Letter from W. T. Faircloth to Miss Eviline Wooten
- Title
- Letter from W. T. Faircloth to Miss Eviline Wooten
- Description
- This letter from W. T. Faircloth to Miss Eviline Wooten was written from a camp of the Second North Carolina Infantry, stationed with the Army of Northern Virginia. Faircloth comments briefly about the hardships experienced by the men in the army and expresses the hope that the war will soon end with honor and freedom for the South. William Turner Faircloth was born in Edgecombe County, N.C. Before the Civil war, he studied law and was admitted to the North Carolina Bar. After wartime service, he served as a member of the state legislature (1865). In 1867, he married Eviline Wooten. Faircloth was again called to state service in 1875 when he served as a delegate to the Constitutional Convention. Later in the same year he was appointed a justice of the State Supreme Court.
- Date
- November 16, 1863
- Original Format
- letters
- Extent
- 12cm x 20cm
- Local Identifier
- 0045-b1-fa-i2
- Creator(s)
- Contributor(s)
- Subject(s)
- Faircloth, William Turner, 1829-1900--Correspondence
- Confederate States of America. Army--Military life
- Location of Original
- East Carolina Manuscript Collection
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- Council Wooten Papers from the East Carolina Manuscript Collection
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