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Conditions Governing Access

Collection is open to research.

Existence and Location of Copies

This collection has been digitized and is available online.

Preferred Citation

Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: [identification of item], [box], [folder], Hiram Matthew Paper, Ms1988-090, Ms1988-090, Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Va.

Source of Acquisition

The Hiram Matthew Paper were purchased by Special Collections in 1988.

Processing Information

The processing, arrangement, and description of the Hiram Matthew Papers commenced and was completed in 2002.

Biographical Note

Hiram Matthew was a Union soldier from Campbellsburg in Washington County, Indiana. He was a member of the Company A, 66th Regiment, Indiana Volunteer Infantry during the American Civil War.

There is a Hiram Matthew (1830-1898) and his wife Almira (1838-1898) buried in Saltillo Cemetery in Saltillo, Washington County, Indiana.

Sources:

"Hiram Matthew" entry, Findagrave.com, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/128702155/hiram-b-matthew , accessed Dec. 14, 2022.

"Matthew, Hiram" entry, National Park Services' Civil War Database, https://www.nps.gov/civilwar/search-soldiers-detail.htm?soldierId=CD80ADB6-DC7A-DF11-BF36-B8AC6F5D926A , accessed Dec. 14, 2022.

Scope and Content

This collection consists of twenty-two letters of outgoing correspondence from Union soldier Hiram Matthew to his wife Elmira Matthew of Campbellsburg Washington County, Indiana, during the American Civil War. The correspondence includes descriptions of a soldier's life including, but not limited to, health aliments suffered during the war; punishments suffered for crimes committed during war; and battle accounts, including accounts of the Siege of Atlanta. Eleven letters between the dates of February 1, 1863, and June 27, 1863, were written from Corinth, Mississippi. Eight letters were written between November 24, 1864 and March 15, 1864, from Pulaski, Tennessee. The last letter is dated April 28, 1865, from Raleigh, North Carolina.

Arrangement

The collection is arranged chronologically.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

• Civil War
• United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865

Rights Statement for Archival Description

The guide to the Hiram Matthew Paper by Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, is licensed under a CC0 ( https://creativecommons.org/share-your-work/public-domain/cc0/ ).