Hackett, Nathaniel D. (Nathaniel Davis) 1839-1923 creator mixed material monographic eng 400 4 1.4 Chiefly correspondence received from family and friends at home during Hackett's Civil War service in Company M, 1st Wisconsin Heavy Artillery Regiment, describing daily life including news of family and friends, courtships, funerals, and illnesses as well as reactions to the war and historic events such as the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln. Hackett's correspondence depicts camp life and includes his impressions of Washington, D.C., in 1864. Includes correspondence of Hackett's daughters, Edith Hackett Cramer, Carrie Fern Hackett, and Millicent Hackett Maloney, chiefly from the 1890s. Pertains to home life, their work as public school teachers, and current events. Open to research. Union Army soldier. Also known as Davis Hackett. Collection material in English. Finding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room and at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms013031 Cramer, Edith Hackett 1874-1964 Correspondence Hackett, Carrie Fern 1878- Correspondence Lincoln, Abraham 1809-1865 Assassination Maloney, Millicent Hackett 1870-1934 Correspondence Hackett family United States. Army Military life United States. Army. Wisconsin Heavy Artillery Regiment, 1st (1861-1865). Company M. Education United States Public schools United States United States History Civil War, 1861-1865 United States History 1865-1921 United States Social life and customs Washington (D.C.) History Civil War, 1861-1865 Wisconsin History Civil War, 1861-1865 Wisconsin History 19th century Wisconsin Social life and customs Soldiers mm2012085769 hdl:loc.mss/eadmss.ms013031 hdl:loc.mss/eadmss.ms013031.3 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms013031 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms013031.3 Open to research. DLC 121210 20260227111733.0 mm2012085769