1862 March 12 Chapel Hill, N.C.

[from the diary of Eliza Oswald Hill, refugee from Wilmington, N.C.]

Wednesday 12th went to Church in the afternoon, & after Church
walked up to Mrs Lucas' we saw a great deal more of the
Village by going thro' the Campus--& in summer Chapel
Hill must be a lovely place. Governor swain & lady
called to day also Mrs Sam Phillips--

Eliza Oswald Hill, mother of Confederate soldiers Fred, Tom, and Joe, and mother-in-law of Elizabeth Branch Hill, a daughter of Governor John Branch, of North Carolina.

David Lowry Swain, 1801-1969, was governor of North Carolina, 1832-1835, and president of the University of North Carolina from 1832-1868. He represented the state at the 1861 Confederate convention and in 1865 helped negotiate the surrender of Raleigh to General William T. Sherman. Following the end of the war, Swain advised U.S. President Andrew Johnson on Reconstruction policies.


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