Correspondence, 1850-1900

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Correspondence, 1850-1900

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/54470969

The papers consist of correspondence of Nye and his family, including some while he was superintendent of Laurel Mills, Prince Georges Co., Md., military papers relating to his pension, and other papers.

1 box (ca. 250 items)

Raymond H. Fogler Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7678469

Raymond H. Fogler Library

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Nye, George Henry, 1828-1908

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George H. Nye was born in Hallowell, Maine in 1828 of an old New England family. His early career in cotton manufacturing was interrupted by the Civil War, for which Nye volunteered only one month after its beginning in 1861. Nye spent Thanksgiving of 1861 at Camp Kelsey at Annapolis Junction, not far from where he would later live. During his service Nye, who was first part of the 10th and later the 29th Maine, participated in the Battle of Antietam and in campaigns that took him as far south a...