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Custodial History

Originally Mss 85S P83, Acc. No. 85-27.

Preferred Citation:

Adam Porter Papers, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.

Acquisition Information:

Gift

Processing Information:

Processed by Ellen Strong in Aug. 1985.

Scope and Contents

The collection contains the letters of Pvt. Adam Porter of Co. A, 194th Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment, stationed at Camp Carroll, Md. to his sister and brother-in-law in Williamsport, Pa. He describes camp life. Included is a pen and ink sketch of Porter and a carte-de-visite of him in uniform.

5 items.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

• Photographs
• Soldiers--United States--Correspondence
• United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
• United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Personal narratives.
• United States. Army. Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment, 194th. Company A