Creator:
Cook, Albert M.
Inclusive Dates:
1862- 1878
Abstract:
Papers of the Union soldier (1843-1872). Served as a clerk in the 123rd New York Volunteers
during the Civil War, participated in Gettysburg and Atlanta Campaigns. Worked as a surveyor following war.
Diaries (1862-1865); family correspondence (1862-1878); and memorabilia, including military certificates, Cook's
company's muster-out roll, photographs, and newspapers.
Type of Material:
Certificates.
Correspondence.
Diaries.
Muster rolls.
Newspapers.
Photographs.
Subject:
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Campaigns.
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Diaries.
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives.
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Regimental histories.
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Sources.
United States -- History -- Military -- To 1900 -- Sources.
Soldiers.
Military history
Civil War (U.S.)
Atlanta Campaign, 1864.
Gettysburg, Battle of, Gettysburg, Pa., 1863.
Soldiers -- United States.
Creator:
unknown
Inclusive Dates:
1844- 1901
Abstract:
The collection consists mostly of correspondence
of the Roberts family and to a smaller extent of the Wentworth family. The majority of the letters
was written during the Civil War by William Jay Roberts to his sister and mother and by George B.
Wentworth to his wife. There are also letters written by Roberts' sister Jennette as well as by
Wentworth's son and daughter-in-law. In addition to the correspondence there are also a few items
of memorabilia, including William Jay Roberts' diary for 1861 and a record book of Company I of the
8th Regiment of the Connecticut Volunteers containing entries by several officers as well as letters
and field orders and other miscellaneous military documents related to William Jay Roberts.
Type of Material:
Correspondence.
Diaries.
Certificates.
Military records.
Subject:
New Milford (Conn. : Town) -- History.
Hartford (Conn.) -- History.
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865.
Bavaria (Germany) -- Description and travel.
Civil War (U.S.)
Military history