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Manuscript/Mixed Material John Emerson Anderson memoir, 1881 John Emerson Anderson papers

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Title

  • John Emerson Anderson memoir, 1881

Other Title

  • John Emerson Anderson papers

Summary

  • Memoir of Anderson recounting his Civil War service in Company D, 2nd Massachusetts Infantry Regiment, U.S. Army, compiled from his diary and letters to his family. Documents the regiment's service during the Shenandoah Valley Campaign of 1862, the battles of Chancellorsville (Va.) and Gettysburg (Pa.), in operations against guerrillas and renegades in east Tennessee in the winter of 1863-1864, and under General William T. Sherman in the Atlanta Campaign; the capture and occupation of Atlanta, Ga.; Sherman's March to the Sea; siege of Savannah, Ga.; and Sherman's March through the Carolinas. Anderson makes observations on camp life, casualties, crime in the U.S. Army, depredations, disease and medical care, enlistment bounties and recruitment, foraging expeditions, marches, military paroles, morale and the attitude of noncombatants, prisoners of war, recruitment, Union sentiment in the South, and Union spies. Includes a photograph of Anderson.

Names

  • Anderson, John Emerson, 1833-1896

Headings

  • -  Sherman, William T.--(William Tecumseh),--1820-1891
  • -  United States.--Army
  • -  United States.--Army--Military life
  • -  United States.--Army--Recruiting, enlistment, etc
  • -  United States.--Army.--Massachusetts Infantry Regiment, 2nd (1861-1864)
  • -  Atlanta Campaign, 1864
  • -  Bounties, Military--United States
  • -  Chancellorsville, Battle of, Chancellorsville, Va., 1863
  • -  Gettysburg, Battle of, Gettysburg, Pa., 1863
  • -  Guerrillas--Tennessee
  • -  Shenandoah Valley Campaign, 1862
  • -  Sherman's March through the Carolinas
  • -  Sherman's March to the Sea
  • -  Sieges--Georgia
  • -  Soldiers--Diseases--United States
  • -  Atlanta (Ga.)--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
  • -  Georgia--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
  • -  Massachusetts--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
  • -  North Carolina--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
  • -  Pennsylvania--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
  • -  Savannah (Ga.)--History--Siege, 1864
  • -  South Carolina--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
  • -  Tennessee, East--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Underground movements
  • -  United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Campaigns
  • -  United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Casualties
  • -  United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Destruction and pillage
  • -  United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Equipment and supplies
  • -  United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Medical care
  • -  United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Prisoners and prisons
  • -  United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Psychological aspects
  • -  United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Secret service
  • -  Virginia--History--Civil War, 1861-1865

Notes

  • -  Union army soldier and bootmaker of West Boylston, Mass.
  • -  Positive photocopy of memoir produced from original in the American Antiquarian Society, Worcester, Mass. [Place of reproduction unidentified].
  • -  American Antiquarian Society; Worcester, Mass.
  • -  Gift, Wells E. Carver, 1981.
  • -  Collection material in English.
  • -  Forms part of: Miscellaneous Manuscripts collection.

Medium

  • 1 item.

Repository

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • mm81006097

Access Advisory

  • Open to research.

Online Format

  • pdf
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