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Fred Walster diary
Collection
Identifier: BUSC-2004-003
Abstract
In August, 1862 Fred Walster (1842 - 1870) of Fort Plain, Montgomery County, New York enlisted as a member of Company E of the 153rd Regiment New York Volunteer Infantry during the Civil War. This collection consists of one diary from 1865 documenting Walster’s military experiences, hospitalization, and return to civilian life. The diary has been digitized and is accessible from the New York Heritage Digital...
Dates:
1865
Anna E. Wilcox Family letters
Collection
Identifier: BUSC-2001-001
Abstract
This collection includes forty-five letters, primarily written to Anna E. Wilcox of Smyrna, Chenango County, New York by four of her male cousins while they were serving in the Civil War (William S. Pike, Emory Wilcox, Benjamin Leroy Pike, and John Pike). A small number of letters written from 1866 to 1868 are between other correspondents. The collection also includes several photographs of the authors. This collection has been digitized and is accessible from the ...
Dates:
1862 - 1868
John M. Young letters
Collection
Identifier: BUSC-2004-008
Abstract
The collection consists of forty-one letters and three other documents, mostly letters from John M. Young (1832 - 1864) of Elmira, Chemung County, New York, to his wife Rosetta Terwilliger Young during his service in the Civil War (Companies C and F, 14th Regiment, United States Infantry). Several letters were written by Rosetta, and additional letters were written between John and Rosetta Young and two of Rosetta's brothers, Charles and Wyatt Terwilliger, both of whom were also serving in...
Dates:
1862 - 1863