Joseph W. Collingwood Papers

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Joseph W. Collingwood Papers

333 items in 5 boxes and 1 folder

This collection chiefly contains detailed letters written by Lieutenant Joseph W. Collingwood (1821-1862) of the 18th Infantry regiment of Massachusetts to his wife in 1861-1862 during the American Civil War and covering various aspects of the campaigns, battles, and camp life. The collection also includes records of Company B, 3rd Regiment of Light Infantry of Massachusetts Volunteer Militia and some papers of the Collingwood family.

333 items in 5 boxes and 1 folder

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SNAC Resource ID: 6777100

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Collingwood, Joseph W., 1822-1862.

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Joseph W. Collingwood was a Union officer. Before the Civil War, he owned a fish market and a sailboat, and was member of the Plymouth Standish Guards and Massachusetts Militia. In 1848, he married Rebecca W. Richardson, a teacher at the Boston Female Asylum. In August 1861, Collingwood was commissioned Captain of the Company H of the 18th Massachusetts Infantry. Until October 1861, his regiment was attached to Fort Corcoran, defenses of Washington, and then to the Army of the Potom...

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Collingwood, Herbert W. (Herbert Winslow), 1857-1927

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Collingwood, Charles Barnard, 1860-1937

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