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Carmon, Alfred.

Alfred Carmon papers, 1859-1865. - 65 items. 1 container. 0.2 linear feet.

Open to research.

Chiefly letters written by Carmon to his family in Sand Lake, N.Y., while serving with Company H, 169th New York Infantry Regiment, during the Civil War, describing camp life and skirmishes in Virginia, South Carolina, and Florida. Includes comments on Abraham Lincoln, Ulysses S. Grant, presidential election of 1864, and Robert E. Lee's surrender.


Transcripts and summaries of each letter are included in the collection.
[S.l.].


Union army soldier.


Collection material in English.

Finding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room and at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms007012

LCCN: mm 94082767

Subjects--Personal Names:
Grant, Ulysses S. 1822-1885.
Lee, Robert E. 1807-1870.
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865.

Subjects--Corporate Names:
United States. Army. New York Infantry Regiment, 169th (1862-1865)

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Presidents--Election--United States--1864.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
Florida--History--Civil War, 1861-1865.
Sand Lake (N.Y.)
South Carolina--History--Civil War, 1861-1865.
Virginia--History--Civil War, 1861-1865.
United States--History--Campaigns.--Civil War, 1861-1865
United States--History--Peace.--Civil War, 1861-1865
United States--History--Personal narratives.--Civil War, 1861-1865

Index Terms--Occupation:
Soldiers.