Collection #:
SC 1203

FRANCIS FLINT
LETTER, 1864 APR. 21,
BELLEFONT, ALA.
[TO] ORPHA FRANCIS, YORK CENTRE, IND.

Processed by
Chris Harter
4 June 1998
Updated 8 July 2004

Manuscript and Visual Collections Department
William Henry Smith Memorial Library
Indiana Historical Society
450 West Ohio Street
Indianapolis, IN 46202-3269

www.indianahistory.org

collection INFORMATION

VOLUME OF COLLECTION: 1 item

COLLECTION DATES: 21 April 1864

PROVENANCE: Brian & Maria Green, Kernersville, NC, 4 March 1998

RESTRICTIONS: None

REPRODUCTION RIGHTS: Permission to reproduce or publish material in this collection must be obtained in writing from the Indiana Historical Society.

ALTERNATE FORMATS: None

OTHER FINDING AIDS: None

RELATED HOLDINGS: For more information on the 100^th Indiana Regiment, see card catalog under: United States. Army. Indiana Infantry Regiment, 100^th (1862-1865).

ACCESSION NUMBERS: 1998.0318

NOTES:

HISTORICAL AND BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH

Francis Flint (fl. 1862-1865) was a resident of York Centre, Indiana (Steuben Co.). He was mustered into service with the 100^th Indiana Regiment, Company B, as a corporal in August 1862. He was mustered out as sergeant in June 1865.

The 100^th Indiana Regiment (1862-1865) was mustered into service in September 1862. It moved to Memphis, and was assigned to the Second Brigade, First Division, Army of the Tennessee. In June 1863, the regiment took part in the siege of Vicksburg, and after the surrender of the city, moved with Sherman's army upon Jackson, Mississippi. The 100^th Indiana returned to Memphis before joining Sherman's campaign through Georgia. It then marched through the Carolinas and Virginia before being mustered out in June 1865. During its existence, the regiment marched over 4000 miles and participated in 25 battles and countless skirmishes.

Sources: Terrell, W.H.H. Report of the Adjutant General…. Vol. 3, p. 145-147; Vol. 6, p. 548.

SCOPE AND CONTENT NOTE

This collection consists of one letter, dated 21 April 1864, from Francis Flint in Bellefont, Alabama, to his wife, Orpha, and his children. In it, Flint relates news about religious meetings and his regiment receiving new Springfield rifles. The letter is written on military stationary with a regimental imprint.

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