Alonzo and Jason Smith papers, 1856-1864.

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Alonzo and Jason Smith papers, 1856-1864.

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Contains the following types of materials: correspondence / letters. Contains information pertaining to the following war: Civil War. Contains information pertaining to the following military units and organizations: 35th and 56th Massachusetts Infantry Regiments; IX (9th) Corps; 3rd Rhode Island Heavy Artillery Regiment. General description of the collection: The Alonzo and Jason Smith papers include personal correspondence of three members of a Massachusetts family before and during the Civil War. Most letters are from or about Private Jason Smith of the 35th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment from September 1862 to July 1864. The collection also includes letters of and about Jason's brother Private Alonzo Smith of Battery L, 3rd Rhode Island Heavy Artillery, from 1856 to 1882. There are two letters form their uncle, Private Joseph Norton of the band of the 56th Massachusetts, dated April 7 and July 5, 1864.

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Smith, Jason, d. 1864

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United States. Army. Rhode Island Heavy Artillery Regiment, 3rd (1861-1865)

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

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United States. Army. Massachusetts Infantry Regiment, 35th (1862-1865)

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Norton, Joseph

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Smith, Alonzo.

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Jason Smith was a private in the 35th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment from September 1862 to July 1864. However, from May to September of 1863, he was in the provost guard of the Second (2nd) Division of the IX (9th) Corps. He was then at Crab Orchard, Department (Dept.) of the Ohio, in the hospital and later in the provost force on guard there. At the start of the Virginia campaign of 1864, he was sent back to the 35th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment and served there until his deat...