Inventory of the John F. Leonard Papers, 1862-1921

Collection Number 3585


Manuscripts Department, University Library of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Collection Information
Descriptive Summary
Administrative Information
Online Catalog Headings
Collection Overview
Related Material
Contact Information:
Manuscripts Department
CB#3926, Wilson Library
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, NC 27514-8890
Phone: 919/962-1345
Fax: 919/962-3594
Email: mss@email.unc.edu
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Descriptive Summary

Repository
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection.
Creator
Leonard, John F., 1843-1924.
Title
John F. Leonard Papers, 1862-1921.
Call Number
3585
Language of Materials
Materials in English
Extent
99 items.
Abstract
Chiefly Civil War letters from Leonard, a federal soldier in the 125th Illinois Regiment, written while he was serving in Tennessee and Georgia, to his family and friends in Vermilion County, Ill., with some letters from them and other family members. Leonard's letters discuss camp life, troop movements, discontent among soldiers, conditions in army hospitals where he was a patient, and personal matters. Also included are war items including copies of his United States Army veteran's records.


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Administrative Information

Alternate Form of Material
Typed transcriptions available.
Acquisitions Information
Purchase 1962
Processing Information
Processed by: SHC Staff
Encoded by: Noah Huffman, December 2007
Additional Descriptive Resources
A more complete finding aid for this collection is available at the Southern Historical Collection.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], in the John F. Leonard Papers, #3585, Southern Historical Collection, The Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Copyright Notice
Copyright is retained by the authors of items in these papers, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law.
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Online Catalog Headings

These and related materials may be found under the following headings in online catalogs.

Georgia--History--Civil War, 1861-1865.
Illinois--Social conditions.
Leonard, John F., 1843-1924.
Military hospitals--History--Civil War, 1861-1865.
Soldiers--United States--Correspondence.
Tennessee--History--Civil War, 1861-1865.
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Hospitals.
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Veterans.
United States. Army. Illinois Infantry Regiment, 125th (1861-1865)
Vermilion County (Ill.)--Social conditions.
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Related Material

Jeanette E. Bonebrake Papers (#3586), Southern Historical Collection, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
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Collection Overview

Chiefly Civil War letters from Leonard, a federal soldier in the 125th Illinois Regiment, written while he was serving in Tennessee and Georgia, to his family and friends in Vermilion County, Ill., with some letters from them and other family members. Leonard's letters discuss camp life, troop movements, discontent among soldiers, conditions in army hospitals where he was a patient, and personal matters. Also included are war items including copies of his United States Army veteran's records.