Finding Aid for the Francis Glab Civil War correspondence 2018.106.w.r

Andrew Harman
Center for American War Letters Archives
5/23/2019
Leatherby Libraries
Chapman University
Orange, CA 92866
speccoll@chapman.edu


Contributing Institution: Center for American War Letters Archives
Title: Francis Glab Civil War Correspondence
source: Rankin, Mary Hauer
Creator: Glab, Francis, Private
Identifier/Call Number: 2018.106.w.r
Physical Description: .025 Linear feet (1 folder)
Date (bulk): 1864 June 1 - 1864 July 24
Abstract: This collection contains three (partial) correspondence from Pvt. Francis "Frank" Glab, USA to his fiance, Maggie who would later become his wife, during the Civil War.
Language of Material: English .
Container: Civil War 2
Container: 12
Container: 1

Conditions Governing Access

This collection is open for research.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Gift of Mary Hauer Rankin.

Arrangement

This collection is arranged chronologically.

Biographical / Historical

According to the donor, Private Francis Glab, United States Army served in Company E of the 21st Regiment, Iowa Infantry, organized in Dubuque in August 1862. She also notes that a Francis Glab was in the 1st Brigade, 1st Division, 13th Army Corps, Brigade Band as a musician and later a private. The 21st Regiment was attached to that unit between June and August 1864. She also provides a very short history of that unit.

Preferred Citation

[Item title / description; Box "n" / Folder "n"], Francis Glab Civil War correspondence (2018.106.w.r), Center for American War Letters Archives, Chapman University, CA.
For the benefit of current and future researchers, please cite any additional information about sources consulted in this collection, including permanent URLs, item or folder descriptions, and box/folder locations.

Content Description

This collection contains three (partial) correspondence from Pvt. Francis "Frank" Glab, USA to his fiance Maggie, who would later become his wife, during the Civil War. Glab served the Union with the 21st Regiment, Iowa Infantry. Also included is a note from the donor on the music and the unit to which Pvt. Glab was attached, as well as a transcription of the English language letter.
One of the letters is written in German from Matagorda Isle, Texas on June 1st, 1864 and contains written music, with lyrics in English, that he wrote for Maggie entitled "To Maggie." The other two are half sheets of paper, one with a poem entitled "Thy Spirit of Love Keeps a Watch Over Me," and the other a torn and partial letter dated July 24, 1864. In that letter, Pvt. Glab describes the situation where he is located in Texas, including "what remains here is the remainder of the 13th A C [Army Corps] and some [Black] troops," and discussing the fact that there were twenty thousand rebels within ten miles of his location that only had eight thousand soldiers. On that letter is a lithograph drawing of "Louis Schwarz 28 Chartres Street, Jackson Square, New Orleans" and was written from Morganzia, Louisiana.

Conditions Governing Use

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.

Statement of Potentially Harmful Content

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Subjects and Indexing Terms

United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865
Correspondence -- American Civil War
Rites and ceremonies -- Songs and music.
Rankin, Mary Hauer