MS254
Anchram H. and Elizabeth K. Evans
Civil War
Letters, 1861 - 1865
The majority of this collection consists of correspondence between Anchram Harris Evans, a Confederate soldier during the Civil War, and his wife Elizabeth Kelly Evans (she is referred to as either "Bettie," or "Lizzie" in the letters). There are also a few letters between Anchram and his sister in the collection. These letters offer both a picture of domestic life in Brunswick County, NC during the Civil War Era and a soldier’s first-hand perspective on serving in the War. Some of the topics discussed by the couple are the yellow fever epidemic in Wilmington, parenting issues in reference to their daughter Katie, bills, food shortages, camp life, clothing and supply issues in the army, national news, and the Presidential campaign of 1864.
This collection contains photocopies and transcriptions of the original documents, along with the documents themselves. The typed transcriptions were done by Troy Henry, an Evans descendant. Photographs of the letters, additional transcriptions and web linking was done by Shannon Sancartier in 2008
These letters were donated to Randall Library by S.S. "Bud" Jenkins, an Evans descendant, in 2003.
There are no access restrictions on this collection.
Processed by Michelle Cicero
Randall Library
Special Collections
William Madison Randall Library
The University
of North Carolina at Wilmington
Inventory
Manuscript/Box/File
254/1/1
August 8, 1861, Wilmington. “Your
Grandmother, E. Robinson”
254/1/2
June 28, 1862 -
Ft. Johnson, “Dearest Wife”
254/1/3
August
16, 1862, “Dearest Husband”
254/1/4
March 16, 1863,
“Dearest Lizzie”
(please note: transcription is in error. Date on original
is 16th
254/1/5
June 3, 1863, Town
Creek, Brunswick City. “Dearest Husband”
254/1/6
June
28, 1863. “Dearest Husband”
254/1/7
August
8, 1863. “Dearest Wife,” Sullivan’s Island
254/1/8
Nov. 3-4, 1863. “Dearest Husband,” Please Note: 2 date entries, one
on each side
254/1/9
Nov. 8, 1863, “My Dearest
Husband”
254/1/10
Nov.
13, 1863, “Dearest Husband,” Brunswick City
254/1/11
Nov.
20, 1863, “Dearest Husband”
254/1/12
Nov.
22, 1863, “Dearest”
254/1/13
Nov.
29, 1863, “Dearest Husband”
254/1/14
Feb.
5, 1864, “Dearest Husband”. Town Creek, Brunswick City, NC
254/1/15
Feb.
10, 1864, “Dearest Husband”
254/1/16
Feb.
14, 1864, “Well Dearest”
254/1/17
Feb. 21st, 1864,
Wilmington, “Dearest Husband”
254/1/18
Feb. 28, 1864,
Wilmington, “Dearest Husband”
254/1/19
March 17, 1864,
Camp Hill, “Dearest
Wife”
254/1/20
March 18, 1864, “Dearest Husband”
254/1/21
March
23, 1864, “Dearest Husband”
254/1/22
March
27, 1864, “Dearest Husband” transcript only
254/1/23
April
3, 1864, “Dearest Husband”
254/1/24
April
10, 1864, “Dearest Husband”
254/1/25
April
17, 1864, Town Creek, ‘Dearest Husband”
254/1/26
April
22, 1864, Camp at Ivor Station, VA “Dearest Wife”
April 23, 1864, 2 letters,
same date, “Dearest Husband”
254/1/27
April 27, 1864,
Camp Hill, VA with
“Dearest Wife” April 28, 1864 in same letter.
254/1/28
April
30th, 1864 “Dearest Husband with
May 1st, 1864 in same
letter.
254/1/29
May 8,
1864, “Dearest Husband”
254/1/30
May
28, 1864, Brunswick City. NC “Dearest Husband”
254/1/31
May
31, 1864, “Dearest Husband”
254/1/32
June
5, 1864, “Dearest Husband”
254/1/33
June 8,
1864, Brunswick City. NC, “Dearest..”
254/1/34
June
10, 1864, Brunswick, NC “My Dearest Husband”
254/1/35
June
12, 1864, “ Dearest Husband”
254/1/36
June 24, 1864, Brunswick C. NC, “Dearest Husband”
254/1/37
July 17,
1864, Wilmington, NC, “Dearest Husband”
July 16, 1864, Camp Ivor Station, VA, “Dear Wife”
transcript only
254/1/38
July 18,
1864, Petersburg, VA, “Dearest Wife”
254/1/39
July 21,
1864, Petersburg, VA, “Dearest Bettie” with
July 23, 1864,
“Dearest Husband” in same
folder.
254/1/40
July 27,
1864, Wilmington, NC, “Dearest Husband”
254/1/41
Aug. 1, 1864,Wilmington, Town Creek, “Dear Brother”
Aug. 10, 1864,
“Dearest”
Aug. 2, 1864, “Dearest Husband”
254/1/42
Aug.
5, 1864, “Dearest Husband”
254/1/43
August 9th, 1864, Wilmington, NC, “My Darling”
254/1/44
Aug.
13, 1864, Petersburg, VA, “Dearest Wife” with
Aug. 13th, 1864, “My Darling”
in same folder.
254/1/45
Aug.
15, 1864,Wilmington, “My Dearest Husband”
254/1/46
Aug. 19, 1864, Petersburg, VA, “Dearest
Bettie”
Aug. 19, 1864,
Wilmington, NC, ‘My
Darling”
254/1/47
Aug. 19, 1864, Petersburg, VA, “Dearest Wife”
254/1/48
Aug. 23, 1864, “Dearest
Husband” transcript only
254/1/49
Aug. 28, 1864, “Dearest
Husband”
254/1/50
Aug. 30, 1864, Petersburg, VA, “My
Dearest Wife”
254/1/51
Sept. 1st, 1864, Town Creek, “Dearest Husband”
254/1/52
Sept. 3, 1864, “Dearest
Darling”, Petersburg, VA
254/1/53
Sept. 6, 1864,
Petersburg, VA, “Dearest Wife”
254/1/54
Sept. 13, 1864,
Petersburg, VA, “Dearest Wife”
254/1/55
Sept. 17, 1864,
Petersburg, VA, “Dearest
Bettie”
254/1/56
Sept. 20, 1864, Petersburg, VA, “Dearest Bettie”
254/1/57
Sept. 23,
1864, Petersburg, VA, “Dearest Wife”
254/1/58
Oct. 3, 1864, Chafin’s
Bluff, N. side James River, “Dear Bettie”
254/1/59
Oct. 6, 1864, “Dearest”
254/1/60
Oct.
8, 1864, Chafin’s Bluff, “Dearest Bettie”
254/1/61
Oct. 14, 1864, “Dearest Husband”
254/2/1
Sept.
23, 1864, Petersburg, “Dearest Wife”. In oversized mylar
enclosure.
254/2/2
Oct. 23, 1864, “My
Darling”
254/2/3
Oct. 27, 1864, “My
Darling”
254/2/4
Oct. 30, 1864, Brunswick Co. N.C.
“My Darling” transcript only
254/2/5
Nov. 3, 1864,
Brunswick Co. N.C.“My Darling”
254/2/6
Nov. 4, 1865,
Chaffin’s Bluff, “Dearest Wife” transcript only; see
254/2/17
254/2/7
Nov. 15, 1864,
“My Darling”. This piece is very badly torn, do not handle.
254/2/8
Nov.
16, 1864, Chaffin’s Bluff, "Dearest
Bettie”
254/2/9
Nov. 25, 1864, “My
Darling”
254/2/10
Nov. 26,
1864, Brunswick Co., NC, "My Darling"
254/2/11
Nov. 30, 1864, Chaffin’s Bluff,
VA. “Dearest Wife”
254/2/12
Dec. 2, 1864, “My
Darling”
254/2/13
Dec. 7, 1864, “My
Darling”
254/2/14
Dec. 11, 1864, Brunswick
Co.,
“My Darling:
254/2/15
Feb. 17, 1865, Sugar
Loaf, “Dearest Darling”
254/2/16
Feb. 18,
1865, "Dear Sis"
254/2/17
Nov. 4, 1864, Chaffin’s Bluff,
“Dearest Wife” letter only; see 254/2/6
254/2/18
Aug., 1864, Petersburg,
VA. “Dearest Wife”. No date for day of month
254/2/19
Aug. 16, no year, Camp Ivor Station, VA. “Dearest
Wife”
254/2/20
Mar. 28, no year, “Dearest
Husband”
254/2/21
Aug. 29, no year, “Dearest
Husband”
254/2/22
Nov. 20, no year, “My
Darling”
254/2/23
No date, no salutation, Wife to
husband.
254/2/24
No date, “My
Darling”
254/2/25
A wife’s prayer with
A husband’s
prayer
254/2/26
Transcription, May 31, 1863
Transcription, Nov.3 &4, 1863
Transcription, Sept. 4, 1864
254/2/27
Some
copies by hand from originals already filed, disk located in box
1
254/2/28
Photocopies of originals, disk located in
box 1
254/2/29
Photocopies of originals, disk
located in box 1
254/2/30
Copies of random originals
typed by grandson, Troy Henry, 1956
254/2/31
Copies
of random original letters typed by grandson, Troy Henry,
1956
254/2/32
Typed copy of tombstone inscriptions
for Anchram Harris Evans, and Elizabeth Kelly Evans, buried Zion Methodist
Church, Brunswick County, NC
254/3/1
Photocopies of
A.H. Evans Civil War letters
254/3/2
Photocopies of A.H. Evans Civil War letters
254/3/3
Photocopies of A.H. Evans Civil War letters COPYRIGHT: Retained by the authors of items in these papers, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law.