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Collection Number: 03916-z

Collection Title: William H. Platt Letters, 1862-1865; 1893-1915.

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This collection was rehoused and a summary created with support from the National Endowment for the Humanities; this finding aid was created with support from NC ECHO.

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Size 66 items
Abstract William H. Platt (circa 1847-1915) of Port Jefferson, N.Y., served in the 5th and 146th New York Infantry regiments, United States Army, during the Civil War. His brother, Jesse K. Platt (born 1846?) served in the 127th New York Infantry Regiment. The collection includes photocopies of letters from William H. Platt to members of his family, written while he was serving with the 5th and 146th New York regiments, in northern Virginia, 1862-1865; letters from Jesse K. Platt, serving with the 127th New York Regiment in Virginia and South Carolina, 1862-1864; and a few miscellaneous business papers, 1893-1915.
Creator Platt, William H., circa 1847-1915.
Language English
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Restrictions to Access
No restrictions. Open for research.
Restrictions to Use
No usage restrictions.
Copyright Notice
Copyright is retained by the authors of items in these papers, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], in the William H. Platt Letters, #3916-z, Southern Historical Collection, The Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Acquisitions Information
Photocopies received from the Charlotte and Mecklenburg County Public Library, November 1970.
Location of Originals
Originals in private hands in 1970.
Additional Descriptive Resources
A copy of the original finding aid for this collection is filed in folder 1.
Sensitive Materials Statement
Manuscript collections and archival records may contain materials with sensitive or confidential information that is protected under federal or state right to privacy laws and regulations, the North Carolina Public Records Act (N.C.G.S. § 132 1 et seq.), and Article 7 of the North Carolina State Personnel Act (Privacy of State Employee Personnel Records, N.C.G.S. § 126-22 et seq.). Researchers are advised that the disclosure of certain information pertaining to identifiable living individuals represented in this collection without the consent of those individuals may have legal ramifications (e.g., a cause of action under common law for invasion of privacy may arise if facts concerning an individual's private life are published that would be deemed highly offensive to a reasonable person) for which the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill assumes no responsibility.
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William H. Platt (circa 1847-1915) of Port Jefferson, N.Y., ran away from home and joined the United States Army in August 1862 at age 15. He served as a private with the 5th and 146th New York Infantry regiments in northern Virginia and was discharged in June 1865.

William's brother, Jesse K. Platt (born 1846?) served with the 127th New York Infantry Regiment in the area of Yorktown, Va., and Coles Island or Hilton Head, S.C.

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The collection includes photocopies of letters from William H. Platt to members of his family, written while he was serving with the 5th and 146th New York regiments, in northern Virginia, 1862-1865; letters from Platt's brother, Jesse K. Platt, serving with the 127th New York Regiment in Virginia and South Carolina, 1862-1864; and a few miscellaneous business papers, 1893-1915.

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Processing Information

Processed by: SHC Staff

Encoded by: Noah Huffman, December 2007

Updated by: Kate Stratton and Jodi Berkowitz, June 2010

This collection was rehoused and a summary created with support from the National Endowment for the Humanities.

This finding aid was created with support from NC ECHO.

Diacritics and other special characters have been omitted from this finding aid to facilitate keyword searching in web browsers.

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