0.8 Linear Feet, Summary: 10 in. (2 document cases, 5 in. each)
Creator
Scott-Palmer family.
Location
West Virginia and Regional History Center / West Virginia University / 1549 University Avenue / P.O. Box 6069 / Morgantown,
WV 26506-6069 / Phone: 304-293-3536 / Fax: 304-293-3981 / URL: https://wvrhc.lib.wvu.edu/
Language
English
Abstract
Papers of Jewett Palmer, a Union Army officer, Mayor of Marietta (Ohio), and Republican official of Washington County (Ohio).
Includes correspondence, daily journals, clipping scrapbooks, military records, genealogical and autobiographical notes, and
printed materials. The papers regard the activities of Company B of the 18th Ohio Volunteer Infantry (OVI) and Company G of
the 36th OVI. There are also papers of Palmer's wife, Saida Scott, who taught music. Addendum of 1996/09/23 contains a muster
roll of Company G, 36th OVI, signed by Captain Jewett Palmer, for 10/31/1863 - 12/31/1863. See Scope and Content Note for
more information.
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Conditions Governing Access
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Preferred Citation
[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], Scott-Palmer Family Papers, A&M 1423, West Virginia and Regional History
Center, West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, West Virginia.
Papers of Jewett Palmer, a Union Army officer, Mayor of Marietta (Ohio), and Republican official of Washington County (Ohio).
Includes correspondence, daily journals, clipping scrapbooks, military records, genealogical and autobiographical notes, and
printed materials.
The papers regard the activities of Company B of the 18th Ohio Volunteer Infantry (OVI) and Company G of the 36th OVI in Western
Virginia along the B & O Railroad, at Summersville, Lewisburg, Meadow Bluff, and the Kanawha Valley; at Second Bull Run and
Antietam; in Tennessee (1861), at Nashville, Carthage, Middle Tennessee, Chickamauga, Chattanooga, and Missionary Ridge. In
1864, the 36th OVI returned to Camp Crook in Charleston, WV, moving along the Virginia Central Railroad up the Shenandoah
to Martinsburg.
Collection also includes the journal of Wallace S. Stanley, Company G, 36th OVI (1861-1864); military records, and post-war
records documenting veterans' activities, of the 18th and 36th OVI (ca. 1861-1865, 1880-1912); and correspondence and school
papers of Saida Scott, who married Palmer in 1866 and taught music (1856-1863).
Addendum of 1996/09/23 is a muster roll of Company G, 36th OVI, signed by Captain Jewett Palmer, for 10/31/1863 - 12/31/1863.