Samuel Spencer Parmelee papers, 1845-1911; (bulk 1860-1865).

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Samuel Spencer Parmelee papers, 1845-1911; (bulk 1860-1865).

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Letters and diaries of Uriah N. Parmelee, Jr., 6th New York Cavalry, giving detailed accounts of camp life, morale, politics, rumors, and battles, raids, and skirmishes, including the Peninsular Campaign, the battles at Antietam, Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, Gettysburg, Bristoe Station, and the Wilderness, and the Richmond Campaign; family and official correspondence concerning the death of Uriah N. Parmelee, Jr., at the battle of Five Forks, Va., during the Appomattox Campaign; and correspondence of Samuel Spencer Parmelee, dealer in carriages, wagons, and leather goods in Macon, Ga., pertaining to rents received from property in Guilford, Conn.; the death of his father, Uriah N. Parmelee, Sr., and the settlement of the estate; the recovery in 1892 of the diary of Uriah N. Parmelee, Jr., lost near Berryville, Va., in 1864; and the discovery of Uriah's grave in the Petersburg National Cemetery in 1911.

406 items.

Duke University Libraries, Duke University Library; Perkins Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 6993371

Duke University Libraries, Duke University Library; Perkins Library

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United States. Army. New York Cavalry Regiment, 6th (1861-1865)

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Parmelee, Samuel Spencer.

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Parmelee, Uriah Nelson, 1841-1865

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Student at Yale College, enlisted as a member of the 6th New York Cavalry Regiment during the Civil War; of Guilford, Conn.; killed Apr. 1, 1865. From the description of Letters, 1859-1865. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70925294 ...

United States. Army

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The United States Army is the largest branch of the United States Armed Forces and performs land-based military operations. It is one of the seven uniformed services of the United States and is designated as the Army of the United States in the United States Constitution, Article 2, Section 2, Clause 1 and United States Code, Title 10, Subtitle B, Chapter 301, Section 3001. As the largest and senior branch of the U.S. military, the modern U.S. Army has its roots in the Continental Army, which wa...