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Hoskins Library
1401 Cumberland Avenue
Knoxville, TN 37996-4000
865-974-4480
e-mail: special@utk.edu
©The University of Tennessee Special Collections Library
Linear Feet:
The collection occupies .33 linear feet of shelf space.
Abstract:
This is a collection of over fifty civil war letters written by
Harry Brown to his wife from August 1861 through September 1862.
Administrative Information
Statement of Provenance:
The Henry Brown collection was purchased in 2004.
Copyright statement:
Copyright © 2001. The University of Tennessee Libraries.
All Rights Reserved. Permission to use, copy, modify, and distribute these materials
for educational, research, and not-for-profit purposes, without fee and without
a signed licensing agreement, is hereby granted, provided that the above copyright
notice and this paragraph appear in all copies, modifications, and distributions.
For commercial license to use contact, University of Tennessee Libraries, Office
of the Dean, Permissions, 1015 Volunteer Boulevard, Knoxville, TN 37996-1000.
Biographical Note:
Henry Brown was born on June 11, 1821 in Washington County,
Pennsylvania. He and his wife Caroline took their wedding vows in Perry County,
Ohio on December 23, 1847. Brown became a Private in Company A of the 31st
Ohio Infantry in the summer of 1861. Under the command of Colonel Moses B.
Walker, the 31st Ohio left Camp Chase in Columbus, Ohio, on August 4, 1861
and moved into Kentucky. The 31st Ohio served in the Army of the Ohio until
that army was renamed the Army of the Cumberland in January, 1863. The regiment
participated in the battles of Perryville, Stones River (Murfreesboro), Chickamauga,
Chattanooga, Atlanta, Betonville, and many other engagements in the western
theater. The 31st Ohio mustered out on July 20, 1865, in Louisville, Kentucky.
Two hundred and thirty three men of the 31st Ohio died as a result of battle,
wounds, or disease. Henry Brown succumbed to disease on November 22, 1862,
in Nashville, Tennessee. A family register of the Brown family is included.
Scope and Content Note:
The letters of Henry Brown describe life in the Army
of the Ohio during 1861 and most of 1862. All but three of the letters are
complete. The letters mention camp life, battles, weaponry, army food, casualties,
the yearning for home, fatherly advice to a son, and experiences that amused
Brown such as a woman who disguised herself in men’s clothing to participate
in the war. Brown wrote a majority of the letters on eye catching stationary.
Most of the stationary used included patriotic images and Union heroes such
as George B. McClellan, Winfield Scott, William S. Rosecrans, Nathaniel Lyon,
and Henry Halleck. Several pieces of stationery depict Confederate President
Jefferson Davis unkindly. A transcription of every letter is included in the
collection.
LCSH:
Ohio -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865.
Ohio -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal Narratives.
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal Narratives.
United States. Army. Ohio Infantry Regiment, 31st (1861-1865)
Soldiers -- Ohio -- Correspondence.
Keywords:
Civil War
Ohio Infantry
31st Ohio Volunteer Infantry Regiment
Series/Container List:
Series I: Personal and Biographical
a. Information about the 31st Ohio Volunteer Infantry Regiment
b. Family Register
Series II: Correspondence
a. August 1861-October 1861
b. November 1861-February 1862
c. March 1862
d. April 1862
e. May 1862-June 1862
f. July 1862-September 1862
g. Incomplete and undated
Series III: Original Materials
a. Original case that contained the letters
Series IV: Transcriptions
a. Transcriptions of all letters in the collection including the incomplete
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