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Size | 6 items |
Abstract | Edwin W. Sampson was a lieutenant in the 145th Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment during the Civil War. The collection consists of five letters from Edwin W. Sampson to his parents and siblings. The letters were written between 28 January 1863 and 18 January 1864 from Union camps in Virginia between military campaigns. Sampson described military life, including picket duty, weather, furloughs, hunting for food, diet, cooking of food, and monetary concerns. He also wrote about his lack of education and encouraged the children at home to pursue their education diligently. He showed concern for the day-to-day activities of his family in Pennsylvania and often gave them farming advice. In the letters, he mentioned generals Ambrose Everett Burnside, George Brinton McClellan, and Joseph Hooker. Also included is an invoice of ordinance to Lieutenant Sampson from Captain Clayton W. Lytle, also with the 145th. |
Creator | Sampson, Edwin W. |
Curatorial Unit | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection. |
Language | English |
Processed by: Kristin Soya, October 2001
Encoded by: Kristin Soya, October 2001
Revisions: Nancy Kaiser, May 2005, December 2021.
Funding from the Watson-Brown Foundation, Inc., supported the microfilming of this collection.
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Edwin W. Sampson was a lieutenant in the 145th Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment during the Civil War. The 145th Regiment was recruited from Erie, Pa., in September 1862. Most of men from this northwest corner of the state were farmers. The 145th participated in the battles of Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, Gettysburg, and the Wilderness; the siege of Petersburg; and the Appomattox campaign. The Regiment was mustered out on 31 May 1865.
Back to TopThe collection contains five letters, written between 28 January 1863 and 18 January 1864, from Edwin W. Sampson to his parents and siblings when he was an officer in the 145th Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment during the Civil War. Sampson wrote the letters from Union camps in Virginia between military campaigns. In the letters, he described military life, including picket duty, weather, furloughs, hunting for food, diet, cooking of food, and monetary concerns. He also wrote about his lack of education and encouraged the children at home to pursue their education diligently. He showed concern for the day-to-day activities of his family in Pennsylvania and often gave them farming advice. In the letters, he mentioned generals Ambrose Everett Burnside, George Brinton McClellan, and Joseph Hooker. Also included is an invoice of ordinance to Lieutenant Sampson from Captain Clayton W. Lytle, also with the 145th.
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