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| | George Phifer Erwin Papers Inventory (#246) |
 | | There are also Civil War letters of Erwin describing his experiences as a Confederate staff officer in Virginia and North Carolina, 1861-1863, and in Tennessee, Georgia, Alabama, and Mississippi, 1863-1865, particularly at the battles of Gettysburg and Chattanooga. |
 | | George Phifer Erwin (1840-1911), son of Elizabeth Ann Phifer (1814-1890) and Edward Jones Erwin (1806-1871), was born and raised at Belvidere, the family plantation in Burke County, N.C. He attended Davidson College and received his degree as valedictorian of the class of 1861. |
 | | William Waightstill Avery (1816-1864), George Phifer Erwin's father-in-law, was the oldest son of Isaac Thomas and Harriett Eloise Erwin Avery, George Phifer Erwin's aunt. |
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