William W. Edgerton Civil War letters, 1862-1865.

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William W. Edgerton Civil War letters, 1862-1865.

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The William W. Edgerton collection is composed of personal correspondence between Civil War private William Wilberforce Edgerton of the 107th New York Volunteers and his immediate family. Most of the letters are between William W. Edgerton and his mother, Dorothy Doud Edgerton. Additional correspondents include his brother, John Howard Edgerton, and his sisters, Martha Newton and Augusta Tenney. The correspondence is arranged chronologically. Following it are some battle diaries kept by William Edgerton, and some other miscellaneous items. Note: Locations have been noted exactly as written even though obviously misspelled, e.g. staford for Stafford and corthouse for Courthouse.

.75 linear ft.

University of Houston, M.D. Anderson Library

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University of Houston, M.D. Anderson Library

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United States. Army. New York Infantry Regiment, 107th (1862-1865)

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Edgerton, William W.

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William Wilberforce Edgerton was born August 4, 1845 in Waverly, New York to Dorothy Doud and John Leffingwell Edgerton. He was the third of four children, two older sisters and one younger brother. At the age of twelve he left home to live on his own due to the break-up of his family. His father was a traveling lecturer and teacher and was away much of the time. His younger brother lived with his sister Martha and her husband, and his mother moved in with friends in Sparta, Wiscons...