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Samuel James Corbett papers, 1858-1890.
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Title:

Samuel James Corbett papers, 1858-1890

Creator/Contributor:

Corbett, Samuel James, 1837-1891, creator, creator.

Date:

1858 (issued)

Subject:

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Voyages to the Pacific coast -- Personal narratives
Voyages vers la côte du Pacifique -- Récits personnels
Regimental histories
Ships
Voyages to the Pacific coast
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Regimental histories
California -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives
California -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Regimental histories
États-Unis -- Histoire -- 1861-1865 (Guerre de Sécession) -- Récits personnels
États-Unis -- Histoire -- 1861-1865 (Guerre de Sécession) -- Histoire des unités
Californie -- Histoire -- 1861-1865 (Guerre de Sécession) -- Récits personnels
Californie -- Histoire -- 1861-1865 (Guerre de Sécession) -- Histoire des unités
California
United States
Visurgis (Ship)
United States. -- Army. -- Massachusetts Cavalry Regiment, 2nd (1862-1865). -- Company A.
Corbett, Samuel James -- 1837-1891 -- Archives
Corbett, Samuel James -- 1837-1891 -- Diaries
Reed, James Sewall -- 1832-1864
Reed, James Sewall -- 1832-1864

Note:

RESTRICTED. Requests for use of original must be approved by the appropriate curator.
Also available on microfilm.
Corbett, Samuel James. The Civil War diary of Samuel James Corbett. Madera, California : The Classroom Chronicles Press, [1992].
Gift Of the Harvey Wiley Corbett estate; 1955.
Related collection: Samuel James Corbett family papers, 1868-1891 (BANC MSS 93/50 c)
Samuel James Corbett was born in Rome, New York in 1837. His family moved to Massachusetts sometime after his third birthday. At the age of 20, he left for California, sailing around the Horn and arriving in San Francisco in 1858. On December 10, 1862, he enlisted in the United States Army, joining the California Hundred (Company A, 2nd Massachusetts Cavalry Regiment). He was wounded during the Civil War and mustered out on July 20, 1865 at Fairfax Courthouse, Virginia. In 1867, he married Dr. Elizabeth Jane Wiley, a San Francisco physician. In 1868, he graduated from Toland Medical College, became a physician himself and practiced medicine in San Francisco. He was a member of Grand Army of the Republic, Lincoln Post No. 1. Dr. Corbett died at the age of 55 in 1891 in San Francisco.
In English.
Samuel James Corbett papers, BANC MSS C-F 95, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.

Type:

biography
Diary
diaries.
Personal narratives.
Diaries.
Archives.
History.
Diaries.
Journaux intimes.

Physical Description:

print
microfilm reel
2 1
2 negative (v. 1 on 1308, v. 2 on 1026:2) and positive.

Language:

English

Origin:

California

Copyright Note:

RESTRICTED. Requests for use of original must be approved by the appropriate curator.