform; Family Immigrated to Georgia from Bladen County, North Carolina Prior to the American Revolution; Photograph circa 1918.

1762 - 1919

1759 - 1947

Papers of Colonel Heck of Raleigh, mainly concerning his business interests with Kemp P. Battle, Marmaduke J. Hawkins, A. B. Andrews, B. P. Williamson, Charles M. McGhee, and father-in-law Martin B. Callendine of Monongalia Co., W. Va. Correspondence, ...

1861 - 1945

Papers of Andrews, Raleigh lawyer and son of railroad executive Col. A. B. Andrews (1841-1915). Included in his correspondence are letters from John Motley Morehead, grandson of Governor Morehead, describing Rockingham Co. hanging of Negro woman Tildy ...

1778 - 1912

Papers of Grimes, Confederate major general, and his wife Charlotte Emily Bryan Grimes, including his UNC diploma and autograph album (class of 1848), essays, and correspondence with family and J. Johnston Pettigrew, astronomer at the National ...

1805 - 1913

Papers of Branch, congressman (1855-1861) and Confederate brigadier general, consisting primarily of letters, orders, and reports relating to his brigade in 1862 at New Bern and in the Seven Days' campaign, including letters or orders from Joseph R. ...

1770 - 1895

Papers of Nancy Haywood Blount Branch and her husband Lawrence O'Bryan Branch (1820-1862) of Raleigh, Democratic congressman (1855-1862) and Confederate general. Early Blount and Branch family correspondence (1833-1848) includes letters from UNC, ...

1779 - 1924

Typed copy of diary (Jan. 1, 1862-Apr. 24, 1865) of Chambers, detailed from 4th Regt. NCST to the police guard of the provost marshal, Army of Northern Virginia, and later captain of Co. C, 49th Regt. NCT. Descriptions include activities of military ...

1863 - 1864

Diary of surgeon from Louisburg, N.C., serving with the 53rd and 16th Georgia regiments, giving accounts of marching, encampments, weather, and fighting in Maryland, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, and Virginia (June, 1863-July, 1864), with mention of medical ...

1861 - 1870

Papers of Confederate General Bragg, originally of Warrenton, N.C. and of Louisiana, including photocopy of letter from Judah P. Benjamin, acting secretary of war, to Bragg at Pensacola about appointment of field officers and about governors diverting ...