6th New Jersey Infantry Letters
Creator
United States . Army . New Jersey Infantry Regiment , 6th (1861-1864)
Title
6th New Jersey Infantry Letters
Description
6th Infantry , New Jersey ; mustered in Aug . 19 , 1861 for 3 years ; Oct . 12 , 1864 transferred to 8th regiment New Jersey Infantry ; and the 6th regt . as an organization ceased to exist . Consists of three letters from soldiers of 6th New Jersey . William H . Randolph describes camp life in one and, in another , discusses Union balloon observation of CSA forces and criticizes regiments chaplain in another . Andre Jacobs writes third from Portsmouth Grove Hospital in RI asking for a discharge and describing his service in Virginia .
Date
1862-01-1863-01
Time Period
1862-01-1863-01
LC Subject Headings
United States. Army--Military life Aeronautics United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
EOA Categories
Government & Politics -- Military Peoples -- Military Life History -- 1838-1874: Sectionalism, the Civil War, and Reconstruction
Type
Text
Format
PDF
Record Group
RG 0532
File Name
0532-00-0034cb.pdf
Link to catalog
http://aubiecat.auburn.edu/vwebv/holdingsInfo?bibId=1907343
Repository
Auburn University . Special Collections and Archives
Digital Publisher
Auburn University Libraries
Language
eng
Rights
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Submitted by
Coates , Midge
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