John R. Siperly papers
Finding aid prepared by Gina C Giang.
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Title: John R. Siperly papers
Inclusive Dates: 1845-1958
Collection Number: mssSiperly
Collector:
Siperly, John R.
Extent:
3 boxes
Repository:
The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens
Manuscripts Department
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, California 91108
Phone: (626) 405-2191
Fax: (626) 449-5720
Email: reference@huntington.org
URL: http://www.huntington.org
Abstract: The John R. Siperly papers primarily consist of correspondence to and from John R. Siperly, 22nd Regiment, Wisconsin Volunteers,
before and during the Civil War.
Language of Material: The records are in English.
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John R. Siperly, The Huntington Library, San Marino, California.
Gift of Craig P. Knapp and Rachel R. McCallister, March 2018.
John R. Siperly was born in 1837. He was the son of Peter and Elizabeth Siperly.
Prior to the war, his family and he eked out a living off the land, in Walworth County, Wisconsin. The family was engaged
in farming and hauling. Short of his 25th birthday, John R. Siperly joined the 22nd Wisconsin Infantry Regiment, which was
formed in September 1862, at Racine, Wisconsin. - Goldsmid & Allen Appraisals, 2017
This collection covers a broad range of subjects in the antebellum, Civil War, and World War I periods of American history.
The correspondence of John R. Siperly, a Wisconsin carpenter turned Civil War soldier, includes his letters and letters he
received from friends and family in Walworth County, Wisconsin. Siperly's letters discuss military service, including the
Atlanta campaign and March to the Sea; assisting fugitive slaves; work at the field hospital, (including a detailed description
of treating Andersonville survivors); his take on the war; and political news. Letters from home include correspondence from
his young nieces (including Harriet F. Bailey (1833-1921), later a California artist specializing in industrial design) and
other young women who had organized a campaign of writing to soldiers. The topics discussed in these letters include local,
state, and national news; schools and teachers; and Copperheads. Also present are letters of Arnold J. Miracle, private of
the 13th Regiment of U.S. Engineers stationed in Belgium and France during World War I.
Arrangement
Box 1: Correspondence; Box 2: Correspondence; and Box 3: Documents, manuscripts, and ephemera.
Bailey, Harriet F.
Bailey, Philene Tuttle, 1842-1919
Bell, Lucilia C. Bailey
Miracle, Arnold J.
Siperly, John R.
Siperly, Fred W.
United States. Army. American Expeditionary Forces
United States. Army -- Military life
United States. Army. Wisconsin Infantry Regiment, 22nd (1862-1865)
Atlanta Campaign, 1864
Families -- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865
Farmers -- Wisconsin
Soldiers -- Wisconsin
Teachers -- Wisconsin
Women -- Wisconsin
World War, 1914-1918 -- United States
Young women -- Wisconsin
Walworth County (Wis.)
United States -- Armed Forces -- History -- World War, 1914-1918
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865
Letters (correspondence)
Box 1
Correspondence: Armstrong - Siperly
Folder 1
Folder 2
Folder 5
Folder 7
Folder 8
Folder 10
Folder 12
Folder 14
Folder 16
Folder 17
Folder 18
Folder 23
Folder 24
Box 2
Correspondence: Siperly - Unidentified
Folder 4
Folder 5
Folder 7
Folder 8
Folder 9
Folder 11
Folder 12
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Folder 57
Folder 58
Folder 59
Folder 60
Folder 61
Folder 62
Folder 63
Folder 65
Folder 67
Folder 72
Box 3
Documents, manuscripts, and ephemera
Folder 3
Folder 5
Folder 8
Folder 9