Henry C. Carpenter Letters, 1862-1864
A Collection in
Special Collections
Collection Number Ms1996-008
![[logo]](http://ead.lib.virginia.edu/vivaead/logos/vt.jpg)
Special Collections, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Special Collections, University Libraries (0434)560 Drillfield Drive
Newman Library, Virginia Tech
Blacksburg, Virginia 24061
USA
Phone: (540) 231-6308
Fax: (540) 231-3694
Email: specref@vt.edu
URL: http://spec.lib.vt.edu/
© 2009 By Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. All rights reserved.
Processed by: Helen Harrison, student assistant, and Laura Katz Smith, Manuscripts Curator, Special Collections
Administrative Information
Access Restrictions
Collection is open to research.
Use Restrictions
Permission to publish from the Henry C. Carpenter Letters must be obtained from Special Collections, Virginia Tech.
Preferred Citation
Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: Henry C. Carpenter Letters, Ms1996-008, Special Collections, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Va.
Acquisition Information
The Henry C. Carpenter Letters were donated to Special Collections in May 1996.
Processing Information
The processing, arrangement, and description of the Henry C. Carpenter Letters commenced and was completed in June 1996.
Biographical Information
Henry C. Carpenter was born in Bland County, Virginia. He served as a Corporal in Company H, 45th Virginia Infantry, during the Civil War. He participated in the Battle of Cloyd's Farm in May 1864, and died on October 6, 1864, in Woodstock, Virginia.
Scope and Content
The papers consist of letters from Carpenter to his sister Elizabeth, written between February 1862 and June 1864 while encamped in the Kanawha Valley of West Virginia; Monroe County, West Virginia; Saltville, Virginia; and Harrisonburg, Virginia. Also includes one letter to Elizabeth from Newton Thompson, written from Alderson's Ferry, Virginia, on June 4, 1863.
Arrangement
The collection is arranged chronologically.
Index Terms
- Civil War
- Local/Regional History and Appalachian South
- United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
Subjects:
Contents List
-
February 10, 1862
-
August 25, 1862
-
September 5, 1862
-
September 26, 1862
-
November 22, 1862
-
December 12, 1862
-
March 19, 1863
-
March 30, 1863
-
June 4, 1863
-
June 8, 1863
-
June 21, 1863
-
July 7, 1863
-
September 4, 1863
-
November 16, 1863
-
December 6, 1863
-
January 22, 1864
-
Febraury 11, 1864
-
April 21, 1864
-
May 20, 1864
-
June 2, 1864
-
June 4, 1864
-
June 22, 1864
-
July 29, 1864
-
October 12, 1864