[Letter from Vanburen W. Sargent to James Sargent, August 13, 1864] Metadata

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Title

  • Main Title [Letter from Vanburen W. Sargent to James Sargent, August 13, 1864]
  • Series Title VanBuren Whipple Sargent Letter Collection

Creator

  • Author: Sargent, Vanburen W.
    Creator Type: Personal

Contributor

  • Correspondent: Sargent, James
    Contributor Type: Personal
  • Donor: Busby, Tom
    Contributor Type: Personal

Date

  • Creation: 1864-08-13

Language

  • English

Description

  • Content Description: Letter from Vanburen W. Sargent, to his brother, James Sargent discussing his desire to get out of a military hospital as soon as possible in order to get back to his regiment.
  • Physical Description: [2] p.

Subject

  • Library of Congress Subject Headings: United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865.
  • University of North Texas Libraries Browse Structure: Social Life and Customs - Correspondence
  • University of North Texas Libraries Browse Structure: Military and War - Wars - Civil War
  • Named Person: Sargent, Vanburen W.

Primary Source

  • Item is a Primary Source

Coverage

  • Place Name: United States - Texas
  • Time Period: civ-war
  • Coverage Date: 1864-08-13

Relation

  • Has Transcription: [Transcript of Letter from Vanburen W. Sargent to James Sargent, August 13, 1864], ark:/67531/metapth1298051

Collection

  • Name: Abilene Library Consortium
    Code: ABCM

Institution

  • Name: McWhiney History Education Group
    Code: MWHFG

Resource Type

  • Letter

Format

  • Text

Identifier

  • Accession or Local Control No: SARGENT_013
  • Archival Resource Key: ark:/67531/metapth1298050

Note

  • Display Note: Donated by Tom Busby to the McWhiney History Education Group, formerly known as the Grady McWhiney Research Foundation, the VanBuren Whipple Sargent Letter Collection is housed at McMurry University’s Jay-Rollins Library in Abilene, Texas. The collection is comprised of twenty letters written by V. W Sargent to his family while he was serving in the Union Army during the Civil War. Having enlisted in the army as a private in 1861, Sargent served in Company F, 27th Iowa Infantry until the end of the war.
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