Jennie Safford Smith correspondence, 1862-1868 [microform].

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Jennie Safford Smith correspondence, 1862-1868 [microform].

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The collection consists of a microfilm copy of correspondence written to Jennie Safford Smith from 1862-1868. The correspondence includes 20 letters written to Jennie Safford (became Jennie Smith, 1869) from Henry Armstrong with the 2nd Wisconsin Cavalry Regiment, Company L from Vicksburg, Mississippi (May 12-November 28, 1864), Memphis, Tennessee (January 15-May 8, 1865), and Alexandria, Louisiana (August 1, 1865), and 13 letters from the western territories of Nebraska, Montana, Utah, and Idaho (April 22, 1866-August 22, 1868). John R. Siperly of the 22nd Wisconsin Infantry Regiment wrote 20 letters from August 31-1862-September 21, 1864 on the treatment of civilians and prisoners coming from Andersonville Prison during the Atlanta Campaign while he was working in hospitals in the Atlanta area. William W. Barlow, also of the 22nd Wisconsin Infantry Regiment, wrote 17 letters from August 21, 1864-April 6, 1865 from Tennessee, Georgia, and the Carolinas.

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United States. Army. Wisconsin Cavalry Regiment, 2nd (1862-1865)

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United States. Army

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The United States Army is the largest branch of the United States Armed Forces and performs land-based military operations. It is one of the seven uniformed services of the United States and is designated as the Army of the United States in the United States Constitution, Article 2, Section 2, Clause 1 and United States Code, Title 10, Subtitle B, Chapter 301, Section 3001. As the largest and senior branch of the U.S. military, the modern U.S. Army has its roots in the Continental Army, which wa...

Barlow, William

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Smith, Jennie Safford.

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Jennie Safford Smith, a resident of Delavan, Wisconsin, was born ca. 1842. Henry Armstrong was a Union soldier who served in Company L of the 2nd Wisconsin Infantry Regiment in Mississippi, Tennessee, and Louisiana. William W. Barlow and John R. Siperly both served in the 22nd Wisconsin Infantry Regiment. From the description of Jennie Safford Smith correspondence, 1862-1868 [microform]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79952013 ...

Siperly, John R.

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United States. Army. Wisconsin Infantry Regiment, 22nd (1862-1865)

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