William O. Dundas Papers
Collection
Identifier: GTM-710820
The collection consists of the correspondence of William Oswald Dundas. It includes outgoing letters addressed chiefly to Edward I. Devitt, SJ. (1841-1920), archivist and professor of history at Georgetown College and Henry J. Shandelle, S.J. (1848-1925), librarian and professor of English and philosophy; extensive recollections of student life at Georgetown 1856-58 and of life in Washington DC during the 1850s. Incoming correspondence includes letters from James Edward Calhoun (1796-1889) of South Carolina, cousin and brother-in-law of John C. Calhoun and a member of Long's expedition of 1819-20; and official letters from various public officials, including Sen. James Vardaman of Mississippi, Gov. William Hodges Mann of Virginia, and Robert Bacon, all in connection with Dundas' attempt to obtain a roster of Confederate troops for Fr. Devitt. Family correspondence, family documents, and personal reminiscences complete the collection.
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William Oswald Dundas (b. 1841) was a Confederate veteran of the Civil War and a native of Washington D.C. During the war, he was a blockade runner and an ordnance officer. He was captured and kept in the Old Capitol Prison in Washington, DC and in Camp Norton in Indianapolis, Indiana.
More of Dundas' papers can be found in The Southern Historical Collection at the Louis Round Wilson Special Collections Library at UNC Chapel Hill.
1.5 Cubic Feet (3 Document Cases)
English
Gift of William O. Dundas, sometime before 1925.
Part of the Georgetown University Manuscripts Repository