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Preferred Citation:

Samuel H. McNutt Letters, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.

Acquisition Information:

Purchased: 92 items, 08/20/1997.

Processing Information:

Processed by Ellen Strong in 1998.

Biographical Information:

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Scope and Contents

Sixty-six letters home from Corporal Samuel H. McNutt of Company H, 12th Pennsylvania Reserves from camps in Maryland and Virginia. Includes comments on battles of Mechanicsville, Gaines Mill, Malvern Hill and Gettysburg. A history of the 12th Regiment Reserves Infantry can be found in Folder 1 of this collection.

Arrangement of Materials:

Organization: This collection is organized into three series: 1. Introduction, 2. Letters, 3. Typescripts. Arrangement: Series 2. Letters is arranged by date. Information about the one photograph in this collection can be found between the second and third series.

Related Material

There are typescripts available for twenty of the sixty-six letters.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

• Gettysburg, Battle of, Gettysburg, Pa., 1863
• Letters (correspondence)
• Malvern Hill (Va.), Battle of, 1862
• Photographs
• Seven Day's Battles, Va., 1862
• Transcripts
• United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
• United States. Army. Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment, 12th. Company H

General

Other Information:

Additional information may be found at http://ead.lib.virginia.edu/vivaead/published/wm/viw00023.frame