Painter, Heber, 1841-1900 Collection of Heber Painter, I company, 58th regiment, Pennsylvania, infantry [Decimalized .001-.182]
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02016 Author/Creator: Painter, Heber, 1841-1900 Place Written: Various Places Type: Header Record Date: 1860-1866 Pagination: 182 items Order a Copy
The collection mostly consists of correspondence from Painter to his aunt and sisters. His letters contain descriptions of camp life, his feelings towards slavery, and anti-Yankee sentiment in Virginia shortly after the war. More specifically he witnesses fighting between the Monitor and Merrimac, the Battle at Batchelder's Creek, the Battle of Fort Harrison/Chaffin's Farm, the fall of Richmond, and the Union occupation of Petersburg. A collection inventory is available.
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