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Civil War letters
- Title
- Civil War letters, 1862.
- Author
- Boardman, H. Lansdale.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | Mixed material | Permit needed | MssCol 4843 | Schwarzman Building - Manuscripts & Archives Room 328 |
Details
- Description
- 56 items.
- Summary
- The collection consists of letters written by Private Boardman to his mother while he was serving in the commissary department of Company G, 22nd Regiment New York Volunteers at Fort Monore, Virginia, and at "Fort Aspinwall" (named after the regiment's commander, Lt.-Col. Lloyd Aspinwall) near Harper's Ferry, and Bolivar, Virginia. The letters describe the rountine of camp life, guard duty, picket duty, military parades and drills, the devastated condition of the town of Harpers Ferry, deserted by its inhabitants, the military diet, the feeding of the troops in the commissary tent, supplies of fresh foods received from local vendors, visitors at camp, and the arrival of 87th Ohio Volunteers, the 111th N.Y. Volunteers, and the 15th Indiana Battery. Mention is also made of the arrival of one of [Matthew] "Brady's men" who took pictures of the regiment for sale at "infernally high" prices. Included is a carte-de-visite photograph of Boardman in militrary tunic, and a contemporary press clipping captioned "Western Virginia / The Twenty-Second New York Regiment at Bolivar".
- Subjects
- Boardman, H. Lansdale
- Brady, Mathew B., approximately 1823-1896
- Harpers Ferry (W. Va.) > History > Civil War, 1861-1865
- Photographs
- Fort Monroe (Va.) > History > Civil War, 1861-1865
- United States > Army > New York Volunteers, 22nd Infantry Regiment
- United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Personal narratives
- Genre/Form
- Photographs.
- Access (note)
- Restricted access;
- Source (note)
- Charles Apfelbaum Rare Manuscripts and Archives
- Biography (note)
- H. Lansdale Boardman served as a private in Company G, 22nd Regiment New York Volunteers, during the Civil War.
- Language (note)
- Some of the letters are written in French.
- Processing Action (note)
- Cataloged
- Call Number
- MssCol 4843
- OCLC
- NYPW02-A167
- Author
- Boardman, H. Lansdale.
- Title
- Civil War letters, 1862.
- Restricted Access
- Restricted access; Manuscripts and Archives Division; Permit must be requested at the division indicated.
- Biography
- H. Lansdale Boardman served as a private in Company G, 22nd Regiment New York Volunteers, during the Civil War.
- Language
- Some of the letters are written in French.
- Research Call Number
- MssCol 4843