Guide to the James Chamberlin Letters MSS.0294
Chamberlin, James
- Publication:
W.S. Hoole Special Collections Library, The University of Alabama
Mary Harmon Bryant Hall
November 2009
500 Hackberry Lane
Box 870266
Tuscaloosa, Alabama, 35487-0266
205.348.0500
archives@ua.edu
- Creation:
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- Language Usage:
English
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James Chamberlin letters
- Unit ID:
MSS.0294
- Repository:
W.S. Hoole Special Collections Library, The University of Alabama
- Quantity:
0.1 Linear feet (19 items ; photocopies)
- Dates:
Bulk, 1861-1863
- Dates:
1861-1898
- Abstract:
Letters written to his mother and brother while serving with the 52nd Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteers in the Peninsular Campaign and the Charleston Expedition
- creator
Chamberlin, James, 1836-1909
Scope and Contents note
The collection contains letters written by Chamberlin to his mother and brother while serving with the 52nd Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteers in the Peninsular Campaign and the Charleston Expedition. Also included is a 1898 letter from Henry to May.
Letters include: Letter to Mother, May 23, 1861; Letter to Mother, June 30, 1861; Letter to Mother, November 13, 1861; Letter to Brother, March 14, 1862; Letter to Mother, April 9, 1862; Letter to Brother, May 8, 1862; Letter to Brother, May 18, 1862; Letter to Mother, May 18, 1862, Letter to Mother, May 25, 1862; Letter to Mrs. Chamberlin from Hon. Eli Slifer, Secretary of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, June 3, 1862; Letter to Mother, July 5, 1862; Letter to Mother, July 18, 1862; Letter to Mother, July 21, 1862; Letter to Mother, August 28, 1862; Letter to Mother, January 26, 1863; Letter to Mother, March 15, 1863; Letter to Mother, March 28, 1863; Letter to Brother, April 7, 1863; Letter to "My Little May from Henry," July 18, 1898.
- Processing Information:
Processed by
unknown, updated by R. Rumstay, 2008; updated by Martha Bace, 2012
- Preferred Citation:
Preferred Citation note
James Chamberlin letters, W.S. Hoole Special Collections Library, The University of Alabama.
- Acquisition Information:
Provenance
Joseph Fritz, 1986
Biographical/Historical note
James Chamberlin was a Civil War soldier in Company D, 52nd Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteers.
- Access Restrictions:
Conditions Governing Access note
none
- Usage Restrictions:
Conditions Governing Use note
None
Source(s)
United States. Army. Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment, 52nd (1861-1865). . (Library_of_Congress_Name_Authority_File)
Civil War (localbroad)
Daily Life and Family (localbroad)
Letters (correspondence) (aat)
Peninsular Campaign, 1862 (lcsh)
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Campaigns (lcsh)
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Personal narratives (lcsh)
War and Military (localbroad)
Correspondence Box 2870 Folder 1