Stack Family Letter

The Stack and Hilton families lived in Union County, North Carolina. At the time of the 1860 census, Amos Stack (b. ca. 1818) and his wife, Sarah (b. ca. 1830) had five children. The two oldest were Laura (age 12) and Deney (age 10), and they were the authors of the following letter. The letter is directed to their uncle, Leroy R. Hilton (b. ca. 1840), who was serving as a private in Co. B, 26th North Carolina Infantry.

Archive: 
Southern Historical Collection, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Other: 
#172, Confederate Papers

Letters

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ID Letter Date Author Recipient From To
9908 Stack1 November 28, 1861 Laura A. Stack , Deney J. Stack Leroy R. Hilton Union County, NC

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