Contains the following type of materials: correspondence. Contains information pertaining to the following war and time period: Civil War. Contains information pertaining to the following military units: 105th Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment; 40th Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment. General description of the collection: The David Bell papers include private letters, September 1861-June 1862 describing camp life and campaigns at Yorktown, Williamsburg, and Seven Pines; Bell was mortally wounded ands briefly in Confederate hands; final letter was written from a New York hospital ten days before his death; September 1861, letter from Pvt. T. Sallada, 40th PA Inf; Bell family correspondence, 1848-1910.
