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Size | 86 items |
Abstract | Eben Thomas Hale (1842-1868) was a federal soldier in the 45th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment who served in New Bern, N.C., and surrounding areas. The collection includes correspondence, chiefly 1862-1863, between Hale and his family in Boston, Mass., and Vermont, containing detailed descriptions of military training, battles, the routine of camp life, and war activities at home. |
Creator | Hale, Eben Thomas, 1842-1868. |
Curatorial Unit | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection. |
Language | English |
Processed by: SHC Staff
Encoded by: Noah Huffman, December 2007
Updated by: Kate Stratton and Jodi Berkowitz, January 2009
This collection was rehoused and a summary created with support from the National Endowment for the Humanities.
This finding aid was created with support from NC ECHO.
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Eben Thomas Hale (1842-1868) was a federal soldier in the 45th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment who served in New Bern, N.C., and surrounding areas. Hale was the son of Ebenezer Hale of Newburyport, Mass., and prior to his enlistment was educated at Yale University.
Back to TopThe collection includes correspondence, chiefly 1862-1863, between Eben Thomas Hale and his family and friends in Boston, Mass., and Vermont, containing detailed descriptions of military training, battles, the routine of camp life, the town of New Bern, N.C., and war activities at home. There is also a biographical sketch, 1899, of Hale from "Yale Portraits and Sketches, Class of 1862."
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Folder 1-2
Folder 1Folder 2 |
1862-1863 |
Folder 2 |
1865 |
Image Folder PF-2466/1 |
Photographs |
Photographs (PF-2466/1).
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