Chandler B. Gillam papers
Contributors: Collier, Ellen C. (Ellen Clodfelter), 1927-; Hicks, W. L. (Washington L.), d. 1885
Language: eng
Number of pages: 300
Subjects: Correspondence; United States; Antietam, Battle of, Md., 1862; Presidents; Cedar Mountain, Battle of, Va., 1862; Chancellorsville, Battle of, Chancellorsville, Va., 1863; Campaigns; Kernstown, 1st Battle of, Winchester, Va., 1862; United States. Army. New York Infantry Regiment, 28th (1861-1863); Election; History
Description: Correspondence primarily with Gillam's wife, Sarah Larned, and his parents; diary; journal; writings; Gillam (Gilliam) family papers; photograph; and other papers relating chiefly to his Civil War service with the Twenty-eighth New York Infantry Regiment, U.S. Army.  Includes correspondence, diary, and pension papers of the regimental clerk, W.L. Hicks.  Also includes one broadside relating to Capt. E.A. Bowen's Civil War service with the twenty-eighth regiment and a second broadside concerning the presidential campaign of 1864.  Subjects include camp life and the battles of Winchester, Virginia, in May 1862; Cedar Mountain, Virginia, in August 1862; Antietam, Maryland, in September 1862; and Chancellorsville, Virginia, in May 1863.  Transcripts of correspondence and diary along with information about Gillam, W.L. Hicks, and the twenty-eighth regiment prepared by Ellen C. Collier
Notes: Open to research.

Gift, Ellen C. Collier, 2007.

Farmer and soldier.

Collection material in English.

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