Title: Edward S. Redington Papers
Inclusive Dates: 1850-1867

Creator:

• Redington, Edward S., 1820-1888

Call Number: Wis Mss EQ; M73-391

Quantity: 0.8 c.f. (1 archives box and 1 flat box); plus additions of 0.6 c.f.

Repository:

Wisconsin Historical Society, Division of 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:

Civil war papers of Captain Edward S. Redington, Company D, 28th Regiment Wisconsin Infantry, consisting of typewritten copies of letters written in 1862 and 1863 to his wife at Whitewater, Wisconsin, order books and report of the above company, and a roll book of the Pioneer Company of the 1st Division of the 7th Army Corps, to which Redington was assigned as captain commanding at its formation in 1863.

Language: English

URL to cite for this finding aid: http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/wiarchives.uw-whs-wis000eq

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This collection was received in multiple parts from the donor(s) and is organized into 2 major parts. These materials have not been physically interfiled and researchers might need to consult more than one part to locate similar materials.

• Part 1 (Wis Mss EQ): Original Collection, 1850-1867
• Part 2 (M73-391): Additions, undated

Acquisition Information

Typewritten copies presented by the Superior Public Library from letters furnished by Mrs. E.A. Le Clair, December 14, 1938; volumes presented by Lilla Redington Chamberlin. Additions presented by Julian B. Baird, St. Paul, Minnesota; and Douglas County Historical Society. Accession Number: M73-391, M83-053

Wis Mss EQ	Part 1 (Wis Mss EQ): Original Collection, 1850-1867 Physical Description: 0.8 c.f. (1 archives box and 1 flat box)  Scope and Content Note In the collection of letters written to his wife in Whitewater, Captain Redington follows the movements of Company D, 28th Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry from the time of their departure from Milwaukee to their establishment in Little Rock, Arkansas. He speaks from the point of view of an officer, describing and commenting on disciplinary measures, camp morale, hospitalization measures, marauding expeditions, slavery, plantation practices, roads, transportation, and movements of troops. He describes in some detail the abandoned Confederate fortifications at Columbus, Kentucky; a short expedition up the White River in Arkansas to Fort Charles and a longer one through the Yazoo Pass to the Tallahatchie River in Mississippi; the battle of Helena; and the march down into Arkansas. Filed with the letters is a copy of a newspaper account of the battle of Helena. Also present are volumes consisting of order and report books of the above company and a roll book of the Pioneer Company of the 1st Division of the 7th Army Corps, to which Redington was assigned as captain commanding at its formation in 1863. Some letters are typed copies (with corrected punctuation and spelling) of originals in the possession of Mrs. E.A. Le Clair.
Box   1 Folder   1	Letters, 1862 December 23-1863 May 6 These letters are also available online.
Box   1 Folder   2	Letters, 1863 May 14-October 23; 1867 May These letters are also available online.
Box   1 Folder   2	Account of the battle of Helena, Arkansas, from the Minneapolis Journal, circa 1918 July
Box   2 Volume   1	Company orders issued to Company D, 28th Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry, 1865
Box   2 Volume   2	Special orders and general orders, Company D, 1863-1865
Box   2 Volume   3	Company morning reports, Company D, 1863-1865
Box   2 Volume   4	Clothing account book, Company D, 1863-1865
Box   2 Volume   5	Descriptive roll of Company of Pioneers
M73-391	Part 2 (M73-391): Additions, undated Physical Description: 0.6 c.f. (2 archives boxes)  Scope and Content Note: A diary and letters regarding Redington's trips to California (1850, 1853), Civil War letters, and typescript copies of the letters. (These are the same letters which are represented in the processed collection by a typescript with corrected spelling and punctuation. This typescript contains unchanged spelling, etc.) Accession M83-053, consisting of the bound transcripts, was added to this accession.	⇧