Finding Aid for the Hiram Austin Civil War correspondence 2013.071.w.rd

Andrew Harman

Center for American War Letters Archives

6/4/2015

Leatherby Libraries

Chapman University

Orange, CA 92866

speccoll@chapman.edu

URL: http://www1.chapman.edu/library/archives/

Contributing Institution: Center for American War Letters Archives

Title: Hiram Austin Civil War correspondence

source: Carter, Marjorie J.

Identifier/Call Number: 2013.071.w.rd

Identifier/Call Number: 248

Physical Description: 0.025 Linear Feet (1 folder)

Date (inclusive): 1864 April - October

Abstract: This collection contains ten letters ranging from April to October 1864 written by Hiram Austin to his wife Susan Austin during the American Civil War.

Physical Location: Leatherby Libraries, Special Collections, CAWL archives.

Language of Material: English .

Container: Civil War 1

Container: 4-5

Conditions Governing Access

This collection is open for research.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

This collection is a gift of Marjorie J. Carter.

Arrangement

The letters are arranged by material type and date, including each original envelope before their corresponding letter.

Biographical / Historical

Hiram Austin (11/18/1823 - 1896) was born in Ferrisburg, Vermont to his parents Nicholas Austin and Harriett Orvis. He married Susan Harriett Ruskell in 1838 and had two children, George (1856) and Lizzie Annie (1867). They lived in Fox Lake, Wisconsin during the Civil War. Hiram passed away in Wichita, Kansas, followed by his wife Susan in 1904. This information was taken from Ancestry.com (8/30/2016) and varies slightly from the biographical information provided with the collection.

Preferred Citation

[Item title / description; Box "n" / Folder "n"], Hiram Austin Civil War correspondence (2015.067.r.w), Frank Mt. Pleasant Library of Special Collections and Archives, Chapman University, CA.

Scope and Contents

This collection is available online in Chapman University's Digital Commons: https://digitalcommons.chapman.edu/haustin_collection/ .

This collection contains ten letters ranging from April to October 1864 written by Hiram Austin to his wife Susan Austin during the American Civil War. Their home was in Fox Lake, Dodge Co., Wisconsin. Also included in a separate folder are biographical materials relating to the Austin family, before and after Hiram.

The first letters refer to swearing in to the Army and meals/rations in St. Louis, Chicago, and the rest of the letters are from Nashville. Mr. Austin mostly speaks cordially and talks about everyday life with little detail pertaining to the war. He was discharged and returned home around mid-October, 1864.

Conditions Governing Use

There are no restrictions on the use of this material except where previously copyrighted material is concerned. It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain all permissions. For further copyright information, please contact the archivist.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Tennessee -- History -- Civil War, 1861 1865 -- Personal Narratives.

United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865.

Carter, Marjorie J.

Austin, Hiram, 1823-1896