Aaron A. Clark Papers, 1757, 1862-1898, 2002

Title:

Aaron A. Clark Papers, 1757, 1862-1898, 2002

Creator:

Clark, Aaron A., 1832-1923

Accession / Call Number:

2019.050

Object ID:

2019.050

Date:

1757, 1862-1898, 2002

Physical Description:

1 box, 2 volumes, and 2 oversized folders ; 0.33 linear feet

Scope and Content:

The Aaron A. Clark Papers consist of three hard bound volumes, two paper bound volumes, and approximately 90 loose pages. The first hard bound volume is titled "Company Clothing" for Company C, 1862-1863, and includes the accounts of pay for each soldier along with officer signatures of approval. The second volume is named "Company Descriptive Book" for Company C, 1862-1863. This book contains a list of officers, soldiers, and deaths, and includes physical descriptions, recruitment dates, and ages of each man in Company C. The third hard bound volume is titled "The Trial of the Honorable Admiral John Byng at a Court Martial As taken by Mr. Charles Fearne, Judge-Advocate of his Majesty’s Fleet" and is dated 1757. A loose letter from Robert H. Keilig Sr., dated 2002, was found inside this book. The two paper bound volumes are titled "Life, Scenes, in Camp Thomas (Chickamauga-Chattanooga National) Military Park," dated 1898, and "First Regiment 1898 New Hampshire," dated 1898. Both volumes include photographs of soldiers across the United States. Photographs of companies, camps and individuals are included. Also included is a folder of loose photographs of Aaron A. Clark and John M. Stanyan. The loose papers consist of reports, inventories, accounts of pay, rosters, records of deceased soldiers, discharge papers, general orders, invoices, and enlistment papers. There are several blank forms. Also included are the bylaws and rules of the Wilton Light Infantry, a recruiting station record, a newspaper article of the reunion of Company C, and certificates of disability for discharge. Notable items in this collection are the appointment of Captain Aaron A. Clark as captain of the Wilton Light Infantry, signed by Governor Frederick Smyth, 1866; a reprint of the New York Herald dated April 15, 1865 detailing the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln; eight muster rolls; one muster out roll; and nine monthly returns from 1862-1863. This collection is primarily made of military records, with minimal correspondence and provides insight to military life during the Civil War.

Subjects:

Armed Forces--Officers , Diseases , Farmers , Hotelkeepers , Invoices , Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865--Assassination , Military camps , Military hospitals , Newspapers , Photographs , Soldiers , United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865

Locations:

Baton Rouge, LA
Concord, NH
Fort Hudson, LA
Fort Mansfield, LA
New Orleans, LA
Wilton, NH

People:

Clark, Aaron A., 1832-1923 , Clark, Abby, 1835-1888 , Howard, Edwin B., 1839-1863 , Keilig, Richard H., Sr., 1921-2013 , Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 , Lund, Noah, circa 1841-1863 , Pike, James, 1818-1895 , Ripley, James W., 1794-1870 , Saunders, Lyman L., circa 1844-1863 , Smith, Nathaniel, circa 1818-1863 , Smyth, Frederick, 1819-1899 , Stanyan, John Minot, 1828-1905

Organizations:

New Hampshire. National Guard. Regiment, 1st
New York herald
United States. Army
United States. Army. New Hampshire Infantry Regiment, 16th (1862-1863)
Wilton (NH) Light Infantry

Credit Line:

Gift of the family of Richard H. Keilig Sr.
Gift of James H. Berry.

Restrictions:

Available for research.

Level Description:

Collection

Finding Aid Link:

RS59133_Clark_Aaron_A._Papers_2019.050-original.pdf