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[1] From: Carolyn Kotlas <kotlas@email.unc.edu> (19)
Subject: CIT INFOBITS -- March 2004
[2] From: "Laura Gottesman" <lgot@LOC.GOV> (32)
Subject: Library of Congress American Memory collection: A
Civil War Soldier in the Wild Cat Regiment
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Date: Fri, 02 Apr 2004 07:01:15 +0100
From: Carolyn Kotlas <kotlas@email.unc.edu>
Subject: CIT INFOBITS -- March 2004
CIT INFOBITS March 2004 No. 69 ISSN 1521-9275
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Date: Fri, 02 Apr 2004 07:01:46 +0100
From: "Laura Gottesman" <lgot@LOC.GOV>
Subject: Library of Congress American Memory collection: A Civil
War Soldier in the Wild Cat Regiment
The Library of Congress is pleased to announce the release of the online
collection A Civil War Soldier in the Wild Cat Regiment: Selections from
the Tilton C. Reynolds Papers, available on the Library's American
Memory Web site at http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/tcrhtml/.
A Civil War Soldier in the Wild Cat Regiment documents the Civil War
experience of Captain Tilton C. Reynolds, a member of the 105th Regiment
of Pennsylvania Volunteers. Comprising 164 library items, or 359 digital
images, this online presentation includes correspondence, photographs,
and other materials dating between 1861 and 1865. The letters feature
details of the regiment's movements, accounts of military engagements,
and descriptions of the daily life of soldiers and their views of the
war. Forty-six of the letters are also made available in transcription.
This collection offers a look into the lives of a Union soldier and his
family during the Civil War. The selected letters lend insight into the
wartime dynamics of the Reynolds family. Their words reveal how family
members in Reynolds's regiment looked after him, announced his capture,
and gave advice. The letters also describe the daily life of a Union
soldier, touching on such topics as food, clothing and shelter, health,
and punishment. Finally, the selected correspondence provides a unique
perspective on the Civil War. Soldiers' feelings and views on slavery
and the election of 1864 can be found here. Correspondents also wrote of
news about specific events of the war, as in Reynolds's account of
President Lincoln.
American Memory is a gateway to rich primary source materials relating
to the history and culture of the United States. Its more than 120
collections range from the papers of the U.S. presidents, Civil War
photographs and early films of Thomas Edison to papers documenting the
women's suffrage and civil rights movements, Jazz Age photographs and
the first baseball cards. The collections contain over 8 million items
from the Library of Congress and other major repositories.
Please submit any questions you may have about the Reynolds Papers or
American Memory in general using the web form available at:
http://www.loc.gov/rr/askalib/ask-memory2.html.
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