Processed by
Paul Brockman
18 May 1999
Revised 22 April 2002
Updated 9 March 2004
Manuscript and Visual Collections Department
William Henry Smith Memorial Library
Indiana Historical Society
450 West Ohio Street
Indianapolis, IN 46202-3269
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VOLUME OF |
1 folder |
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COLLECTION |
1 January 1862 |
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PROVENANCE: |
Heritage Photo Services, 815 N. Highland Ave., Indianapolis, IN 46202, 28 October 1998 |
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RESTRICTIONS: |
None |
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COPYRIGHT: |
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REPRODUCTION |
Permission to reproduce or publish material in this collection must be obtained from the Indiana Historical Society. |
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ALTERNATE |
None |
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RELATED |
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ACCESSION |
1999.0069 |
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NOTES: |
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S (Samuel) F. M. Lamb was from Switzerland County, Indiana. He enlisted in the 45th Indiana Regiment (3rd Cavalry-Right Wing) in August 1861 and was a corporal in Company C serving with Hooker's Division in Maryland as part of the Army of the Potomac.
Source: Indiana in the war of the rebellion: official report of W.H.H. Terrell, adjutant general [microform]. Indianapolis : Douglass & Conner, 1869. Vol. 2, pp. 448–451; vol. 5, p. 390. E506.4 C5 fiche nos. 121–126.
The item in this collection is a three-page letter from S.F.M. Lamb at Headquarters, Lower Potomac (Maryland), Hooker's Division, to his niece, Amerries C. Lamb, 1 January 1862. Lamb describes camp life and how food is prepared in the army. He also relays his thanks to her father for the knife he sent and gives his regards to their family.
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