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[George Henry Pierce Civil War Letters, 1861-1862]
MANUSCRIPT 1879
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Title:

[George Henry Pierce Civil War Letters, 1861-1862]
[Pierce, George H., Civil War Letters, 1861-1862]

Creator/Contributor:

Pierce family., creator

Creator/Contributor:

Pierce, Hiram Dwight, 1810-

Creator/Contributor:

Pierce, Sara Jane.

Creator/Contributor:

Pierce, Katie.

Abstract:

This collection consists of correspondence from May 1861 to March 1862, between members of the Hiram Dwight Pierce family of Troy, New York, to son George H. Pierce during his service in the Civil War as a Private, later Colonel, in Company F of Colonel Carr's Regiment of the New York Volunteers. The collection includes a 125th Regiment flag fragment.

Date:

1861-1862 (issued)

Contents:

Correspondence -- handwritten note describing death of George Henry Pierce -- imprinted envelopes -- flag fragment.

Subject:

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Pierce, George Henry -- 1842-1881
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Correspondence

Note:

Tintype showing three-quarter-length portrait of George Henry Pierce transferred to CSL Daguerreotype Collection, Accession no. DAG-0357, 01/09/2006.
George Henry Pierce, the son of Hiram Dwight Pierce and Sara Jane Wiswall Pierce, enlisted into the Civil War, May 3, 1861, at age 19, in Troy, New York. He was mustered in as a private, into Company F, Colonel Carr's Regiment, New York Volunteers, May 14, 1861, to serve two years. George was promoted to the rank of Colonel (date not given) and discharged for a disability, December 4, 1862, Washington, D.C.
George Henry Pierce Civil War Letters, 1861-1862.
Unrestricted. Please credit California State Library.
Gift of Else E. Meyer, widow of Frederick Meyer, Sacramento, November, 2005.
CSL Manuscript Summary Sheets.

Type:

biography

Physical Description:

print
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Language:

English

Identifier:

MANUSCRIPT 1879

Origin:

California

Copyright Note:

Unrestricted. Please credit California State Library.