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Frederick Christian Hess letters : to Tobitha Hess : ALS, 1862-1865.
BANC MSS C-B 932; BANC MSS C-B 932 Positive Microfilm; BANC MSS C-B 932 Transcript; BANC MSS C-B 932 Box 1; ...
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Title:
Frederick Christian Hess letters: to Tobitha Hess : ALS, 1862-1865Creator/Contributor:
Hess, Frederick Christian, 1838-1916, creatorCreator/Contributor:
Hess, Tobitha., CorrespondentAbstract:
Consists of 116 letters written by Hess to his wife, Tobitha, while he was a soldier with the 104th Regiment of Illinois Volunteers
during the Civil War. The letters were written from battlefronts in Tennessee, Georgia, Alabama, and North Carolina. Transcription
done by May Hess Primrose and David W. Primrose, 1993.
Date:
1862 (issued)Subject:
United States. -- Army. -- Illinois Infantry Regiment, 104th (1862-1865)United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Regimental histories
Tennessee -- Description and travel
Georgia -- Description and travel
Alabama -- Description and travel
North Carolina -- Description and travel
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Campaigns
Note:
For a regimental history, consult: Calkins, William Wirt. The History of the One Hundred and Fourth Regiment of Illinois Volunteer
Infantry, War of the Great Rebellion, 1862-1865. Chicago: Donahue & Henneberry, 1895. (Not in Bancroft collection).
RESTRICTED ORIGINALS . USE MICROFILM COPY ONLY: Use of originals only by permission of the Head of the Manuscripts Division.
(transcripts [1 v.] not restricted)
National Union Catalog of Manuscript Collections
Letters published with title: I now take my pen in hand, the Civil War letters of Fred Hess to Tobitha Klien Hess with their
biography, plus a list of their descendants / by Muriel Primrose Baron.
Physical Description:
print
1 box and 1 v.
1 microfilm reel : negative (Rich. 90:16) and positive.
Language:
English
Identifier:
BANC MSS C-B 932
BANC MSS C-B 932 Positive Microfilm
BANC MSS C-B 932 Transcript
BANC MSS C-B 932 Box 1
BANC MSS C-B 932
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No place, unknown, or undeterminedCopyright Note:
RESTRICTED ORIGINALS . USE MICROFILM COPY ONLY: Use of originals only by permission of the Head of the Manuscripts Division.
(transcripts [1 v.] not restricted)