Guide to the L.P. Mitchell Paper MSS.1665
Mitchell, L.P.
- 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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L.P. Mitchell paper
- Unit ID:
MSS.1665
- Repository:
W.S. Hoole Special Collections Library, The University of Alabama
- Quantity:
0.1 Linear feet (1 item, 12 pages)
- Dates:
1895 June 14
- Abstract:
This collection consists of a handwritten memoir written by L.P. Mitchell, describing his life, both growing up in Indiana and in the Army, which was read to the George W. Lennard post of the Grand Army of the Republic, New Castle, Indiana, on 14 June 1895. Mitchell may have served in the 139th Indiana Volunteer Infantry, whose service consisted of nothing more strenuous than guarding railroads in Tennessee and Alabama during the war's latter months.
Scope and Contents note
This collection consists of a handwritten memoir titled "Retrospective of the War, of Mitchell's Civil War experiences, both growing up in Indiana and in the Army," which was read to the George W. Lennard post of the Grand Army of the Republic, New Castle, Indiana, on 14 June 1895. Mitchell never mentions his regimental number, but, judging by the date he states that it was mustered into the service--8 June 1864--it was perhaps the 139th Indiana Volunteer Infantry, whose service consisted of nothing more strenuous than guarding railroads in Tennessee and Alabama during the war's latter months. This fact is reflected in Mitchell's reminiscences, which contain no reference to war service other than the adventure of traveling from Indianapolis to Nashville.
- Processing Information:
Processed by
Donnelly Lancaster/John Beeler, 2005
- Preferred Citation:
Preferred Citation
L.P. Mitchell paper, 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 New Castle, Indiana.
Paper Box 6476 Folder 22
Paper by L. P. Mitchell, June 14, 1895 http://purl.lib.ua.edu/20776