William Nance Collection
Scope and Contents
This collection contains three items, listed and described below:
Dates
- 1861
Language of Materials
English
Biography/History
William Nance was born April 3, 1835 in Rutherford County, Tennessee. He joined the Army of the Confederacy in April 1861, and the diary tells a day-by-day story of the war. William Nance was wounded at Perryville, Kentucky on October 8, 1862 and died October 25, 1862. The diary was returned to his parents.
Biographical information is included regarding his brother, Josiah W. Nance, who was born December 11, 1837 and also joined the Army of the Confederacy in April 1861. He was killed on the Tennessee River June 10, 1864.
These items were donated by J. Connie Covington.
Extent
.03 Linear Feet
Abstract
This collection contains three items, listed and described below:
Physical Location
Special Collections & Archives
- Title
- Finding Aid for the William Nance Collection
- Status
- Completed
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Vanderbilt University Special Collections Repository
Jean and Alexander Heard Library
419 21st Avenue South
Nashville TN 37203 United States
specialcollections@vanderbilt.edu