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Conditions Governing Access

The collection is open for research.

Preferred Citation

Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: [identification of item], [box], [folder], Whiteley H. Dill Correspondence, 1861, Ms2023-082, Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Va.

Source of Acquisition

The Whiteley H. Dill Correspondence was purhcased by Special Collections and University Archives in April 2017.

Processing Information

The processing, arrangement, and description of the Whiteley H. Dill Correspondence was completed in July 2023.

Biographical Note

Whiteley H. Dill (b. abt. 1827), was a soldier in the 26th Ohio Regiment, Company C during the United States Civil War in 1861. He is listed as a farmer on the 1860 and 1870 Census from Bloomfield Township, Ohio.

External source:

"Whiteley H. Dill", Simon, Hurd, Dolan, and Related Families, https://www.simon-hurd-family-history.com/getperson.php?personID=I3674&tree=Simon1 , accessed on July 27, 2023.

Scope and Content

The Whiteley H. Dill Correspondence contains letters from 1861 written by Whiteley H. Dill to his family in Bloomfield, Ohio. The collection also contains a letter to Dill and a drawing of a regiment camp.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

• Civil War
• Correspondence
• United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865

Rights Statement for Archival Description

The guide to the Whiteley H. Dill Correspondence by Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, is licensed under a CC0 ( https://creativecommons.org/share-your-work/public-domain/cc0/ ).