Guide to the George Benedict letter MSS.1661
Benedict, George
- Publication:
W.S. Hoole Special Collections Library, The University of Alabama
Mary Harmon Bryant Hall
June 2010
500 Hackberry Lane
Box 870266
Tuscaloosa, Alabama, 35487-0266
205.348.0500
archives@ua.edu
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George Benedict letter
- Unit ID:
MSS.1661
- Repository:
W.S. Hoole Special Collections Library, The University of Alabama
- Quantity:
0.1 Linear feet (1 letter and envelope)
- Dates:
1861 August 31
- Abstract:
A letter from George Benedict, Union soldier, describing the situation at Camp McClellan, Iowa, 31 August 1861.
Scope and Contents note
This collection consists of one letter from Benedict, stationed at Camp McClellan, Iowa, to a Miss Susan Benedict, perhaps his sister, written 31 August 1861. Benedict mentions that there are fourteen prisoners there, one a "rebble [sic] Colonel With one arm off".
- Processing Information:
Processed by
Donnelly Lancaster/John Beeler, 2005
- Preferred Citation:
Preferred Citation
George Benedict Letter, W.S. Hoole Special Collections Library, The University of Alabama.
- Acquisition Information:
Provenance
Gift of Wade Hall, 2004
Biographical/Historical note
Civil War soldier from Norway, Iowa, 31 August 1861.
Letter Box 6476 Folder 18
Letter from George Benedict, Camp McClellan, Davenport, Iowa, to Susan Benedict, Norway, Iowa, August 31, 1861 http://purl.lib.ua.edu/20773