Processed by
Paul Brockman
25 June 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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1 item |
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COLLECTION |
Ca. 1862/1863 |
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PROVENANCE: |
Steven S. Raab, P. O. Box 471, Ardmore, PA 19003, 5 January 1999 |
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None |
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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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ACCESSION |
1999.0298 |
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Marion Elwell (fl. 1860s) of Dearborn County, Indiana enlisted in Company A of the 7th Indiana Regiment on 13 September 1861. On 26 October 1863 he was appointed sergeant and transferred to the Invalid Corps.
Source: Terrell, W.H.H., Report of the Adjutant General, Indiana, v. 4, p. 92
Elwell wrote this four-page letter while serving with the 7th Indiana Regiment at Washington Junction, Virginia, to Margaret (Mollie) Fowler in Lawrenceburgh (Dearborn County) Indiana, either late 1862 or early 1863. In it he discusses his relationship with her and his longing to return to call upon her. At her request he did not mention war news, but he did relate that he saw the President (Lincoln) and Secretary Stanton at Fredericksburg last Saturday. A patriotically decorated envelope accompanies the letter.
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