All of the material in this collection has been photocopied. Consists of a copy of George Robbins' diary, letters to his parents and sister, and an autobiography of his time in the Civil War. Some of the letters have been transcribed. Robbins, from Plainville, Connecticut, was a member of Company K, 16th Regiment. He enlisted on 11 August 1862 and was mustered-in on 24 August 1862. Robbins was captured along with the majority of his regiment at Plymouth, NC, on 20 April 1864. The official record claims a parole date of 10 December 1864; however, Robbins himself records the date as 15 February 1865. He was exchanged on 20 March 1865 and was discharged on 1 June 1865. Collection also includes a copy of a photograph of Robbins in uniform, taken in Virginia in 1863 and a copy of a postcard depicting a group of elderly veterans posed in front of an unidentified monument.
