TY  - GEN
AU  - Cumiskey,John
TI  - John Cumiskey papers,
KW  - Cumiskey, Rose
KW  - United States
KW  - Army
KW  - Military life
KW  - Connecticut Infantry Regiment, 17th (1862-1865)
KW  - Company I
KW  - Baltimore (Md.)
KW  - History
KW  - Civil War, 1861-1865
KW  - Connecticut
KW  - Maryland
KW  - Virginia
KW  - Washington (D.C.)
KW  - Farmers
KW  - itoamc
KW  - Soldiers
N1  - Open to research
N2  - AlsS written by Cumiskey to his wife, Rose Cumiskey, during his Civil War service with Company I, 17th Connecticut Infantry Regiment. Cumiskey describes conditions and activities of his company in Baltimore, Md., Washington, D.C., and Virginia prior to his death in 1862.  Includes correspondence relating to Cumiskey's death, burial in 1863, and eligibility for pension; typewritten transcripts of several letters; an 1854 letter informing Cumiskey of his mother's death; a tintype of Cumiskey in uniform, circa Sept. 1862; and a newspaper clipping (circa 1925)
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