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Finding aid for the A.B. Hutchinson and H.H. Woolsey American Civil War correspondence and personal effects collection.
2013.008.r
2013.008.r
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Box 1
Series 1, Correspondence, Hutchinson 1861-1875
Language of Material:
English
Physical Description:
(3 folders)
29 letters from Hutchinson to his sisters detailing his promotions, battles and wounds during the Civil War. The last two
letters are post-war.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Hutchinson, A.B., (Alfred Bergen), 1840-1921
Box 1
Box 2
Box 3, Box 1
Series 4, Documents and ephemera late 19th century
Language of Material:
English
Physical Description:
(1 folder, 1 box)
This series contains two hand-written calling cards of Hutchinson as a lieutenant, a small silk patch with "Hooker" embroidered
on it (possibly a brigade/divisional patch from the war or from Hutchinson's involvement in the Grand Army of the Republic?),
a hand-written card explaining the flag in the collection and a type-written note explaining the contents of the small wooden
box in the collection, a certificate of recognition from the governor of New Jersey to Hutchinson for his war service and
a broadsheet detailing the war record of the 5th New Jersey Volunteers.
Box 4, Box 3
Series 5, Realia mid to late 19th century
Language of Material:
English
Physical Description:
(2 boxes)
This series contains a 32-star American flag purportedly sewn by Hutchinson's wife, Calista. A small wooden box that originally
held the Hutchinson letters, a small sterling silver traveling set of salt and pepper shakers owned by Hutchinson, a sterling
silver napkin ring, a smashed Minie ball, an officer's sash owned by Woolsey and a book of Psalms owned by Woolsey.