Administrative Information

Access Restrictions

Collection is open to research.

Use Restrictions

Permission to publish from the Hiram Matthew Paper must be obtained from Special Collections, Virginia Tech.

Preferred Citation

Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: Hiram Matthew Paper, Ms1988-090, Special Collections, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Va.

Acquisition Information

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 Information

Hiram Matthew was a union soldier from Campbellsburg in Washington County, Indiana. He was a member of the 66th Regiment, Indiana Volunteer Infantry.

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. 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.

Index Terms

Subjects:

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