TY  - GEN
AU  - Whitten,Benjamin F.
TI  - Benjamin F. Whitten papers,
KW  - Whitten, Abigail
KW  - Whitten family.
KW  - United States
KW  - Army
KW  - Maine Infantry Regiment, 9th (1861-1865)
KW  - Massachusetts Infantry Regiment, 54th (1863-1865)
KW  - African Americans
KW  - Education
KW  - Cold Harbor, Battle of, Va., 1864
KW  - Freedmen
KW  - Southern States
KW  - Social life and customs
KW  - Frontier and pioneer life
KW  - Nebraska
KW  - Morris Island, Battle of, S.C., 1863 (July 10-September 7)
KW  - World War, 1914-1918
KW  - World War, 1939-1945
KW  - Bermuda Hundred Region (Va.)
KW  - History
KW  - Civil War, 1861-1865
KW  - Fort Wagner (S.C.)
KW  - South Atlantic States
KW  - Campaigns
KW  - South Carolina
KW  - Participation, African American
KW  - Prisoners and prisons
KW  - Songs and music
KW  - Virginia
KW  - Army officers
KW  - itoamc
N1  - Open to research
N2  - 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
UR  - http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms010278
UR  - http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms010278.3
ER  -