Box 1
Container
Contains 4 Results:
Letters, 1861-1864, 1911
File — Box: 1, Folder: 1
Identifier: I.
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Series I. Alfred Otis Chamberlain (1842-1932) Papers contains letters written to his mother and father. Topics include daily activities in the army, marching South, taking rebels prisoner, fighting, pay, Drewry's Bluff, and inquiries about news from home. He requests items from home such as food, pens, paper, "mother's good cake"; discusses his female correspondents; seeing his brother Roy (LeRoy); hearing of General Lee surrendering. Also included is an order to report for extra duty in the...
Dates:
1861-1864, 1911
Letters, 1862
File — Box: 1, Folder: 2
Identifier: II.
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Series II. LeRoy S. Chamberlain (1833-1867) Papers contains correspondence to family members. Topics include: waiting at the camp in Annapolis, spending time in the hospital for a sore ankle, guarding prisoners, Major General Burnside shooting a rebel, participating in the fighting, the lack of pay, the emancipation proclamation prolonging the war, how he feels about fighting alongside blacks, Fort Darling (Drewry's Bluff), his everyday activities, and inquiries about news from home. There...
Dates:
1862
Letters, 1863
File — Box: 1, Folder: 3
Identifier: II.
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Series II. LeRoy S. Chamberlain (1833-1867) Papers contains correspondence to family members. Topics include: waiting at the camp in Annapolis, spending time in the hospital for a sore ankle, guarding prisoners, Major General Burnside shooting a rebel, participating in the fighting, the lack of pay, the emancipation proclamation prolonging the war, how he feels about fighting alongside blacks, Fort Darling (Drewry's Bluff), his everyday activities, and inquiries about news from home. There...
Dates:
1863
Letters, 1864-1865
File — Box: 1, Folder: 4
Identifier: II.
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Series II. LeRoy S. Chamberlain (1833-1867) Papers contains correspondence to family members. Topics include: waiting at the camp in Annapolis, spending time in the hospital for a sore ankle, guarding prisoners, Major General Burnside shooting a rebel, participating in the fighting, the lack of pay, the emancipation proclamation prolonging the war, how he feels about fighting alongside blacks, Fort Darling (Drewry's Bluff), his everyday activities, and inquiries about news from home. There...
Dates:
1864-1865