George E. Whitman Correspondence, 1863-1864
- Collection Name:
- George E. Whitman Correspondence, 1863-1864
- Title:
- George E. Whitman Correspondence, 1863-1864
- Creator:
- Whitman, George E. , 1844-1864
- Creator Role:
- Author
- Accession / Call Number:
- 1997.048 (m)
- Object ID:
- 1997.048 (m)
- Date:
- 1863-1864
- Physical Description:
- 6 folders
- Scope and Content:
- The George E. Whitman Correspondence contains materials related to Whitman's experience during the Civil War, first with the 10th Maine Infantry and then with the 1st New Hampshire Cavalry. The collection includes a letter in which Whitman tells his mother that he wants to rejoin. The collection has letters written while Whitman was a machinist and Nashua and while he was a member of the Union Army. There is some family correspondence written after Whitman's death in Andersonville as well as miscellaneous papers related to Whitman and his family.
- Subjects:
- United States-- History-- Civil War, 1861-1865 , United States. Army. New Hampshire Cavalry Regiment, 1st (1861-1865)
- Locations:
- Nashua, NH
Concord, NH
Virginia
Peterborough, NH
Concord, NH - Organizations:
- Andersonville Prison
- Credit Line:
- Gift of Charles Apfelbuam on July 1, 1997.
- Restrictions:
- Available for research.
- Level Description:
- Collection
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