Inventory of the Cassimere Churchill Papers 1862-
A Collection in the
Special Collections Research Center
Accession Number Mss. Acc. 2008.42
Earl Gregg Swem Library, College of William and Mary
Special CollectionsEarl Gregg Swem Library
College of William and Mary
Williamsburg, Virginia 23187-8794
USA
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Administrative Information
Conditions Governing Access
Collection is open to all researchers.
Conditions Governing Use
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
Acquisition Information
The materials were acquired by Special Collections Research Center on 00/00/2008.
Biographical Note
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>.
Scope and Contents
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.
Arrangement of Materials
Chronological.
Index Terms
- Correspondence
- Virginia--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
- United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865.
- Williamsburg (Va.)--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
- Yorktown (Va.)--History--Civil War, 1861-1865.
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Significant Places Associated With the Collection
- Virginia--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
Detailed Description of the Collection
- Folder: 1
November 18, 1861 to December 1861
- Folder: 1
November 18, 1861
- Folder: 1
December 10-16, 1861
- Folder: 1
December 18, 1861
- Folder: 1
December 24, 1861
- Folder: 1
January 1, 1862
- Folder: 1
January 4-5, 1862
- Folder: 1
January 10-16, 1862
- Folder: 1
January 18, 1862
- Folder: 1
January 18-February 3, 1962
- Folder: 1
- Folder: 2
February 1862 - July 15, 1862
- Folder: 2
February 3, 1862
- Folder: 2
February 16-28, 1862
- Folder: 2
February 18, 1862
- Folder: 2
March 6 (1862)
- Folder: 2
March 11-19 (1862)
- Folder: 2
March 19, 1962
- Folder: 2
April 7, 1862
- Folder: 2
April 8 - May 3
- Folder: 2
April 22, 1862
- Folder: 2
June 2, 1862
- Folder: 2
June 12, 1862
- Folder: 2
June 14, 1862
- Folder: 2
June 17, 1862
- Folder: 2
July 15, 1862
- Folder: 2