Summary Information

Title: Edwin O. Kimberley Family Papers
Inclusive Dates: 1850-1882

Creator:

• Kimberley, E. O. (Edwin O.), d. 1919

Call Number: Wis Mss DX

Quantity: 0.2 c.f. (1 archives box)

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:

Family papers of Edwin Kimberley, known as “Wisconsin's singing soldier” because of his Civil War service as leader of the regimental band for the 3rd Wisconsin Infantry and of a brigade band in Sherman's Army. Letters to his parents, Henry and Elizabeth Kimberley, Brodhead, Wis., from relatives in Pinchbeck, Lincolnshire, England, mainly 1850-1875, give family news, prices of farm products, and English views of the Civil War, with some inquiries about possibilities of immigration. Civil War letters, 1861-1865, from sons William, Co. C, 3rd Wisconsin Infantry, and Edwin concern their activities. Also present is a photostat copy of published sheet music to Hamilton's Badger Boys, written by Kimberley and E. E. Bryant for the 3rd Infantry after the Battle of Bull Run.

Language: English

URL to cite for this finding aid: http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/wiarchives.uw-whs-wis000dx

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