Daniel Horn papers, 1862-1864

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Summary

Creators:
Horn, Daniel, Jr., -1864
Abstract:
Correspondence of American Civil War Union soldier Daniel Horn, Jr.
Extent:
2.40 Linear Feet (2 boxes)
Language:
Materials are in English.
Preferred citation:

[Identification of item]. Daniel Horn papers, The Huntington Library, San Marino, California.

Background

Scope and content:

Letters from Daniel Horn to his wife Geles posted in various places in Tennessee, Mississippi, and Georgia. Also, letters of Horn's comrades and the regimental chaplain informing Geles Horn of the death of her husband. The letters discuss camp life, payments, Horn's concern over his family back in Ohio, war news, the Union commanders, including Ulysses S. Grant, and his fellow Confederate soldiers. He also writes about several military operations including Fort Donelson, the siege of Vicksburg, Morgan's Ohio raid, and operations near Atlanta and Marietta, Georgia.

Biographical / historical:

Daniel Horn, Jr., farmer of Fultonham Ohio, and private of Co. B of the 78th Ohio Infantry Regiment. The 78th was attached to the Army of the Tennessee and took part in battles of Fort Donelson and Shiloh, Grant's Central Mississippi campaign, Vicksburg campaign, and Atlanta campaign. Daniel Horn died of wounds, after his arm had been amputated, in Georgia in August 1864.

Acquisition information:
Gift of Robert Middlekauff, December 1983.
Processing information:

Processed by Huntington Library staff. In 2021, Brooke M. Black created a finding aid.

Arrangement:

Arranged chronologically.

Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Access and use

Restrictions:

Open for use by qualified researchers and by appointment. Please contact Reader Services at the Huntington Library for more information.

Terms of access:

The Huntington Library does not require that researchers request permission to quote from or publish images of this material, nor does it charge fees for such activities. The responsibility for identifying the copyright holder, if there is one, and obtaining necessary permissions rests with the researcher.

Preferred citation:

[Identification of item]. Daniel Horn papers, The Huntington Library, San Marino, California.

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