Creator	Clason family
Title	Clason Family Papers
Description	The Clason family of Cascade Township, Olmsted County, Minnesota had three sons and a son-in-law that served in the American Civil War. William T. Clason who served with the 2nd Wisconsin Volunteer Cavalry Regiment, Company L, Rufus L. with the 1st Wisconsin Volunteer Cavalry Regiment, Company E and Isaac Lewis Clason with the 2nd Minnesota Volunteer Infantry Regiment, Company B. Chauncey Rounds, the husband of Betsey Clason, served in Company B of the 53rd Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry Regiment. Isaac and Rufus saw duty in Tennessee and Georgia (1863-1865), while Chauncey saw duty in Missouri (1865). Consists of twenty-seven letters from the Clason family of Cascade Township, Olmsted County, Minnesota. Includes letters written by family members serving in Union Army during the American Civil War, family correspondence from the late 19th century and miscellaneous documents from the early 1900s. The bulk of the letters focus on the military activities of Clason brothers (William, Isaac and Rufus) and Chancey Rounds, the husband of Betsy Clason. Among the postwar documents are seven letters from Louisa Clason to Betsey Rounds, a pension certificate for Hannah A. Adams and ephemeral items from the Minnesota Soldiers Home and Woman's Relief Corp of the Grand Army of the Republic.
Date	1862-1926
Time Period	1862-1926
LC Subject Headings	Clason family Clason, William T. Clason, Rufus L. Clason, Isaac Lewis, d. 1865 Clason, Louisa Rounds, Chauncey Rounds, Betsey United States. Army. Wisconsin Cavalry Regiment, 1st United States. Army. Wisconsin Cavalry Regiment, 2nd United States. Army. Wisconsin Infantry Regiment, 53rd United States. Army. Minnesota Cavalry Regiment, 2nd Olmsted County (Minn.)--History--Sources Georgia--History--Civil War, 1861-1865 Tennessee--History--Civil War, 1861-1865 United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Personal narratives
EOA Categories	Government & Politics -- Military Peoples -- Military Life Peoples -- Domestic Life Peoples -- Rural Life History -- 1838-1874: Sectionalism, the Civil War, and Reconstruction History -- 1875-1929: The New South Era
Type	Text
Format	PDF
Record Group	RG 0409
File Name	0409-99-0165cb.pdf
Link to catalog	http://aubiecat.auburn.edu/vwebv/holdingsInfo?bibId=2051733
Repository	Auburn University. Special Collections and Archives
Digital Publisher	Auburn University Libraries
Language	eng
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Submitted by	Coates, Midge