Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech
Special Collections and University Archives, University Libraries (0434)Kira A. Dietz, Archivist
Permission to publish material from Ansil T. Bartlett Letter must be obtained from Special Collections, Virginia Tech.
Collection is open for research.
This item has been digitized and is available online .
Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: Ansil T. Bartlett Letter, Ms2012-008, Special Collections, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Va.
The collection was purchased by Special Collections in February 2012.
The processing, arrangement, and description of the Ansil T. Bartlett was completed in June 2012.
Ansil T. Bartlett was a private with Company D, 58th Regiment, Massachusetts Infantry. He likely enlisted in March of 1864 and he served through the end of the war. Records in the Congressional Serial Set indicate was still alive in 1918 and he received a raise in his pension in both 1917 and 1918.
The collection consists of a letter by Ansil T. Bartlett to his father, dated April 15, 1865. Written from Camp Farmville, Virginia, the letter mentions soldiers stealing goods from nearby homes, daily tasks, war rumors, and Bartlett's hope to be home by July 4th. There is also a pencil sketch of a bird.