0661: Elizabeth Cometti Collection, 1861-1869

This collection consists of a microfilm copy of items selected by Elizabeth Cometti about West Virginia taken from the Southern Historical Collection at the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, specifically materials taken from the W. R. Redding Papers, 1861-1865 and the William Thomas Sutherlin Papers, 1842-1892. The Redding materials are from 1861 while Redding was stationed in Virginia, to his wife, Elizabeth M. Redding, in Randolph County, Ga.. He discusses camp life, troop movements and skirmishes, and conditions at home. Sutherlin materials date from 1868 to 1869 and may include correspondence and other papers relate to the varied business affairs of Sutherlin as tobacco manufacturer and distributor throughout the southeast, as a Confederate major and quartermaster at Danville, Va., as a builder and operator of railroad lines in the vicinity of Danville, or legislation affecting banking and railroads, current politics in relation to economic conditions, requests assistance in various endeavors. The microfilm reel is relatively brief in length and may reflect any of the topics mentioned here