MS038
U.S. CIVIL WAR CORRESPONDENCE
GEORGE D. PRENTICE AND ROGER W. HANSON

This Collection consists of three letters between George D. (Denison) Prentice and R. (Roger) W. (Weightman) Hanson. Prentice, (1802-1870), was the editor of the Louisville (KY) "Courier Journal". He wrote editorials in behalf of the Union during the Civil War. Hanson, (1827-1863), was the commander of the 2nd Kentucky Infantry. He was captured in 1862 and was imprisoned at Fort Warren. Hanson was later exchanged and went on to become a brigadier-general. He was mortally wounded at the Battle of Murfreesboro.

The biographical information for this Collection was obtained from The National Cyclopedia of American Biography, 3:121 and 22:244.

The Collection was donated to the William Madison Randall Library by Mr. Carl Ferger, on October 30, 1984.

This Collection has been designated Accession Number 38 of the Manuscripts Collection, Special Collections Department, William Madison Randall Library, University of North Carolina at Wilmington, 601 South College Road, Wilmington, North Carolina 28403-3297.

There are no access restrictions on this Collection.

Processed by Lana Donaldson Taylor
Special Collections Librarian
Manuscripts Collection 
William Madison Randall Library 
The University of North Carolina at Wilmington
May 12, 1988
 

Inventory
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U.S. Civil War Correspondence, George D. Prentice and Roger W. Hanson

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