Box 1
Container
Contains 1 Result:
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