Inventory of the Edwin W. Sampson Papers, 1863-1864
Collection Number 5043-z
Manuscripts Department, Library of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
- 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
- Sampson, Edwin W.
- Title
- Edwin W. Sampson Papers, 1863-1864
- Call Number
- 5043-z
- Language of Materials
- Materials in English
- Extent
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- Items: 6
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Administrative Information
- Acquisitions Information
- Received from J. Douglas Mattox of Raleigh, N.C., in June 2000 (Acc. 98809).
- Processing Information
- Processed by: Kristin Soya, October 2001
- Encoded by: Kristin Soya, October 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 Edwin W. Sampson Papers #5043-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.
Online Catalog Headings
These and related materials may be found under the following headings in online catalogs.
- Agriculture--Pennsylvania--History--19th century.
- Family--Pennsylvania--Social life and customs.
- Pennsylvania--History--Civil War, 1861-1865.
- Sampson, Edwin W.
- United States. Army. Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment, 145th (1862-1865)
- United States. Army--History--Civil War, 1861-1865.
- United States. Army--Military life--History.
- United States. Army--Officers--Correspondence.
- United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Military life.
- Virginia--History--Civil War, 1861-1865.
Biographical Note
Edwin W. Sampson was a lieutenant in the 145th Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment during the Civil War. The 145th Regiment was recruited from Erie, Pa., in September 1862. Most of men from this northwest corner of the state were farmers. The 145th participated in the battles of Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, Gettysburg, and the Wilderness; the siege of Petersburg; and the Appomattox campaign. The Regiment was mustered out on 31 May 1865.
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The collection contains five letters, written between 28 January 1863 and 18 January 1864, from Edwin W. Sampson to his parents and siblings when he was an officer in the 145th Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment during the Civil War. Sampson wrote the letters from Union camps in Virginia between military campaigns. In the letters, he described military life, including picket duty, weather, furloughs, hunting for food, diet, cooking of food, and monetary concerns. He also wrote about his lack of education and encouraged the children at home to pursue their education diligently. He showed concern for the day-to-day activities of his family in Pennsylvania and often gave them farming advice. In the letters, he mentioned generals Ambrose Everett Burnside, George Brinton McClellan, and Joseph Hooker. Also included is an invoice of ordinance to Lieutenant Sampson from Captain Clayton W. Lytle, also with the 145th.
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Detailed Description of the Collection
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