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D. Penrose Buckley Papers
This small collection contains primarily the correspondence of D. Penrose Buckley to his family while serving with the 3rd New Jersey Volunteers during 1861-1862. Captain Buckley died from wounds received in the Battle of Gaines Mill in June 1862. Buckley's letters to family members in Philad...
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| Collection: | D. Penrose Buckley Papers |
| Collection Number: | 1775 |
| Format: | Manuscript |
| Language: | English |
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| 100 | 1 | |a Buckley, D. Penrose |d d. 1862 |e creator | |
| 245 | 1 | |a D. Penrose Buckley Papers |f 1861-1940 | |
| 300 | |a 0.2 Linear feet |f 0.2 linear feet, 1 box, 110 items | ||
| 520 | |a This small collection contains primarily the correspondence of D. Penrose Buckley to his family while serving with the 3rd New Jersey Volunteers during 1861-1862. Captain Buckley died from wounds received in the Battle of Gaines Mill in June 1862. Buckley's letters to family members in Philadelphia describe his training period in New Jersey, encampment outside of Washington, D.C., and events of the Peninsular Campaign, and are addressed to his mother and father, sister Emily Penrose Pepper and brother-in-law John S. Newbold. The collection also includes a small amount of correspondence from Buckley's family as they sought to confirm his death, retrieve his possessions, and have Buckley reinterred. The collection offers well-written accounts of the difficulties soldiers faced (including ration problems) at the onset of the war, and documents his family's uncertainty of Buckley's death and their inquiries into confirming it. | ||
| 541 | 1 | |a Gift of Mrs. Albert Nalle.; 1957 acquired | |
| 650 | 7 | |a United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Personal Correspondence. |2 Local sources | |
| 852 | |a The Historical Society of Pennsylvania |b D. Penrose Buckley Papers |l 1775 | ||