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Contributing Institution:
The Huntington Library
Title: Delos Van Deusen correspondence
Creator:
Van Deusen, Delos, 1823-1906
Identifier/Call Number: mssVD
Physical Description:
1.50 Linear Feet
(1 box)
Date (inclusive): 1851-1865
Abstract: Correspondence of American Civil War Union soldier Delos Van Deusen.
Language of Material: Materials are in English.
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[Identification of item]. Delos Van Deusen correspondence, The Huntington Library, San Marino, California.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Purchased from Ann L. Finch, 1937.
Delos Van Deusen, American Civil War Union soldier, was born in New York in December 1823. He grew up in Jamestown, New York,
but in 1846 he moved to Dayton, Ohio, and started a boot, shoe, and leather business. He married Henrietta Snyder in 1852.
The family moved to Illinois in 1857. In November 1861 he joined the 6th Missouri Volunteer Infantry as captain of Company
H, and by the end of the war was promoted to lieutenant colonel commanding the regiment. He participated in the siege of Vicksburg
and in the Chickamauga and Atlanta campaigns. After the war, he returned to Illinois where he worked at M.M. Martin & Co.
as a cashier. He died in Litchfield, Illinois in November 1906.
The collection consists of correspondence discussing Van Deusen's life as a soldier and his personal affairs. He mentions
the siege of Vicksburg, the Atlanta Campaign, and troop movements.
Processed by Huntington Library staff. In December 2023, Brooke M. Black created a finding aid.
Arranged chronologically.
Individual call numbers included in the collection: mssVD 1-65.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Atlanta Campaign, 1864 -- Personal narratives
Chickamauga, Battle of, Ga., 1863 -- Personal narratives
Soldiers -- United States -- History -- 19th century -- Correspondence
Georgia -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Sources
Mississippi -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Sources
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives
Vicksburg (Miss.) -- History -- Siege, 1863
Letters (correspondence)
United States. Army. Missouri Volunteer Infantry, 6th Regiment (1861-1865)