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This collection was processed with support from the sponsorship of a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities, Office of Preservation, Washington, D.C., 1990-1993.
Size | 0.5 feet of linear shelf space (approximately 140 items) |
Abstract | George Hovey Cadman was a soldier in the 39th Ohio Infantry Regiment during the Civil War. The collection includes letters, 1862-1864, from Cadman to his wife, written from Mississippi, Tennessee, Alabama, and Georgia; a brief diary, February-June 1864; and related materials included in a copy of the volume A Cockney's Gift to America, compiled by George E. Cadman, 1968. |
Creator | Cadman, George Hovey, 1823-1864.. |
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: Kathryn Michaelis, March 2011; Nancy Kaiser, September 2020
This collection was processed with support from the sponsorship of a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities, Office of Preservation, Washington, D.C., 1990-1993.
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George Hovey Cadman (fl. 1862-1864) was a soldier, 39th Ohio Infantry Regiment, during the Civil War.
Back to TopThe collection includes letters, 1862-1864, from Cadman to his wife, written from Mississippi, Tennessee, Alabama, and Georgia; a brief diary, February-June 1864; and related materials included in a copy of the volume A Cockney's Gift to America, compiled by George Elbridge Cadman, 1968.
Back to TopFolder 1a |
Original finding aid |
Folder 1 |
August-December 1862 (typed copies) |
Folder 2 |
January-June 1863 (typed copies) |
Folder 3 |
July-December 1863 (typed copies) |
Folder 4 |
February-June 1864 |
Folder 5 |
July-September 1864; 19 January 1865 (typed copies) |
Folder 6 |
Septeber-December 1862 (originals) |
Folder 7 |
January-June 1863 (originals) |
Folder 8 |
July-December 1863 (originals) |
Folder 9 |
February-April 1864 (originals) |
Folder 10 |
May-September 1864; January 1865 (originals) |
Folder 11 |
Miscellaneous clippings, poems, certificates |
Folder 12 |
Diary, February-June 1864 (copy and original) |
Folder 13 |
A Cockney's Gift to America |
Image Folder PF-122/1 |
One photograph of George Hovey Cadman and one of his wife, Esther |
Reel M-122/1 |
Microfilm |