Max Schlund papers, 1862-1865.

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Max Schlund papers, 1862-1865.

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Diary, 1862-1865, kept in German by Max Schlund during the period of his Civil War service, representing a very complete account of the 82nd Regiment's action from its inception until the end of the war.

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The Newberry was founded on July 1, 1887 and opened for business on September 6 of that year. The Newberry’s establishment came about because of a contingent provision in the will of Chicago businessman Walter L. Newberry (1804-68), which left what later amounted to approximately $2.2 million for the foundation of a “free, public” library on the north side of the Chicago River, if his two children died without issue. After the deaths of Mr. Newberry’s daughters and then, in 1885, of his widow, t...

Midwest manuscript Collection (Newberry Library)

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Schlundt family.

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United States. Army. Infantry Regiment, 82nd (1862-1865)

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Schlund, Max, 1844-1932.

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German-American Civil War soldier from Chicago. Born in Germany in 1844, Max Schlund emigrated with his parents and siblings to New Jersey in 1853, and settled in Newport, Lake County, Ill., in 1855. Max moved to Chicago in 1858, where he worked as a harness maker, and enlisted there on Aug. 7, 1862 in the 82nd Volunteer Infantry Regiment (also known as the Hecker Regiment). He served until the end of the war, seeing action at Chancellorsville, Gettysburg, in Tennessee, and on Sherman's march th...