Creator: Lewis, W. G. (William Gaston), 1835-1901.
Collection number: 2314-z
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Abstract: William Gaston Lewis (1835-1901), was a civil engineer, Confederate brigadier general, surveyor, and resident of Edgecombe County, N.C. Papers of W. G. Lewis, including recommendations following his graduation from the University of North Carolina in 1855; Civil War era love letters, 1861-1865, from North Carolina and Virginia, written to Mittie Pender of Tarboro, N.C., whom Lewis married in 1864; and scattered postwar items, a few pertaining to Civil War events, including a map of the battlefield of Drewry’s Bluff, Va., 1864, and biographical data on W. G. Lewis and on General William Dorsey Pender.
Repository: Southern Historical Collection
Collection Highlights: Included is a letter from Farmville, Virginia, which discusses conflicts between local whites and free blacks in 1865 (Folder 4).