Lake (Delos W.) Papers, 1862-1865

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Summary

Title:
Delos W. Lake papers
Dates:
1862-1865
Creators:
Lake, Delos W.
Abstract:
Papers belonging to American Civil War Union solider Delos W. Lake.
Extent:
2.20 Linear Feet (1 box, 1 folder)
Language:
Materials are in English.
Preferred citation:

[Identification of item]. Delos W. Lake papers, The Huntington Library, San Marino, California.

Background

Scope and content:

Letters from Delos W. Lake to his mother and brother Calvin H. Lake, posted from Dowagiac, Michigan, various camps in Kentucky, Tennessee, Ohio, Georgia, the Carolinas, and Washington, D.C. One letter of September 1863 is written in verse. The collection also contains a letter to Calvin H. Lake from John A. Dunham of Co. G of the 19th Michigan Regiment, muster roll of Co. E of the 19th Regiment, 1863, August, and farewell addresses to the 2nd Brigade by Col. John Coburn and Daniel Huston. Lake's letters discuss military operations, including Battle of Thompsons Station and subsequent imprisonment by Bragg's Cavalry forces, operations at Cassville and Golgotha Church, siege and occupation of Atlanta, occupation of Goldsboro, North Carolina, advance on and occupation of Raleigh, and grand review in Washington, D.C.; commanding officers, including John Coburn, William Starke Rosecrans, and William Tecumseh Sherman; morale of the troops, war news; camp life (drills, payments, firearms, diseases, and hospitals, etc.).

Biographical / historical:

Delos W. Lake (1840-1868), resident of Adamsville, Cass County Michigan, joined Co. E of the 19th Regiment of Michigan Infantry in August 1862 in Dowagiac, Michigan. He served with the regiment in Kentucky, Ohio, Tennessee, Georgia, and the Carolinas, taking part in operations at Spring Hill and Thompson's Station, Tullahoma Campaign, garrison duty at Murfreesboro and McMinnville, Tennessee, Atlanta Campaign, Sherman March to the Sea, Campaign in the Carolinas, march to Washington, and the grand review in May 1865. He was mustered out in June 1865.

Acquisition information:
Purchased from Leonard Lake, September 1942.
Processing information:

Processed by Huntington Library staff. In November 2023, Brooke M. Black created a finding aid.

Arrangement:

Arranged chronologically.

Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

About this collection guide

Collection Guide Author:
Brooke M. Black
Date Encoded:
This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2023-12-04 15:49:50 -0800 .

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Preferred citation:

[Identification of item]. Delos W. Lake papers, The Huntington Library, San Marino, California.

Location of this collection:
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108, US
Contact:
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