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Frederick Christian Hess letters : to Tobitha Hess, 1862-1865.
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Title:

Frederick Christian Hess letters: to Tobitha Hess, 1862-1865

Creator/Contributor:

Hess, Frederick Christian, 1838-1916, creator

Creator/Contributor:

Hess, Tobitha., Correspondent

Abstract:

Consists of 116 letters written by Hess to his wife, Tobitha, while he was a soldier with the 104th Regiment of Illinois Volunteers during the Civil War. The letters were written from battlefronts in Tennessee, Georgia, Alabama, and North Carolina. Transcription done by May Hess Primrose and David W. Primrose, 1993.

Date:

1862 (issued)

Subject:

n-us--- -- n-us-tn -- n-us-ga -- n-us-al -- n-us-nc
Military campaigns
Regimental histories
Travel
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Regimental histories
Tennessee -- Description and travel
Georgia -- Description and travel
Alabama -- Description and travel
North Carolina -- Description and travel
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Campaigns
États-Unis -- Histoire -- 1861-1865 (Guerre de Sécession) -- Histoire des unités
Tennessee -- Descriptions et voyages
Géorgie (État) -- Descriptions et voyages
Alabama -- Descriptions et voyages
Caroline du Nord -- Descriptions et voyages
États-Unis -- Histoire -- 1861-1865 (Guerre de Sécession) -- Campagnes et batailles
Alabama
Georgia
North Carolina
Tennessee
United States
United States. -- Army. -- Illinois Infantry Regiment, 104th (1862-1865)

Note:

For a regimental history, consult: Calkins, William Wirt. The History of the One Hundred and Fourth Regiment of Illinois Volunteer Infantry, War of the Great Rebellion, 1862-1865. Chicago: Donahue & Henneberry, 1895. (Not in Bancroft collection).
RESTRICTED ORIGINALS . USE MICROFILM COPY ONLY: Use of originals only by permission of the Head of the Manuscripts Division. (transcripts [1 v.] not restricted)
National Union Catalog of Manuscript Collections
Letters published with title: I now take my pen in hand, the Civil War letters of Fred Hess to Tobitha Klien Hess with their biography, plus a list of their descendants / by Muriel Primrose Baron.
Preferred citation: Frederick Christian Hess letters : to Tobitha Hess, 1862-1865, BANC MSS C-B 932, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.
In English.

Type:

History.

Physical Description:

print
1 box and 1 volume
1 microfilm reel : negative (Rich. 90:16) and positive

Language:

English

Origin:

California

Copyright Note:

RESTRICTED ORIGINALS . USE MICROFILM COPY ONLY: Use of originals only by permission of the Head of the Manuscripts Division. (transcripts [1 v.] not restricted)

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National Union Catalog of Manuscript Collections