Samuel H. McNutt Papers, 1861-1864.

Access and use

Location of collection:
College of William and Mary
Special Collections Research Center
Earl Gregg Swem Library
College of William and Mary
400 Landrum Drive
PO 8795
Williamsburg, VA 23187-8795
Contact for questions and access:
Phone: (757) 221-3090
Fax: (757) 221-5440
Restrictions:

Collection is open to all researchers.

Terms of access:

Before publishing quotations or excerpts from any materials, permission must be obtained from the Curator of Manuscripts and Rare Books, and the holder of the copyright, if not Swem Library.

Preferred citation:

Samuel H. McNutt Letters, 1861-1865, Manuscripts and Rare Books Department, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.

Summary

Creator:
Samuel H. McNutt.
Abstract:
Sixty-six letters home from Corporal Samuel H. McNutt of Company H, 12th Pennsylvania Reserves from camps in Maryland and Virginia. Includes comments on battles of Mechanicsville, Gaines Mill, Malvern Hill and Gettysburg.
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

Samuel H. McNutt Letters, 1861-1865, Manuscripts and Rare Books Department, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.

Background

Scope and content:

Sixty-six letters home from Corporal Samuel H. McNutt of Company H, 12th Pennsylvania Reserves from camps in Maryland and Virginia. Includes comments on battles of Mechanicsville, Gaines Mill, Malvern Hill and Gettysburg.

A history of the 12th Regiment Reserves Infantry can be found in Folder 1 of this collection.

Items includes a signature of Samuel H. McNutt, a copy of McNutt's service record, a list of letters with dates written by Samuel H. McNutt, and a brief history of the 12th Regiment Reserves infantry.

The following letters are available as typescripts:
  • 26 June 1861.
  • 18 Jan. [1862].
  • 26 Feb. 1862.
  • 28 March 1862.
  • 14 April 1862.
  • 1 June 1862.
  • 17 June 1862.
  • 22 June 1862.
  • 4 July 1862.
  • 8 July 1862.
  • 17 July 1862.
  • 15 October 1862.
  • 16 Dec. 1862.
  • 14 April 1863.
  • 5 July 1863.
  • 2 August [1863].
  • 14 August [1863].
  • 16 Oct. 1863.
  • 17 Nov. 1863.
  • 16 April 1864.
Acquisition information:
Purchased: 92 items, 08/20/1997.
Arrangement:
Organization

This collection is organized into three series: 1. Introduction, 2. Letters, 3. Typescripts.

This collection is organized into three series: 1. Introduction, 2. Letters, 3. Typescripts.

Arrangement

Series 2. Letters is arranged by date. Information about the one photograph in this collection can be found between the second and third series.

Series 2. Letters is arranged by date. Information about the one photograph in this collection can be found between the second and third series.

Physical description:
92 items.