Whiteley H. Dill Correspondence

Access and use

Location of collection:
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Special Collections, University Libraries (0434)
Newman Library
Virginia Tech
P.O. Box 90001
560 Drillfield Drive
Blacksburg, VA 24062-9001
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Restrictions:

The collection is open for research.

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Preferred citation:

Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: [identification of item], [box], [folder], Whiteley H. Dill Correspondence, 1861, Ms2023-082, Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Va.

Summary

Extent:
0.1 Cubic Feet 1 folder
Abstract:
The Whiteley H. Dill Correspondence contains letters from 1861 written by Whiteley H. Dill to his family in Bloomfield, Ohio.
Language:
The material in this collection is in English.
Preferred citation:

Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: [identification of item], [box], [folder], Whiteley H. Dill Correspondence, 1861, Ms2023-082, Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Va.

Background

Scope and content:

The Whiteley H. Dill Correspondence contains letters from 1861 written by Whiteley H. Dill to his family in Bloomfield, Ohio. The collection also contains a letter to Dill and a drawing of a regiment camp.

Biographical / historical:

Whiteley H. Dill (b. abt. 1827), was a soldier in the 26th Ohio Regiment, Company C during the United States Civil War in 1861. He is listed as a farmer on the 1860 and 1870 Census from Bloomfield Township, Ohio.

External source:

"Whiteley H. Dill", Simon, Hurd, Dolan, and Related Families, https://www.simon-hurd-family-history.com/getperson.php?personID=I3674&tree=Simon1, accessed on July 27, 2023.

Acquisition information:
The Whiteley H. Dill Correspondence was purhcased by Special Collections and University Archives in April 2017.
Processing information:

The processing, arrangement, and description of the Whiteley H. Dill Correspondence was completed in July 2023.