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Size | About 45 items |
Abstract | Cornelius J. Madden (died 1903) of Shelby, Ohio, served in the United States Army. The collection includes correspondence of Madden while he was a federal soldier, including letters written by him from Ohio and Tennessee during the Civil War and from Chattanooga, Tenn., 1865-1866; letters from friends in the army; and letters from his father, James Madden, working in army hospitals in Ohio, Indiana, and Tennessee; and letters from other family members. Cornelius Madden's letters, 1862-1866, deal largely with his living arrangements in Columbus, Ohio, and in Chattanooga, camp life, his reactions to war news and controversial issues, his reading, residents of locations where he was stationed, and the family photography business in Shelby. |
Creator | Madden, Cornelius J., d. 1903. |
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, July 2010
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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Cornelius J. Madden (died 1903) of Shelby, Ohio, served in the United States Army in Kentucky and Tennessee, 1862-1863, and Columbus, Ohio, 1864-1865. After the Civil War, Madden was stationed in Chattanooga, Tenn., doing clerical work for the army.
Back to TopThe collection includes correspondence of Cornelius J. Madden while he was a federal soldier, including letters written by him from Ohio and Tennessee during the Civil War and from Chattanooga, Tenn., 1865-1866; letters from friends in the army; and letters from his father, James Madden, working in army hospitals in Ohio, Indiana, and Tennessee; and letters from other family members. Cornelius Madden's letters, 1862-1866, deal largely with his living arrangements in Columbus, Ohio, and in Chattanooga, Tenn., camp life, his reactions to war news and controversial issues, his reading, residents of locations where he was stationed, and the family photography business in Shelby.
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