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Tompkins, Frank, 1868-. Frank Tompkins papers, 1861-1948.

Title: Frank Tompkins papers, 1861-1948.

The collection contains biographical information on Frank Tompkins and his family, including his commissions. Also included are papers and other records related to the Mexican Punitive Expedition of 1916. Frank Tompkins' time at Norwich University is documented in correspondence and photographs. The collection also contains papers of Frank Tompkins' father, Charles H. Tompkins, son, Frank P. Tompkins, and composition books of his wife, Alice Barr Tompkins. The papers of Charles H. Tompkins pertain to his Civil War service. The content listing in the finding aid contains a more detailed description of the collection.

ArchivalResource: 2 Boxes (2 linear feet)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/642053463 View

Divine, John E. Miskel's Farm, 1863, undated.

Title: Miskel's Farm, 1863, undated.

Five pages of typed notes describing the Battle of Miskel's Farm, Va. (1 Apr. 1863), during which six companies of the 1st Vermont Cavalry attacked an encampment of Mosby's Rangers. Includes casualties and information about the 1st Vermont Cavalry.

ArchivalResource: 1 item.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/233824483 View

Gage, Rector, d. 1898. Rector Gage family papers, 1824-1893.

Title: Rector Gage family papers, 1824-1893.

Personal and business letters, deeds, pages from diaries and receipts, bills, notes, and other items, found in diaries of Gage, his wife, Lucy (Smith) Gage, their son, Orlin R. Gage, and other family members, chiefly in Vermont and Illinois.

ArchivalResource: .4 linear ft. (1 box)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/610577872 View

Marckres, Harvey A. (Harvey Austin), ca. 1841-1930. Letters of Harve A. Marckres, 1861 -1926, (bulk 1864, June 3 - July 21).

Title: Letters of Harve A. Marckres, 1861 -1926, (bulk 1864, June 3 - July 21).

Letters that Marckres wrote home between April 24, 1861 and July 21, 1864. The first letter (1861, Apr. 21) describes the "great excitement" that gripped Peacham, including a rousing town hall called up by " 5 or 6 of we boys" to discuss raising of a company and the enthusiastic response it received and raising of a "Liberty pole" on the town square. The seven letters written in the summer of 1864 describe the fighting in Virginia, including the battles of Cold Harbor, Wilson's raid on South Side & Danville Railroad, and the siege of Petersburg, discuss the commanding officers, including Ulysses S. Grant and James Harrison Wilson, and provide updates on the war news.

ArchivalResource: 9 letters, also discharge and pension papers.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/707554658 View

Irish, Calvin A., b. c.1830. Diary, 1 January 1865-31 December 1865.

Title: Diary, 1 January 1865-31 December 1865.

Calvin Irish's diary is one of the slimmest of Civil War diaries. Covering the last calendar year of the war, Irish typically writes only thebriefest of entries, noting when he has written his wife (and, as frequently, when he has not received a letter from her) and when and how far his regiment has marched. He occasionally remarks upon the weather or events of the war (e.g., the surrender of Lee and Johnston, though not Lincoln's assassination). His entries from the last days of the war in Virginia convey more concern for the failing health of his wife than anything else.

ArchivalResource: 170 pp.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122566764 View

Farr, Charles R. (Charles Russell). The Charles R. Farr papers, 1861-1865.

Title: The Charles R. Farr papers, 1861-1865.

Contains the following types of materials: diary, rolls, official papers. Contains information pertaining to the following war and time period: Civil War -- Eastern Theater. Contains information pertaining to the following military unit: 1st Vermont Cavalry Regiment. General description of the collection: The Charles Russell Farr papers include a diary for 1864 which covers his service with the 1st Vermont Cavalry Regiment in the Shenandoah Valley (Aug. 11-Oct 22, 1864) and during the return to Vermont of those of his company who did not reenlist (Oct 23-Nov. 8 1864). Some entries were made during the last part of the war and a few center around his service at the dismounted cavalry camp in Washington and consist mostly of names of other men in the camp. Some references are made to defense measures against Jubal Early's advance in July. At the end of the volume is a list of the regiment's engagements from 1861-1865. Other items include muster rolls fo Company F plus Farr's personal discharge papers (Nov. 18, 1864).

ArchivalResource: 1 box.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/47351135 View

Harris B. Mitchell Civil War documents, 1861-1913.

Title: Harris B. Mitchell Civil War documents, 1861-1913.

The documents include Mitchell's commissions as lieutenant and captain, discharge papers, muster rolls, a list of missing military property, ordnance returns, and an affidavit relating to the pension of John N. Fox, a veteran of Company D., 1st Vermont Cavalry. Also included in the collection is a letter from the Malden, Massachusetts G.A.R. post and Mitchell's obituary.

ArchivalResource: 2 folders (21 items)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/276877570 View

Nay, George A., 1842-1909. George A. Nay Civil War letters, 1864-1865.

Title: George A. Nay Civil War letters, 1864-1865.

This collection consists of six photocopied letters written by George A. Nay during the Civil War to his sister, Frances Nay, and mother, Lucretia Nay, in Fairfax, Vermont. Nay writes from Camp Russell, Petersburg, Virginia, and Camp Stoneman in 1864 and 1865. In the letters, he inquires about his sister's and mother's news, asks his mother to send him flannel shirts and money, and reports about his actions and observations. He relates some observations of General Winfield Scott Hancock in one of his letters. His sister appears to have been his primary correspondent; at one point, in November 1864, he thanks her for a letter and mentions that it had been the first one he received since joining the army.

ArchivalResource: 1 folder.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/730247342 View