Julius Frederic Ramsdell papers, 1864-1869; 1910-1911 [manuscript].

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Julius Frederic Ramsdell papers, 1864-1869; 1910-1911 [manuscript].

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A diary, letters, and other material of Julius Frederic Ramsdell, member of the 39th Massachusetts Regiment, from Woburn, Mass. Letters from Ramsdell to members of his family and the diary that he kept while in Virginia during the war constitute the bulk of these papers. The letters and diary discuss fellow soldiers; marches; drills; fighting, especially the Battle of Globe Tavern, Va., August 1864 (Battle of Weldon Railroad); Ramsdell's imprisonment at Belle Isle Prison, Richmond, Va., August and September 1864; Southern dialect; the friendliness with which Union soldiers were treated; blacks; and other matters.

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University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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United States. Army. Massachusetts Infantry Regiment, 39th (1862-1865)

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United States. Army

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Ramsdell, Julius Frederic, 1845-1910.

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Julius Frederic Ramsdell was born 29 October 1845 in Lynn, Massachusetts. Estranged from his father at an early age, Ramsdell moved to Woburn, Massachusetts, to live with his aunt and uncle, Lydia and Charles Choate. In December 1863, at the age of nineteen, Ramsdell enlisted as a private in K Company, 39th Regiment of the Massachusetts Infantry. He served in eastern Virginia until August 1864 when he was taken prisoner by the Confederate Army after the battle of Weldon ...