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  <titleInfo>
    <title>Edwin Oberlin Wentworth papers, 1862-1890</title>
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  <name type="personal">
    <namePart>Wentworth, Edwin Oberlin</namePart>
    <namePart type="date">1833-1864</namePart>
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    <issuance>monographic</issuance>
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    <languageTerm authority="iso639-2b" type="code">eng</languageTerm>
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    <extent>120</extent>
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  <abstract>Family correspondence relating chiefly to Wentworth's service in the 37th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment; copies of articles, satire, doggerel, and poetry submitted for inclusion in The Reveille, a handwritten newspaper issued by his regiment at Brandy Station, Va. in March 1864; and photographs.  In his letters Wentworth describes life in the military, his feelings before and during battle, and the actions of his regiment at the battles of Fredericksburg, Gettysburg, and Kelly's Ford, Va., and other campaigns of the Army of the Potomac.  Letters after Wentworth's death pertain to a pension for his widow and children.</abstract>
  <note>Open to research.</note>
  <note>Printer and soldier.</note>
  <note>Collection material in English.</note>
  <subject authority="lcsh">
    <name type="personal">
      <namePart>Wentworth family</namePart>
    </name>
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  <subject authority="lcsh">
    <name type="personal">
      <namePart>Wentworth family</namePart>
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    <topic>Correspondence</topic>
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    <name type="corporate">
      <namePart>United States.</namePart>
      <namePart>Army</namePart>
    </name>
    <topic>Military life</topic>
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  <subject authority="lcsh">
    <name type="corporate">
      <namePart>United States.</namePart>
      <namePart>Army</namePart>
    </name>
    <topic>Psychological aspects</topic>
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  <subject authority="lcsh">
    <name type="corporate">
      <namePart>United States.</namePart>
      <namePart>Army.</namePart>
      <namePart>Massachusetts Infantry Regiment, 37th (1862-1865)</namePart>
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  <subject authority="lcsh">
    <name type="corporate">
      <namePart>United States.</namePart>
      <namePart>Army of the Potomac.</namePart>
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  <subject authority="lcsh">
    <geographic>Brandy Station (Va.)</geographic>
    <topic>History</topic>
  </subject>
  <subject authority="lcsh">
    <topic>Fredericksburg, Battle of, Fredericksburg, Va., 1862</topic>
  </subject>
  <subject authority="lcsh">
    <topic>Gettysburg, Battle of, Gettysburg, Pa., 1863</topic>
  </subject>
  <subject authority="lcsh">
    <topic>Kelly's Ford, Battle of, Va., 1863</topic>
  </subject>
  <subject authority="lcsh">
    <topic>Military pensions</topic>
    <geographic>United States</geographic>
    <temporal>Civil War, 1861-1865</temporal>
  </subject>
  <subject authority="lcsh">
    <geographic>Pennsylvania</geographic>
    <topic>History</topic>
    <temporal>Civil War, 1861-1865</temporal>
    <topic>Campaigns</topic>
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  <subject authority="lcsh">
    <geographic>United States</geographic>
    <topic>History</topic>
    <temporal>Civil War, 1861-1865</temporal>
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    <geographic>United States</geographic>
    <topic>History</topic>
    <temporal>Civil War, 1861-1865</temporal>
    <topic>Campaigns</topic>
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  <subject authority="lcsh">
    <geographic>United States</geographic>
    <topic>History</topic>
    <temporal>Civil War, 1861-1865</temporal>
    <topic>Journalism, Military</topic>
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  <subject authority="lcsh">
    <geographic>Virginia</geographic>
    <topic>History</topic>
    <temporal>Civil War, 1861-1865</temporal>
    <topic>Campaigns</topic>
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    <occupation>Printers</occupation>
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  <subject authority="itoamc">
    <occupation>Soldiers</occupation>
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  <identifier type="lccn">mm 79045088</identifier>
  <accessCondition type="restrictionOnAccess">Open to research.</accessCondition>
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