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Title: William B. Fullerton Civil War Letters,
Date (inclusive): 1862-1865
Date (bulk): (bulk 1862-1885)
Collection number: MS 183
Creator:
Fullerton, William B.
Extent:
36 letters
.5 linear ft.
.5 linear ft.
Repository:
University of California, Santa Cruz. University Library.
Special Collections and Archives
Santa Cruz, California 95064
Abstract: This collection consists of letters from William Fullerton to and from his family during his term of enlistment in the Union
Army from 1862-1865.
Physical location: Stored in Special Collections & Archives: Advance notice is required for access to the papers.
Language:
English.
Collection open for research.
Property rights reside with the University of California. Literary rights are retained by the creators of the records and
their heirs. For permission to publish or to reproduce the material, please contact the Head of Special Collections and Archives.
William B. Fullerton Civil War Letters. MS 183. Special Collections and Archives, University Library, University of
California, Santa Cruz.
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William B. Fullerton was born in 1823 in Wolfboro, New Hampshire and died there at the age of 84 in 1906. He enlisted in the
12th New Hampshire Infantry August 12, 1862. He served for three years in the Union Army, spending most of the time sick in
a hospital, and then working for the Quarter Master's office in Albany, New York. After discharge, he went home to Wolfboro,
New Hampshire to take over the family farm. There he married and had two children.
This collection of letters covers Fullerton's enlistment in August 1862 to his final days with the Quarter-Master in Albany,
New York. The correspondence is mostly to and from his three sisters, Susan, Lydia and Mary-Ann. The letters detail his life
in the Infantry, and the illnesses that kept him from serving on the front lines.
The letters are arranged chronologically.
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in
the library's online public access catalog.
Fullerton, William B.--Correspondence
United States--Army--New Hampshire Infantry Regiment, 12th (1862-1865)
Soldiers--New Hampshire--Correspondence