The James M. Pettit Collection : Papers 185?-188?

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The James M. Pettit Collection : Papers 185?-188?

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This collection is comprised of over 200 letters which makes up the bulk of the James M. Pettit papers.The letters date from as early as 1816 and as late as 1903, however, the bulk of the correspondences between James and members of his family and friends were written between the 1850s-1860s. There are those which were written by James to his family as well as ones that he received from his parents, sister, brother-in-law and niece, but there are also letters that James wrote and received from close friends. Pettit expounds on his struggles of the battlefields (due to illness) and his experiences during the Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, and Gettysburg campaigns. But readers are also privy to information that describes life back home in upstate New York, activities of daily life, local political developments and even some family gossip. Overall, the letters found in this collection are in remarkably good condition.

2 boxes (1 cu. ft.).

Brooklyn College

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SNAC Resource ID: 7483828

Brooklyn College

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Pettit, James M.

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James M. Pettit (1833-?) was 28 years old when he enlisted in the 64th New York Volunteer Infantry Regiment on September 2, 1861. His father, Dr. Eber M. Pettit (1802-1885), served as a deacon in the Fredonia Baptist Church in upstate New York, Dr. Eber Pettit and his wife Euretta ran an Underground Railroad station in Versailles, New York, and were abolitionists. Eber wrote about these experiences in his memoir, Sketches in the History of the Underground Railroad (1879), which he dedicated to F...