Martin, LaForest John, 1844-1862 (SC 3687)

Authors

Manuscripts & Folklife Archives, Western Kentucky UniversityFollow

Publication Date

5-4-2023

Comments

This collection is archived in Manuscripts & Folklife Archives at Western Kentucky University: 270-745-6434; mssfa@wku.edu

Abstract

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 3687. Letters, 1861-1862, of LaForest Martin, Oneida County, New York, written to his family while serving with the 26th New York Volunteers. He writes from Washington, D.C., Virginia and Maryland of his illness; drunkenness and desertion among the troops; and engagements with the Confederates, especially at Antietam. Includes an 1856 family letter; a subscription list of locals pledging to pay Martin's expenses to rejoin his regiment after his illness; and a letter to his father from a friend offering sympathy at the news of Martin’s death at the Battle of Fredericksburg. Some of the letters and envelopes bear military and patriotic images.

Disciplines

United States History

Recommended Citation

Folklife Archives, Manuscripts &, "Martin, LaForest John, 1844-1862 (SC 3687)" (2023). MSS Finding Aids. Paper 5083.
https://digitalcommons.wku.edu/dlsc_mss_fin_aid/5083