Inventory of the Ira B. Sampson Papers, 1862-1891

Collection Number 3870-z

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Manuscripts Department, University Library of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Collection Information
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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, Ira B., 1840-1890.
Title
Ira B. Sampson Papers, 1862-1891
Call Number
3870-z
Language of Materials
Materials in English
Extent
Items: 7
Abstract
Ira B. Sampson (1840-1890) of Springfield, Mass., was a captain in the 2nd Massachusetts Heavy Artillery. He was captured on the North Carolina coast and imprisoned at Andersonville, Ga., and Columbia, S.C.
The collection consists of a Civil War diary and memo book (226 p.), 1864-1865, of Ira B. Sampson, with a few related papers. The pocket diary describes the surrender of Fort William at Plymouth, N.C., in April 1864; Sampson's experiences as a prisoner at Andersonville, Ga., and at Columbia, S.C.; and other matters. Also included are a photograph of Sampson, 1863; his two commissions as an officer in the Massachusetts Volunteers, 1862-1863; and photocopies of Sampson's 1881 application for a disability pension and his widow's 1891 application for a pension following his death from consumption in 1890.

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Administrative Information

Restrictions to Access
No restrictions.
Alternate Form of Material
Microfilm copy (filmed 2003) available.
Reel 1: entire collection
Acquisitions Information
Purchased from Charles Hamilton Galleries of New York in 1968.
Processing Information
Processed by: Anna Brooke Allan, January 1969
Encoded by: Nancy Kaiser, November 2005
Funding from the Watson-Brown Foundation, Inc., supported the encoding of this finding aid.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], in the Ira B. Sampson Papers #3870-z, 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.

Andersonville Prison.
Diaries.
Fort Williams (Plymouth, N.C.)
North Carolina--History--Civil War, 1861-1865.
Sampson, Ira B., 1840-1890.
United States. Army--Military life--History.
United States. Army--Officers--Diaries.
United States. Army. Massachusetts Heavy Artillery, 2nd.
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Personal narratives.
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Prisoners and prisons.
Diaries--United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865.
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Related Collections

Manuscript maps drawn by Ira B. Sampson, North Carolina Collection, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
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Biographical Note

Ira B. Sampson (1840-1890) was a captain in the 2nd Massachusetts Heavy Artillery. He was captured on the North Carolina coast and imprisoned at Andersonville, Ga., and Columbia, S.C. Sampson married Mary A. Cooley of Springfield, Mass., in 1865, and with her had three children: Marcus, Walter, and Luke. Ira B. Sampson died from consumption in Arizona on 23 December 1890.

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Collection Overview

The collection consists of a Civil War diary and memo book (226 p.), 1864-1865, of Ira B. Sampson, a captain in the 2nd Massachusetts Heavy Artillery, with a few related papers. The pocket diary describes the surrender of Fort William at Plymouth, N.C., in April 1864; Sampson's experiences as a prisoner of war at Andersonville Prison in Andersonville, Ga., and at Columbia, S.C.; and other matters. Also included are a photograph of Sampson, 1863; his two commissions as an officer in the Massachusetts Volunteers, 1862-1863; and photocopies (1958) of Sampson's 1881 application for a disability pension and his widow's 1891 application for a pension following his death from consumption in 1890.

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Detailed Description of the Collection

Papers, 1862-1891.
7 items.
Arrangement: chronological.
Folder 1
Papers, 1862-1891

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