Letter: Cadet Paul Faison to his father regarding resigning his commission at West Point, April 12 and 14, 1861

Title

Letter: Cadet Paul Faison to his father regarding resigning his commission at West Point, April 12 and 14, 1861

Creator

["Faison, Paul."]

Place

["West Point, Orange County, New York, United States"]

Local Call Number

PC 2012 (Collection)

MARS ID

5724 (Record Group)

Document Details

Title

Letter: Cadet Paul Faison to his father regarding resigning his commission at West Point, April 12 and 14, 1861

Creator

["Faison, Paul."]

Rights

Public Domain see http://digital.ncdcr.gov/u?/p249901coll22,63753

Description

The Faisons were among the first settlers of Northampton County and owned land and a plantation near the town of Jackson, the county seat. Herod and Gulielma Shepherd Faison's seven children included Paul Fletcher who was a cadet at West Point just before North Carolina seceded from the Union. In these letters, Cadet Faison writes to his father discussing the issue of secession and what that might mean to his military career and education at West Point. This item was scanned as part of the American Civil War Sesquicentennial commemoration at the North Carolina State Archives. It was part of the monthly documents on the North Carolina Civil War 150 website (http://civilwar150nc.wordpress.com).

Subject

["Confederate States of America. Army--Recruiting, enlistment, etc.","United States Military Academy","Secession--North Carolina","United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Correspondence","United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865","North Carolina--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Sources"]

Index Terms

Faison, Paul

Local Call Number

PC 2012 (Collection)

MARS ID

5724 (Record Group)

Place

["West Point, Orange County, New York, United States"]

Time Period

["(1860-1876) Civil War and Reconstruction"]

Digital Collections

["Civil War Collection"]

Source Collections

["Faison Family Papers. Private Collections. State Archives of North Carolina"]

Physical Characteristics

Manuscript letters; 2 letters consisting of 6 total pages

Format

["Letters (Correspondence)"]

Hosted By

["State Archives of North Carolina","State Library of North Carolina"]

Identifier

PC_2012_Faison_Family_Papers_18610412_18610414

Letter: Cadet Paul Faison to his father regarding resigning his commission at West Point, April 12 and 14, 1861

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