Lipe Family Civil War Letters
Special Collections & Archives

The Lipe (or Leib) family lived in Deep Well (now Mooresville), Iredell County, North Carolina. The collection consists of 27 letters by 7 different Confederate soldiers, telling of their experiences in the Civil War. Includes a poem and unidentified notes. Correspondents include J. L. Lipe, George L. Kistler, W. A. Wallace, Thomas L. Purdie, R. M. Emerson, James C. Moore, Elburtus M. Kennerly, and Eliza Ann Lipe.
A finding aid for the collection is available online.
All text and images in the Lipe Family Civil War Letters digital collection are the property of Special Collections & Archives, Z. Smith Reynolds Library, Wake Forest University. Reproductions of images from the collection may be made without permission only for use in private research, teaching, and study.
Recent Additions
Below are a few recent additions in the Lipe Family Civil War Letters collection.