Identity elements
Reference code
US US-IaGG MS/MS 01.94
Name and location of repository
Level of description
Collection
Title
S. M. Wright Civil War Diaries 1861-1862
Date(s)
Extent
1.00
Name of creator
(1842-1862)
Biographical history
Wright, Samuel M. Age 19. Residence Knoxville, nativity Indiana. Enlisted May 21, 1861. Mustered June 10, 1861. Died of pneumonia Feb. 8, 1862, Quincy, Ill. Buried in National Cemetery, Quincy, Ill.
Name of creator
Biographical history
Content and structure elements
Scope and content
Consists of two diaries written by S. (Sammy) M. Wright of Knoxville, Iowa, during the Civil War. He and his brother William served in Company B, Third Regiment, Iowa Volunteer Infantry.
System of arrangement
Arranged Chronologically
Conditions of access and use elements
Conditions governing access
Open for research.
Physical access
Technical access
Conditions governing reproduction
Public domain
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Scripts of the material
Language and script notes
Finding aids
Acquisition and appraisal elements
Custodial history
Immediate source of acquisition
Discovered among papers and folders in Special Collections Vault.