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Burdick, George and Paul Faulkner (Civil War diaries and First World War correspondence)
2017.217.w.r
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Contributing Institution:
Center for American War Letters Archives
Title: George L. Burdick Civil War diaries and Paul Ellsworth Faulkner First World War correspondence
source:
Templeton, Lynn
Creator:
Burdick, George L. , Private, 1838-1920
Creator:
Faulkner, Paul Ellsworth, Sergeant, 1893-1964
Identifier/Call Number: 2017.217.w.r
Physical Description:
1.5 Linear feet
(1 flat box, 11 folders)
Date (inclusive): 1862 - 1925
Abstract: This collection contains four Civil War diaries and a ferrotype of Private George L. Burdick, United States Army. This collection
also includes photos, military documents, newspaper clippings, and correspondence of Burdick's grandson, Sergeant Paul Ellsworth
Faulkner, who served in the United States Army during the First World War.
Language of Material:
English
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Container: Civil War Flat 1
Container: WWI 14
Container: 1-11
Container: 1-11
This collection is open for research.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of Lynn Templeton
This collection is arranged chronologically and by type of material.
Private George L. Burdick, United States Army (1838 - 1920) was born in Iowa. He joined Company A of the 33rd Iowa Infantry
on August 3, 1862. He spent the war in Missouri and Arkansas. His last engagement was Jenkin's Ferry. Intermittantly feverish
throughout the summer of 1864, Burdick was hospitalized the following Fall and remained in Little Rock when the rest of his
company moved to New Orleans in February. He eventually recovered and spent the rest of the war as a harness maker for the
Union Army, a trade that he continued to practice after the war in Knoxville, Iowa. He married Katherine Elizabeth Paul in
1866. The couple had three children: Ida, Lila, and Clyde. They moved to Des Moines in 1894. Elizabeth died in 1918.
Ida Burdick married Elmer Ellsworth Faulkner. The couple had three children, including Sergeant Paul Ellsworth Faulkner, United
States Army (1893 - 1964). The family moved around the Midwest. Paul Faulkner was working as a salesman for Goodyear Rubber
Company in Salina, Kansas when he received an induction notice from the United States Army in 1918. Sgt. Faulkner was sent
to Camp Funston, Kansas, where he remained for the duration of the war in the Headquarters Attachment, 10th Division. He transported
Liberty Trucks to the East Coast. He was promoted to Sergeant just before discharge. He continued to work for rubber companies
after the war, retiring to Florida in the 1950s. He never married.
[Item title / description; Box "n" / Folder "n"], George L. Burdick Civil War diaries and Paul Ellsworth Faulkner First World
War correspondence (2017.217.w.r), Center for American War Letters Archives, Chapman University, CA.
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collection, including permanent URLs, item or folder descriptions, and box/folder locations.
This collection contains four Civil War diaries and a framed ferrotype of Pvt. George L. Burdick, 33rd Iowa Infantry, Company
A. His diaries record observations regarding camp life, Union prisons, and marches. Burdick's two younger brothers, William
and Sam, also joined the United States Army.
Also included in this collection are materials pertaining to Sgt. Paul E. Faulkner, USA. There are Faulkner's induction and
discharge papers; publications and correspondence pertaining to bonuses for veterans; and correspondence regarding postwar
employment with Goodyear Tire and Rubber Manufacturing Company. Highlights include the correspondence that Faulkner sent to
his parents and younger sister, Beryl, in which he describes the challenges of driving Liberty Trucks through wintry mountains
passes and his arduous training for gas attacks. He also recounts his experiences as a patient during the influenza epidemic
of 1918 that swept through Camp Funston, including the task of delivering the body of a soldier who died from influenza to
the young man's mother. There are also newspaper clippings about Christmas celebrations that different communities hosted
for Liberty Truck drivers and the front section of the April 6, 1917 Omaha Daily News announcing U.S. entry into the war.
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.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- letters and diaries
Correspondence -- World War, 1914-1918
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Military life
Influenza Epidemic (1918-1919)
Templeton, Lynn