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Size | About 70 items. |
Abstract | Civil War letters written home by Jonathan L. Whitaker, an Orange County, N.Y., physician serving as a United States Army surgeon at a hospital at Chester, Pa., and with the 26th United States Colored Troops near Beaufort, S.C.; and some family photographs. Most of the letters are addressed to Whitaker's wife, Julia A. Wells Whitaker. They describe living conditions and physicians' activities. |
Creator | Whitaker, Jonathan Lewis, fl. 1862-1865. |
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, October 2009
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Civil War letters written home by Jonathan L. Whitaker, an Orange County, N.Y., physician serving as a United States Army surgeon at a hospital at Chester, Pa., and with the 26th United States Colored Troops near Beaufort, S.C.; and some family photographs. Most of the letters are addressed to Whitaker's wife, Julia A. Wells Whitaker. They describe living conditions and physicians' activities.
Back to TopFolder 1 |
1862-1863 |
Folder 2 |
1864Includes letters written by Whitaker to his wife about his observances of African American troops, contraband camps, and enslaved communities. |
Folder 3 |
1865 |
Folder 4 |
1924; undated |
Image Folder PF-3674/1 |
Whitaker family photographs |
Image Folder PF-3674/2 |
Whitaker family photographs |
Image Folder PF-3674/3 |
Unidentified cartes-de-visite |
Transcription Volume TV-3674/1 |
Typed transcription volume, Jonathan Lewis Whitaker papers |