Eliza Whitner Papers

The Whitners (the name is also spelled Whitener) were a farm family who lived in the Jacob’s Fork section of Catawba County, North Carolina. The letters in the collection were written to Eliza Whitner (b. ca. 1841) by Catawba County relatives and neighbors serving in the Confederate Army. Her cousins, P. Sydney Whitner and Daniel H. Whitner, both served in Company K, 35th North Carolina Infantry, as did A. Pinkney Ward. Julius Seitz served in Co. F, 23rd North Carolina Infantry.

Archive: 
David M. Rubenstein Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Duke University

Letters

Displaying 1 - 6 of 6
ID Letter Date Author Recipient From To
12229 Whitner6 P. Sydney Whitner Eliza Whitner Drewry's Bluff, Chesterfield County, VA Catawba County, NC
12224 Whitner1 May 22, 1861 unknown writer Eliza Whitner Catawba County, NC
12225 Whitner2 July 5, 1861 Julius Seitz Eliza Whitner Raleigh, Wake County, NC Catawba County, NC
12226 Whitner3 July 26, 1861 P. Sydney Whitner Eliza Whitner Raleigh, Wake County, NC Catawba County, NC
12227 Whitner4 December 14, 1861 Daniel H. Whitner Eliza Whitner Raleigh, Wake County, NC Catawba County, NC
12230 Whitner7 August 7, 1862 A. Pinkney Ward Eliza Whitner Petersburg, VA Catawba County, NC

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