Guide to the A.W. Dwight Letter MSS.1964
Dwight, A.W.
- Publication:
W.S. Hoole Special Collections Library, The University of Alabama
Mary Harmon Bryant Hall
2007
500 Hackberry Lane
Box 870266
Tuscaloosa, Alabama, 35487-0266
205.348.0500
archives@ua.edu
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- Language Usage:
English
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A.W. Dwight Letter
- Unit ID:
MSS.1964
- Repository:
W.S. Hoole Special Collections Library, The University of Alabama
- Quantity:
0.1 Linear feet (1 letter, 1 page)
- Dates:
1862 January 9
- Abstract:
A letter from A.W. Dwight to C.E. Smith, Esq. on January 9, 1862, discussing the reading and writing of personal journals as well as some general comments about the progress of the war.
Scope and Contents note
This collection consists of one letter written by A.W. Dwight, a Lieutenant Colonel of the 122nd Regiment New York Volunteers, to C.E. Smith, Esq. The letter discusses the reading and writing of personal journals. He also talks about the progress of the war.
- Processing Information:
Processed by
Martha Bace, 2007
- Preferred Citation:
Preferred Citation
A.W. Dwight Letter, W.S. Hoole Special Collections Library, The University of Alabama.
- Acquisition Information:
Provenance
Gift of Wade Hall, 2005
Biographical/Historical note
A.W. Dwight was a Lieutenant Colonel in the 122nd Regiment New York Volunteers during the Civil War. He was wounded twice (once on September 19, 1864 at Winchester, Frederick County, Virginia and once on October 19, 1864 at Cedar Creek, Warren County, Virginia) before being killed in action on March 25, 1865 in Petersburg, Virginia.
A.W. Dwight Box SC 0001 Folder 1964 http://purl.lib.ua.edu/22245