Papers and photographs, 1886-1922.

ArchivalResource

Watrous, Jerome A., 1840-1922. Papers and photographs, 1886-1922.

Papers and photographs, 1886-1922.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/60694631

Scrapbooks and photographs of Jerome Watrous, a Milwaukee, Wis. veteran, who served as a lieutenant colonel of the Sixth Wisconsin Infantry (Iron Brigade) during the Civil War. The bulk of the collection consists of six scrapbooks. Three scrapbooks contain articles written by Watrous reminiscing on his experiences during the Civil War. A fourth similar scrapbook contains articles by both Watrous and Hosea Rood. Other scrapbooks relate to the 1922 national encampment of the Grand Army of the Republic and the 1917 Blue and Gray reunion at Vicksburg (Mississippi) this scrapbook also contains a series of articles entitled "Striking Stories about Wisconsin at Vicksburg." Also included is the text of Watrous's speech at a dedication ceremony for Civil War battle flags where he comments on the Civil War, emotions of soldiers when they see their old flags, and the importance of winning World War I. The collection also contains the transcriptions of two letters received by Watrous recalling the war, two obituaries, burial information, and a story entitled, "The Old Captain." The photographs in the collection show Watrous in his Spanish-American War uniform.

Papers : 0.4 linear ft. (1 archives box) and.Photographs : (3 folders)

Wisconsin Veterans Museum Research Center