CHESNUT, James, Jr., 1815-1885



Courtesy U.S. Senate Historical Office

Guide to Research Collections

Duke University
Special Collections Library
Durham, NC
Papers: 1779-1872. 113 items. Business and personal correspondence, photographs, and portrait.


Emory University
Robert W. Woodruff Library
Atlanta, GA
Papers: 1864-1865. 1 item. Letterbook of General Chesnut and his aides concerning organization and duties of reserve forces in South Carolina, and troop movements and invasion of South Carolina.


Knox College
Seymour Library
Galesburg, IL
Papers: 1 letter (August 7, 1863) in Sang-Lee Civil War collection, 1834-1906.


Library of Congress
Manuscript Division
Washington, DC
Papers: 1862. 250 items. Letters and letterbook (January-November 1862) as chief of the Military Department at Columbia, concerning recruitment, military finances, and conditions in the area.


New Jersey Historical Society
Newark, NJ
Papers: Transcripts of letters and narratives in Civil War papers, 1836-1913.


South Carolina Historical Society
Charleston, SC
Papers: Business and family papers in Chesnut-Miller-Manning papers, 1744-1900, 5 feet; and in Miscellaneous manuscripts, Series I and II, 1631-1979. Finding aid.


State Historical Society of Wisconsin
Archives Division
Madison, WI
Papers: In Chestnut family papers, 1782-1896. 2 cubic feet. Chiefly concern personal, social, and economic affairs on South Carolina plantations. Available on 4 microfilm reels. Finding aid.


University of Michigan
William L. Clements Library
Ann Arbor, MI
Papers: More than 10 letters in James S. Schoff Civil War collection, 1856-1869.


University of South Carolina
South Caroliniana Library
Columbia, SC
Papers: 1832-1914. 15 items. Plantation papers, household account book, and correspondence. Additional papers in Williams-Chesnut-Manning collection; and Lewis Malone Ayer papers, 1768-1870.