Guide to the Union Soldier Letter (I) MSS.1663
Union Soldier letter (I)
- 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
- Creation:
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- Language Usage:
English
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Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Union soldier letter (I)
- Unit ID:
MSS.1663
- Repository:
W.S. Hoole Special Collections Library, The University of Alabama
- Quantity:
0.1 Linear feet 1 letter
- Dates:
circa 1863
- Abstract:
A fragment of a letter of unknown date, probably late 1863, by an unknown Union soldier, describing his feeling about emancipation and experience at Gettysburg.
Scope and Contents note
This collection consists of a fragment of a letter written by an unknown Union soldier, describing his thoughts about the draft--"I think it is right for every man to help save his country"--, emancipation--"I am against freeing the Negro just as mutch [sic] as any person"--and the Battle of Gettysburg--"that was my forth [sic] of July". Very poorly written and virtually illegible in places.
- Processing Information:
Processed by
Donnelly Lancaster/John Beeler, 2005
- Preferred Citation:
Preferred Citation
Union soldier Letter, W.S. Hoole Special Collections Library, The University of Alabama.
- Acquisition Information:
Provenance
Gift of Wade Hall, 2004
Biographical/Historical note
A Union soldier, describing his thoughts on the war and experiences at Gettysburg.
Letter Box 6476 Folder 20
Letter from an unknown Union soldier, [location unknown], to unknown recipient, [location unknown], [date unknown] http://purl.lib.ua.edu/20775