Conditions Governing Use

Permission to publish or reproduce is required from the copyright holder. For more information, please see the Permissions and Copyright page on the West Virginia and Regional History Center website.

Conditions Governing Access

Special access restriction applies.

Researchers may access born digital materials by requesting to view the materials in person by appointment or remotely by contacting the West Virginia & Regional History Center reference department at https://westvirginia.libanswers.com/wvrhc.

Preferred Citation

[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], Jennewine Brothers, Soldiers, Letters from the Spanish-American War and the Philippine-American War, A&M 3765, West Virginia and Regional History Center, West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, West Virginia.

Scope and Contents

Incoming letters of two soldiers from Monongalia County, Edgar C. Jennewine and Frederick N. Jennewine of the 10th Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment, who fought in both the Spanish-American War and in the immediately following Philippine-American.

Includes 40 original letters, many with their envelopes, as well as some clippings and a photograph. Some of the original letters and envelopes feature patriotic color graphics.

Also includes electronic document on compact disc prepared by the donor that includes digital facsimiles of all original material in the collection. There are also facsimiles of material on the CD that are not included among the originals in this collection, including:

copies of transcriptions of all letters;

photos of a sandalwood box that Frederick N. Jennewine mailed home;

photos of Edgar C. Jennewine and Frederick N. Jennewine;

photos of Edgar C. Jennewine's uniform; and

discharge for Edgar C. Jennewine.

The contents of the compact disc were printed out and assembled into book form, and is available in the reading room of the West Virginia and Regional History Center.

The letters document:

home-town news from time of enlistment;

leaving Uniontown, Pennsylvania;

encampment near Mt. Gretna, Pennsylvania;

treatment by locals;

patriotism of Jennewine brothers;

trip to west coast (brief description);

meeting with daughter of Buffalo Bill in North Platte City, Nebraska;

reception of soldiers by citizens of San Francisco;

trip on steamer Zealandia to Manila, Philippines;

reception by citizens of Hawaii;

harbor of Manila;

battle with Spanish (detailed narrative description);

natives and their material culture;

attitudes toward natives;

opinion of rebel leader Emilio Aguinaldo;

battle with Philippine natives (detailed narrative description).

Subjects and Indexing Terms

• Jennewine, Edgar C.
• Jennewine, Frederick N.
• Philippine-American -- War
• Philippine-American War - Pennsylvania 10th Infantry Regiment.
• Spanish-American War -- Pennsylvania 10th Infantry Regiment
• Spanish-American War, 1898