03492cpcaa2200565 i 4500 mm2009085476 DLC 20260227111731.0 cr ||||||||||| 090817|||||||||||| eng mm2009085476 DLC eng dacs DLC DLC W lcmd Whitten, Benjamin F. (Benjamin Franklin), approximately 1836- Benjamin F. Whitten papers, 1848-1945 (bulk 1861-1883). 750 items. 3 containers plus 1 oversize. 1.0 linear feet. Open to research. Correspondence, family papers, military records, financial and legal records, and other papers relating primarily to Whitten's Civil War service with the 9th Maine Infantry Regiment. Documents his participation in the Battle of Morris Island, S.C., 1863; other actions and encampments along the southeast Atlantic coast in 1862 and 1863; the Battle of Cold Harbor, Va., 1864; and engagements in Bermuda Hundred, Va., where he was taken captive as a prisoner of war. Subjects include music, education, and the recruitment and performance of African American soldiers, especially those serving in the 54th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment; and community life among former slaves in the South. Includes correspondence between Whitten and his wife, Abigail, concerning homesteading in Nebraska and other personal matters. Also includes correspondence of other Whitten family members and of American servicemen during World War I and World War II. Union Army officer. Collection material in English. Finding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room and at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms010278 Whitten, Abigail Correspondence. Whitten family. United States. Army. Maine Infantry Regiment, 9th (1861-1865) United States. Army. Massachusetts Infantry Regiment, 54th (1863-1865) African Americans Education. Cold Harbor, Battle of, Va., 1864. Freedmen Southern States Social life and customs. Frontier and pioneer life Nebraska. Morris Island, Battle of, S.C., 1863 (July 10-September 7) World War, 1914-1918. World War, 1939-1945. Bermuda Hundred Region (Va.) History Civil War, 1861-1865. Fort Wagner (S.C.) South Atlantic States History Civil War, 1861-1865 Campaigns. South Carolina History Civil War, 1861-1865 Campaigns. United States History Civil War, 1861-1865. United States History Civil War, 1861-1865 African Americans. United States History Civil War, 1861-1865 Participation, African American. United States History Civil War, 1861-1865 Prisoners and prisons. United States History Civil War, 1861-1865 Songs and music. Virginia History Civil War, 1861-1865 Campaigns. Army officers. itoamc Finding aid http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms010278 Finding aid (PDF) http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms010278.3 44797 44797