Conditions Governing Access

This collection is minimally processed and open for research.

Preferred Citation

MSS 16497, Robert Clark papers, Small Special Collections Library, University of Virginia.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

This collection was a gift from Heather C. Engel from by the Small Special Collections Library, University of Virginia on March 24, 2021.

Content Description

This collection contains 14 fourteen letters written during the Civil War to Robert Clark (48th Infantry Illinois) by three Union soldiers: William B. Oliphant (6 letters) (a Sergeant in Company E, 51st Infantry Regiment Illinois), John R. Oliphant (4 letters) (Illinois E Company), Henry Willett (2 letters), and 2 unidentified letters/writings, including a leather pouch in which the letters were discovered. The letters were written primarily from Tennessee and Mississippi.

The letters accompanied with some typed transcriptions and biographical information.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

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