A Guide to the Conrad C. Badger Letter, 1864
A Collection in
Special Collections
Collection Number Ms1989-104
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USA
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Processed by: Special Collections Staff
Administrative Information
Access Restrictions
Collection is open to research.
Use Restrictions
Permission to publish from the Conrad C. Badger Letter must be obtained from Special Collections, Virginia Tech.
Preferred Citation
Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: Conrad C. Badger Letter, Ms1989-104, Special Collections, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Va.
Acquisition Information
The Conrad C. Badger Letter was purchased by Special Collections in 1989.
Alternate Form Available
Images (gifs) of the letter are available on the Special Collections website. See the "Contents List" below for links to the images.
Processing Information
The processing, arrangement, and description of the Conrad C. Badger Letter commenced and was completed in 1989. Additional description was completed before 2008 and in February 2010.
Scope and Content
The collection contains a letter from a Union soldier, Conrad C. Badger, in the Civil War writing his mother from Nashua, New Hampshire. Badger writes that he intends to enlist in the 6th New Hampshire Regiment as a nurse after trying to get positions with surgeons in two other regiments. Records indicate that Badger was at one point a private with Company I.
Arrangement
The collection is arranged by material type.
Index Terms
- Civil War
- United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
