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SUMMARY
The 16th Pennsylvania
Cavalry, the 83rd Regiment, 111th
Regiment and the 145th Regiment are
well represented in our holdings.
Muster rolls for the 145th Regiment,
official records of the GAR Post 67
(Strong Vincent) and Daughters of
the American Union archival collections,
facsimile copies of muster rolls including
payrolls for the 41st, 43rd and 103rd
Regiments of Colored Troops are available
for research. Published materials
include Bates’ History of PA
Volunteers and the War of the Rebellion
Records , index and Army and Navy
bound volumes. |
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CIVIL WAR RESOURCES
Download
a summary of our Civil War related
holdings!
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HISTORY OF LOCAL REGIMENTS by George Deutsch,
Erie Civil
War Roundtable. Read a brief history
of local regiments!
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EXCERPTS
FROM DIARIES & LETTERS
Discover what the soldiers and others
were saying in the following excerpts
from our collections.
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Letter from the Ladies (Miss Augusta
Craig, Ida Craig and Julia Pelton) re:
145th Regiment flag, to John S. Brown,
Erie, PA Sept. 24, 1862. |
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Oliver Hazard Ferguson letter to his
wife and children, 111th Regiment, PA
Volunteers Camp in the City of Atlanta,
Sept. 15, 1864. |
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Daniel B. Foote letter to his parents,
re: Abraham Lincoln’s funeral,
Camp of the 83rd Regiment, PA Volunteers,
at Burksville, VA, April 19th, 1865. |
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Letter from G. Swissholm to George Maynard’s
parents re: George Maynard of the 145th
Regiment, Fredericksburg May 12th, 1864. |
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| Library
& Archives Major Collections: Civil
War Collection |
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