Calvin M. Burbank Correspondence, 1861-1862
- Title:
- Calvin M. Burbank Correspondence, 1861-1862
- Creator:
- Burbank, Calvin M., 1832-1866
- Creator Role:
- Author
- Accession / Call Number:
- 2024.076 (m)
- Object ID:
- 2024.076 (m)
- Date:
- 1861-1862
- Type of Material:
- textual record
- Physical Description:
- 1 folder
- Level of Description:
- Collection
- Scope and Content:
- The Calvin M. Burbank Correspondence, 1861-1862, consists of one folder holding eight handwritten letters and five envelopes. The letters are written by Calvin M. Burbank to his cousins, D. Henry H. Gerrish and Sarah Jane Pearson Gerrish, and chronicle his service with the Second New Hampshire Regiment, Company B. Calvin writes of conditions in camp, his feelings on the war, details of the Battle of Williamsburg, and his yearning for home.
- Subjects:
- Correspondence, United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865, Wounds and injuries, Battles
- Locations:
- New Hampshire
Bladensburg, MD
Chicamuxen, MD
Williamsburg, VA - People:
- Burbank, Calvin M., 1832-1866, Gerrish, Henry, Pearson, Sarah, 1829-1900, McClellan, George B., 1826-1885
- Credit Line:
- Gift of Steve Duprey
- Location Code:
- TL/1W
- Restrictions:
- Available for research.
- Preferred Citation:
- Item title, Calvin M. Burbank Correspondence, 2024.076 (m). New Hampshire Historical Society, Concord, NH. Date Accessed.
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