Title: Captain Lewis M.B. Smith Papers
Inclusive Dates: 1851-1919

Creator:

• Smith, Captain Lewis M.B.

Call Number: M2018-095

Quantity: 2.4 cubic feet (5 archives boxes, 3 oversize folders, and 1 RESTRICTED folder)

Repository:

Wisconsin Historical Society, Library, Archives, and Museum Collections

Archival Locations:

Wisconsin Historical Society (Map)

COLLECTION MAY BE STORED OFF-SITE: see catalog entry to request materials and for additional information.

Abstract:

Collected papers of Captain Lewis M.B. Smith (Summit, Wis.) who served in the First Wisconsin Cavalry; Company A; Smith enlisted on August 15, 1861 and mustered out on February 20, 1865. The papers include correspondence, letters and documents, transcripts, quartermaster reports, photocopied marriage and pension certificates and pension materials, muster rolls, three books owned by Captain Smith and a diary of Coleman C. Chubb. William Duffen, a teacher, compiled a list of book information and costs and a set of index cards with each member of the regiment and background on each card.

Note:

RESTRICTED: There is a restriction on access to this material; see the Administrative/Restriction Information portion of this finding aid for details.

Language: English

URL to cite for this finding aid: http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/wiarchives.uw-whs-m2018095

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Access Restrictions

RESTRICTED: Sealed letter to John Hazeltine not to be opened.

Acquisition Information

Presented by Catherine Magee, Tucson, Arizona, and Jon Farnlof, Denver, Colorado, November 4, 2018. Accession Number: M2018-095

M2018-095	Correspondence
Box   1 Folder   1-4	1861 August 5-1863 December 20
Box   2 Folder   1-2	1864 January 1-1865 February 18
Box   2 Folder   3	Letters and documents, 1861-1864
Box   2 Folder   4	Letters and envelopes, 1861-1864
Box   2 Folder   5	Letters to Smith, 1861-1865
Box   3 Folder   1	Letters, 1862-1867
Box   3 Folder   2	Letters from Miss Mate Woodman to Mr. John T. Hazeltine, 1862
Box   3 Folder   3	Letters from Mr. Smith to Mrs. Smith, 1862 January-August
	Transcripts
Box   3 Folder   4-11	1861 August-1864 July
Box   4 Folder   1-3	1864 August-1865
Box   4 Folder   4	Book information and cost, 1800-1944, 1962
	Index cards listing members of the regiment and background
Box   4 Folder   5	A-I, 1861-1864
Box   4 Folder   6	K-Z, 1861-1864
Box   4 Folder   7	Smith supply quartermaster reports, 1864
Box   4 Folder   8	Marriage certificate, pension certificate and related documents, 1851-1919
Box   4 Folder   9	Coleman C. Chubb diary, 1862
	Books
Box   5	Pocket Dictionary, 1863
Box   5	"Camp Fire Chats of the Civil War," 1886
Box   5	"The Works of Lord Byron Including Suppressed Poems Also Sketch of His Life," 1848
	Muster rolls
Oversize Folder   1	1862
Oversize Folder   2	1863
Oversize Folder   3	1864
Folder   1	Sealed letter to John Hazeltine, 1862 August Access Restrictions: Restricted: Letter may be viewed but is NOT TO BE OPENED, per donor request. Scope and Content Note: The letter is postmarked Hamilton, N.Y. 18 (13?) Aug 1862, and addressed to: Mr. John T. Hazeltine / 1st Wis. Cavalry Reg / Company H. / Cape Girardeau / Missouri. Hazeltine was a saddler, in the First Wisconsin Cavalry, Company H, where Smith was Captain. Hazeltine died September 4, 1862 in Helena, Arkansas and never received the letter.