John Pennel Civil War Letters
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Pennel was Corp. Co. B, 2nd Regt. North Carolina Cavalry.
Service record (printed) and letters of Corp. Pennel from Wilkes County, North Carolina, written from Aquia Creek, Virginia, Fredericksburg, Virginia, and Goldsborough, North Carolina. Letters include descriptions of the movements of the 2nd North Carolina Cavalry, his illnesses, camp life, and requests for food and clothing items from home.
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Biographical and Historical Note
Pennel was Corp. Co. B, 2nd Regt. North Carolina Cavalry.
Collection Overview
Service record (printed) and letters of Corp. Pennel from Wilkes County, North Carolina, written from Aquia Creek, Virginia, Fredericksburg, Virginia, and Goldsborough, North Carolina. Letters include descriptions of the movements of the 2nd North Carolina Cavalry, his illnesses, camp life, and requests for food and clothing items from home.
Summary Information
- Repository
- Z. Smith Reynolds Library Special Collections and Archives
- Creator
- Pennel, John, 1842-1863
- Title
- John Pennel Civil War Letters,
- ID
- MS480
- Date [inclusive]
- 1861-1863
- Extent
- 0.25 linear feet one half-letter box
- General Physical Description note
- 1
- Mixed materials [Box]
- 1
Administrative Information
- Publication Information
- Z. Smith Reynolds Library Special Collections and Archives 2005
- Access Restrictions
- Collection is open.
- Copyright Notice
- Copyright for materials resides with the creators of the items in question or their descendants, unless otherwise designated. Users of this collection are responsible for using the materials in conformance with U.S. copyright law.
- Processing Information
- Processed by John Woodard. Encoded by Apex, March, 2005. Funded by the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) and the federal Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA), with support provided through North Carolina ECHO.
- Preferred Citation
- MS 480, John Pennel Letters, 1861-1863, Z. Smith Reynolds Library Special Collections and Archives, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, USA.