Summary Information

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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