Burge (Martin H.) Civil War Collection, 1861-1969

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Title:: Martin H. Burge Civil War Collection
Dates:: 1861-1969
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Extent:: (Boxes: 5x7 housed in letter; ½ legal; 1 ov)
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Preferred citation:: Martin H. Burge Civil War Collection. Seaver Center for Western History Research, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County

Scope and content:: Soldiers' letters; postmarks and postal covers; Confederate almanac; and veterans' scrapbook. Letters from sites including Elk River Bridge, Tennessee (1865); a letter by a woman who accompanied her medical officer husband (1864); a series of letters by Norman Allen to his wife and family (1864-65); postmarks; Confederate Army almanac (1864); patriotic envelopes unused, circa 1861-1865 in variations of patriotic, political and comic themes; scrapbook mostly of newspaper clippings pertaining to the Gettysburg Reunion of 1938 with later items through 1969.

Collection Guide Author:: Finding aid created by Seaver Center for Western History Research, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County staff.
Date Prepared:: 1861-1969
Date Encoded:: This finding aid was produced using Record Express for OAC5 on July 14, 2025, 2:54 p.m.

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Restrictions:: Research is by appointment only
Terms of access:: Permission to publish, quote or reproduce must be secured from the repository and the copyright holder

Preferred citation:: Martin H. Burge Civil War Collection. Seaver Center for Western History Research, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County

Location of this collection:: Seaver Center for Western History Research, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County

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Los Angeles, CA 90007-4057, US