Papers, 1861-1881.

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Papers, 1861-1881.

Papers of Spencer, a soldier in Co. G of the 1st Minnesota Infantry Regiment and an officer in the U.S. Army Signal Corps, consisting of letters to his sister, 1861-1865, which relate daily experiences of military life, enthusiasm for the Union cause, treatment of the war in the northern press, and attitudes toward Indians on the Minnesota frontier; his commission as a major in the Signal Corps; Military General Order #26; miscellany concerning Spencer and his regiment; and ten 1872 letters written by Spencer while on business trips in Minnesota.

0.8 c.f. (1 archives box and 2 oversize folders)

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