Inventory of the Harvey Reid Papers, 1862-1865

Collection Number 4982-z

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Manuscripts Department, Library of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Collection Information
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block Administrative Information
block Online Catalog Headings
block Biographical Note
block Collection Overview
plus Detailed Description of the Collection
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
URL: http://www.lib.unc.edu/mss/
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Descriptive Summary

Repository
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection.
Creator
Reid, Harvey, 1842-1910.
Title
Harvey Reid Papers, 1862-1865
Call Number
4982-z
Language of Materials
Materials in English
Extent
Items: 11
Abstract
Harvey Reid joined the United States Army at Racine, Wisc., in 1862. He served with the 22nd Wisconsin Infantry Regiment through 1865, participating in the campaigns against Morgan's Confederate Cavalry in Kentucky in 1863 and later in Sherman's march through Georgia and the Carolinas.
The papers of Harvey Reid consist primarily of letters he wrote to his cousin, Will E. Reid, during Harvey Reid's service with the 22nd Wisconsin Infantry Regiment during the Civil War. The letters center around military life in camp, the movements of Reid's unit to various positions in Kentucky and Tennessee, and his ruminations on the conduct of the war. The final letter, written at the end of Sherman's march through the Carolinas, gives a critical account of the behavior of Union troops during the campaign. Also included are two letters addressed to Harvey Reid from his sister Sara. These letters discuss everyday activities of Reid's family and friends in Racine, Wisc., during the war.

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Administrative Information

Restrictions to Access
No restrictions.
Alternate Form of Material
Microfilm copy (filmed 2005-2006) available.
Reel 1: Entire collection
Acquisitions Information
Purchased from Charles Apfelbaum of Watchung, N.J., in June 1999 (Acc. 98294).
Processing Information
Processed by: John Foster, February 2001
Encoded by: John Foster, February 2001
Revisions: Finding aid updated in May 2005 by Nancy Kaiser.
Funding from the Watson-Brown Foundation, Inc., supported the microfilming of this collection.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], in the Harvey Reid Papers #4982-z, Southern Historical Collection, 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.

Family--Wisconsin--Social life and customs.
Reid, Harvey, 1842-1910.
Sherman's March through the Carolinas.
Soldiers--United States--Correspondence.
United States. Army. Wisconsin Infantry Regiment, 22nd (1862-1865).
United States. Army--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Military life.
United States. Army--Military life--History.
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Campaigns.
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Personal narratives.
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Social conditions.
Wisconsin--History--Civil War, 1861-1865.
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Biographical Note

Harvey Reid joined the Union Army at Racine, Wisc., in 1862. He served with the 22nd Wisconsin Infantry through 1865, participating in the campaigns against Morgan's Confederate Cavalry in Kentucky in 1863 and later in Sherman's march through Georgia and the Carolinas.

Some of Reid's letters have been compiled in The View from Headquarters: Civil War Letters of Harvey Reid, Frank L. Byrne, editor (Madison, Wisc.: State Historical Society of Wisconsin, 1965).

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Collection Overview

The papers of Harvey Reid consist primarily of letters he wrote to his cousin, Will E. Reid, during Harvey Reid's service with the 22nd Wisconsin Infantry Regiment during the Civil War. The letters center around military life in camp, the movements of Reid's unit to various positions in Kentucky and Tennessee, and his ruminations on the conduct of the war. The final letter, written at the end of Sherman's march through the Carolinas, gives a critical account of the behavior of Union troops during the campaign. Also included are two letters addressed to Harvey Reid from his sister Sara. These letters discuss everyday activities of Reid's family and friends in Racine, Wisc., during the war.

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Detailed Description of the Collection

Papers, 1862-1865.
11 items.
Arrangement: chronological.
Folder 1
Papers

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