Collection Information
Historical Sketch
Scope and Content Note
Folder and Contents Listing
Cataloging Information
Processed
by:
Ellen Swain
23 June 1992
Updated 13 May 2004
Manuscript and Visual Collections Department
William Henry Smith Memorial Library
Indiana Historical Society
450 West Ohio Street
Indianapolis, IN 46202-3269
VOLUME OF COLLECTION: 1 folder
COLLECTION DATES: 1864
PROVENANCE: Mrs. Lee Hickman, Burbank, CA
RESTRICTIONS: None
COPYRIGHT: Held by Indiana Historical Society
ALTERNATE FORMAT: None
RELATED HOLDINGS:
ACCESSION NUMBER: 1962.0605
NOTES: Collection formerly held by Indiana Civil War Commission. Transferred to Indiana Historical Society, 1962.
William Elliott was born (circa) 1835 in Washington County, Indiana. A farmer in Salem, Indiana, Elliot was mustered into Company G Eighteenth Indiana regiment on September 26, 1862. On July 26, 1865, Corporal Elliott was mustered out in Savannah, Georgia.
The collection contains the transcript of a letter written by Elliott to his cousin, W. S. Charles, Lieutenant Colonel of the Eighteenth Indiana Veterans Volunteers. Dated October 22, 1864, Elliott describes the ride of General Phil Sheridan at the battle of Cedar Creek (Virginia).
FOLDER CONTENTS
1 Transcript of Letter, 22 October 1864
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