Spencer, George A., fl. 1862-1864 [Collection of George A. Spencer] [Decimalized .01-.10]

Collection Summary

Spencer served with the 7th Rhode Island Volunteer infantry, in I Company. He includes in his letters to his parents a sketched map (entrenchments before Petersburg) and diagrams of tents, and artillery. Spencer was captured at Fredericksburg and paroled. Also includes a handwritten poem titled "Ellsworth's Avengers."

Collection Details

GLC#: GLC00653.21-View header record
Type: Header Record
Date: 1862-1864
Author/Creator: Spencer, George A., fl. 1862-1864
Title: [Collection of George A. Spencer] [Decimalized .01-.10]
Place Written: Various Places
Pagination: 10 items

Time Period

Primary time period: Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861-1877

Sub-Era: The American Civil War

Subjects

Soldier's Letter

Prisoner of War

Union Forces

Union Soldier's Letter

Military History

Civil War

Poetry

Showing 10 of 10 records

Collection Item

Autograph letter signed

to his mother

November 23, 1862

Spencer, George A., fl. 1862-1864

GLC00653.21.01

Collection Item

Manuscript letter

to his mother

December 25, 1862-December 29, 1862

Spencer, George A., fl. 1862-1864

Two letters on same sheet. The main portion contains a letter by Spencer to his mother (likely Mrs. Alice Spencer), written from "Camp parole Annaplis" (likely Annapolis, Maryland) and dated December 25, 1862. At the top of the first page is a brief...

GLC00653.21.02

Collection Item

Autograph letter signed

to his mother

July 9, 1863

Spencer, Henry F., fl. 1863

Henry F. Spencer describes his regiment's travels through Maryland and Pennsylvania, and mentions the Battle of Gettysburg, though does not go into much detail. Also mentions exchanging fire on July 4, evidently the last of the skirmishing after the...

GLC00653.21.03

Collection Item

Autograph letter signed

to his Father

August 15, 1863

Spencer, George A., fl. 1862-1864

Letter written from Drummondtown, present-day Accomac, Virginia.

GLC00653.21.04

Collection Item

Autograph letter signed

to his Parents

March 13, 1864