Administrative Information

Conditions Governing Access

Collection is open to all researchers.

Conditions Governing Use

Before publishing quotations or excerpts from any materials, permission must be obtained from the Special Collections Research Center, and the holder of the copyright, if not Swem Library.

Preferred Citation

George K. Dakin Papers, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary

Acquisition Information

The materials were acquired by Special Collections Research Center from Roger P Worthen on 04/01/2005.

Biographical Note

George K. Dakin was a volunteer in the 1st New Hampshire Battery stationed near Richmond, Virginia during the Civil War. Further information about this individual or organization may be available in the Special Collections Research Center Wiki: <a href="http://scrc.swem.wm.edu/wiki/index.php/George K. Dakin">http://scrc.swem.wm.edu/wiki/index.php/George K. Dakin</a>.

Scope and Contents

Papers of George K. Dakin concerning his service in the Richmond, Virginia area during the Civil War.

War Papers of George K. Dakin. Concern Dakin during his voluntary military service in the 1st New Hampshire Battery, from Manchester, New Hampshire, during the Civil War. Contains several Muster Rolls (in and out), certificates of promotions ,official discharges, and a report written by Dakin's superior, F. M. Edgell, about certain operations of the 1st New Hampshire Battery.

Arrangement of Materials

Chronological order.

Index Terms

Genre/Form of Material:

• Appointments (military records)
• Military records
• Orders (military records)
• Technical Reports

Title:

• United States. Army. New Hampshire Battery, 1st.

Topical Term:

• Richmond (Va.)--History--Civil War, 1861-1865.
• United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865.
• Virginia--History--Civil War, 1861-1865.

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