Back to TopDescriptive Summary
- Repository
- University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection.
- Creator
- Young, Joseph H., 1832?-1867.
- Title
- Joseph H. Young Papers, 1864-1865.
- Call Number
- 3695-z
- Language of Materials
- Materials in English
- Extent
- 30 items.
Abstract Civil War letters of Young of Mifflin County, Pa., a federal soldier with the 184th Pennsylvania Regiment, to and from his
wife, Ann Eliza Young, while he was with the army near Richmond and Petersburg, Va., and while he was hospitalized; and some
papers concerning Young's military service and application for pensions. Letters exchange news of friends in the service,
contain requests for items from home, discuss possibility of leaves, and note the desertion of Confederate soldiers to the
North. Letters during Young's hospitalization discuss his health, treatment, and the possibility of discharge.
Back to TopAdministrative Information
- Alternate Form of Material
- Typed transcriptions of letters available.
- Acquisitions Information
- Purchase 1964
- 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 Joseph H. Young Papers, #3695-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.
Back to TopOnline Catalog Headings
These and related materials may be found under the following headings in online catalogs.
- Desertion, Military--Confederate States of America.
- Petersburg (Va.)--History--19th century.
- Richmond (Va.)--History--Civil War, 1861-1865.
- Soldiers--United States--Correspondence.
- United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Desertions.
- United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Hospitals.
- United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Medical care.
- United States. Army--Medical care.
- United States. Army--Military life--History.
- United States. Army. Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment, 184th (1861-1865)
- Young, Ann Eliza.
- Young, Joseph H., 1832?-1867.
Back to TopCollection Overview
Civil War letters of Young of Mifflin County, Pa., a federal soldier with the 184th Pennsylvania Regiment, to and from his
wife, Ann Eliza Young, while he was with the army near Richmond and Petersburg, Va., and while he was hospitalized; and some
papers concerning Young's military service and application for pensions. Letters exchange news of friends in the service,
contain requests for items from home, discuss possibility of leaves, and note the desertion of Confederate soldiers to the
North. Letters during Young's hospitalization discuss his health, treatment, and the possibility of discharge.
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