Samuel A. Creelman Papers, 1861-1906

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Samuel A. Creelman Papers, 1861-1906

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This collection contains a number of letters written by Samuel A. Creelman to family and friends during the Civil War. It also contains obituaries about Creelman, a copy of his publication , and an essay written by Creelman to be read at his funeral. Collections of a Coffee Cooler

0.1 cu. ft.; 1 folder

eng,

Special Collections, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

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SNAC Resource ID: 6338851

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Creelman, Samuel A.

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Samuel A. Creelman was a native of Pennsylvania. He served as a Union soldier during the Civil War in Company A of the 101st Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry. He was captured and taken prisoner at Plymouth, North Carolina on April 20, 1864. He spent the months of May through September of 1864 at the prison camp in Andersonville, Georgia. In September of 1864 he was then moved to the prison camp at Florence, South Carolina. After the war, Creelman settled in Wilkinsburg, P...