Title:: Cassimere Churchill Papers 1862

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 reproducing or quoting from any materials, in whole or in part, permission must be obtained from the Special Collections Research Center, and the holder of the copyright, if not Swem Library.

Preferred citation:

Cassimere Churchill Papers, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary

Summary

Extent:
0.10
Creator:
Churchill, Cassimere, 1840-1861 arrangement
Abstract:
Letters from Cassimere Churchill, a member of Company E, 9th Cavalry Regiment, New York, to his family while stationed in New York, Washington, D.C. and Virginia during the Civil War. A participant in the battles of Yorktown, Va. and Williamsburg, Va. as an artillery guard; descriptions of Yorktown, Va., Manassas, Va. and Washington, D.C. Includes descriptions of camp life, surrounding area, as well as his opinions of the war and the Union's leadership.
Language:
The papers are in: English
Preferred citation:

Cassimere Churchill Papers, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary

Background

Scope and content:

Letters from Cassimere Churchill, a member of Company E, 9th Cavalry Regiment, New York, to his family while stationed in New York, Washington, D.C. and Virginia during the Civil War. A participant in the battles of Yorktown, Va. and Williamsburg, Va. as an artillery guard; descriptions of Yorktown, Va., Manassas, Va. and Washington, D.C. Includes descriptions of camp life, surrounding area, as well as his opinions of the war and the Union's leadership.

Biographical / historical:

Cassimere Churchill was born on October 20, 1840 in Alexander, Genesee Co., New York to Cullen Dyer and Caroline Brown Churchill. He enlisted in Company E, 9th Cavalry Regiment New York on December 7, 1861. He died on September 3, 1862 as result of a wound inflicted in Alexandria, Virginia. Further information about this individual or organization may be available in the Special Collections Research Center Wiki: <a href="http://scrc.swem.wm.edu/wiki/index.php/Cassimere Churchill">http://scrc.swem.wm.edu/wiki/index.php/Cassimere Churchill</a>.

Acquisition information:
The materials were acquired by Special Collections Research Center on 00/00/2008.
Arrangement:

Chronological.

Physical description:
24 items