Samuel Ripley papers 1864-1865 Ripley, Samuel papers

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Samuel Ripley papers 1864-1865 Ripley, Samuel papers

The Samuel Ripley papers contain correspondence from a soldier in the 36th Wisconsin Infantry, describing several months at Camp Randall, participation in the siege of Petersburg, and his feelings about the war.

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SNAC Resource ID: 6391811

William L. Clements Library

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Salisbury Prison (N.C.)

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Ripley, Mary

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Samuel Dinsmore Ripley was born August 21, 1831, in Chesterville, Maine, the fourth child of Simeon Ripley and Abigail Pease. By 1860, he had married a woman named Mary and they resided in Dayton, Richland County, Wisconsin, with their two children, May (b. ca. 1856) and Methusula (b. ca. 1860). Ripley enlisted as a private on February 26, 1864, in Company H, 36th Wisconsin Infantry. He was wounded on June 22, 1864, at the Siege of Petersburg, captured at Ream's Station, and held in...

United States. Army. Wisconsin Infantry Regiment, 36th (1864-1865)

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Camp Randall (Wis.)

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Ripley, Samuel Dinsmore, 1831-1864.

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