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George Stanley Dewey

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By George Stanley Dewey

George Stanley Dewey papers, 1848-1990.

Dewey, George Stanley, 1841-1865 · 1848

Correspondence and personal narratives from George Stanley Dewey (1841-1865), with material dated 1848 to 1990, about fifty items in half a linear foot, part of the Southern Historical Collection at UNC, collection 4390. Topics include his service as a Confederate officer in the First North Carolina Cavalry, the campaigns of the Civil War, travel in Europe, family life in New Bern and Chapel Hill, and the university.

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