Cyrus A. Powers Letters

1862
Manuscript Collection #835
Portions of this collection are digitized (2 items)
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Physical description
0.01 Cubic Feet, 1 box, 4 items, 16 pages
Preferred Citation
Cyrus A. Powers Letters (#835), East Carolina Manuscript Collection, J. Y. Joyner Library, East Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina, USA.
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ECU Manuscript Collection
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Cyrus A. Powers letter on Pamlico operations; digital reproduction of letters; transcriptions of letters, 2/1 and 3/28/1862.

Scope and arrangement

Collection consists of two letters to Emily Watson. The first is a letter from a Union soldier, Cyrus A. Powers, on board the ship Dancer in the Pamlico Sound, North Caroina, describing preparations for an attack on Roanoke Island (1 February 1862). The second is from Mary and describes Powers's severe wounding in the battle and the family's efforts to bring him home (28 March 1862).

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Custodial History

July 19, 2001 (unprocessed), 1 container, 4 items, 16 pages; Cyrus A. Powers letters on Pamlico Sound operations; digital reproduction of letters; transcriptions of letters, 2/1 & 3/28/1862. Donor: Historical Collectible Antiques.

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Gift of Historical Collectible Antiques

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Literary rights to specific documents are retained by the authors or their descendants in accordance with U.S. copyright law.

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Key terms
Personal Names
Powers, Cyrus A.
Topical
Soldiers--North Carolina
Places
North Carolina--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
Roanoke Island (N.C.)--History--Capture, 1862
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Casualties
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Personal narratives