Samuel-H-McNutt-PapersMcNutt, Samuel H. PapersGuide to the Samuel H. McNutt Papers MS 00143Finding Aid Authors: Ellen Strong.Special Collections Research Center

2007-06-20

William & Mary Special Collections Research CenterEarl Gregg Swem Library400 Landrum DrWilliamsburg, VirginiaBusiness Number: 757-221-3090spcoll@wm.eduURL:
This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2025-05-15 12:58:15 -0400.The collection description/finding aid is written in English Special Collections Research Center Samuel H. McNutt Papers McNutt, Samuel H. MS 00143 /repositories/2/resources/798 0.25 Linear Feet 1861-1864 92  items. English General

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 Acquisition Information:

Purchased: 92 items, 08/20/1997.

 Processing Information:

Processed by Ellen Strong in 1998.

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 Preferred Citation:

Samuel H. McNutt Letters, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.

 Related Materials:

There are typescripts available for twenty of the sixty-six letters.

 Arrangement of Materials:

Organization: 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.

 Scope and Contents

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.

 Letters (correspondence) Photographs Transcripts Gettysburg, Battle of, Gettysburg, Pa., 1863 Malvern Hill (Va.), Battle of, 1862 Seven Day's Battles, Va., 1862 United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865 United States. Army. Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment, 12th. Company H Introductionid168117/repositories/2/archival_objects/7212911Scope and Contents

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.

Letters of Samuel H. McNuttid168126/repositories/2/archival_objects/721341861 June 26 June-1861 September 812Scope and Contents

10 items.

Letters of Samuel H. McNuttid168129/repositories/2/archival_objects/721351861 September 17-1862 February 1113Scope and Contents

10 items.

Letters of Samuel H. McNuttid168131/repositories/2/archival_objects/721361862 February 15-1862 April 14 14Scope and Contents

10 items.

Letters of Samuel H. McNuttid168133/repositories/2/archival_objects/721371862 April 22-1862 July 815Scope and Contents

10 items.

Letters of Samuel H. McNuttid168136/repositories/2/archival_objects/721381862 July 17-1863 April 1416Scope and Contents

10 items.

Letters of Samuel H. McNuttid168139/repositories/2/archival_objects/721391863 April 28-1863 October 16 17Scope and Contents

10 items.

Letters of Samuel H. McNuttid168140/repositories/2/archival_objects/721401863 November 17-1864 April 16, undated18Scope and Contents

6 items.

Photograph of Samuel H. McNuttid168143/repositories/2/archival_objects/72132circa 1900-193019Scope and Contents

1 item. 2.5" x 4.75". Black and white photograph.

Typescripts of the letters of Samuel H. McNuttid168146/repositories/2/archival_objects/72131110Scope and Contents

20 items.