William D. Wilkins papers
Language: eng
Number of pages: 130
Subjects: Correspondence; Prisoners and prisons; Mexican War, 1846-1848; Libby Prison; Campaigns; History
Description: Letters to Wilkins from his mother, Maria Wilkins, while he served in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War, 1846-1848; letters from Wilkins to his wife, Elizabeth Cass Trowbridge Wilkins, during his Civil War service in Maryland and Virginia; and a diary and newspaper article chronicling Wilkins's captivity as a prisoner of war at Libby Prison, Richmond, Va.
Notes: Open to research.

Microfilm edition of diary available, no. 22,323.

Microfilm produced from original in the Manuscript Division. Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress Photoduplication Service, 2001.

Gift, Mrs. Frank Paull Mitchell, 1985.

Purchase, 1999.

U.S. Army officer and lawyer.

Collection material in English.

Finding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room and at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms009115