The John E. Smith papers, 1864-1927.

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The John E. Smith papers, 1864-1927.

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Contains the following types of materials: diary, letters, military poem, pension files. Contains information pertaining to the following war: Civil War -- Eastern Theater, -- Northern Interior. Contains information pertaining to the following military unit and organization: 56th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment. General description of the collection: The John E. Smith papers include enlisted man's letters from Annapolis and Petersburg, April 2, 1864 - February 3, 1865; covering battle of the Crater and visit to Confederate Pickets in October. Diary, January 2 - February 23, 1864, covering enlistment and early service as company bugler at Readville, Massachusetts. "Rhymer's Roll," 45-Stanza Poem on Company H, 56th, March 15, 1864; pension files and affidavits, 1879-1927.

1 box.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7585318

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Smith, John H. D.

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John E. Smith was born in Newark, New Jersey and left home at the age of fourteen as a cabin-boy when he sailed to San Francisco for the Gold Rush. In 1854, he joined the Second Oregon militia and served in the Rogue River Indian War. He engaged in a number of Indian battles in the region and he settled in Reardan. From the description of Camp Washington Documentation, 1914-1916. (Spokane Public Library). WorldCat record id: 743223747 Utah legislator from Grantsville. ...

United States. Army. Massachusetts Infantry Regiment, 56th (1863-1865)

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