John C. Watkins Letters, Ms2009-071
Dublin Core
Title
John C. Watkins Letters, Ms2009-071
Subject
Civil War
Description
This collection consists of seventeen letters. Sixteen of these were written by John C. Watkins and one is by his wife, Harriet (Hattie) Watkins. Three are fragments. All were written to friends and family back home in Lowell, Massachusetts, first, when Watkins served as a private with the Sixth Massachusetts Regiment in Suffolk, Virginia in 1862 and 1863; then while in Washington, DC, from 1864 to 1866; and, lastly, while serving with the Eighth Cavalry as Acting Assistant Surgeon at Camp Winfield Scott, Nevada. The letter written by Hattie Watkins is from Winnemucca, Nevada, and is dated 17 January 1870, shortly after the couple were married.
Creator
John C. Watkins, 1842-1892
Date
1862-1870
Date Accepted
This collection was donated to Special Collections in 2009.
Rights
Permission to publish material from the John C. Watkins Letters must be obtained from Special Collections, Virginia Tech.
Access Rights
Collection is open for research.
Extent
0.1 cu. ft; 1 folder
Identifier
Ms2009-071
Rights Holder
Special Collections, University Libraries, Virginia Tech
Collection Items
Letter, John C. Watkins to Friends, Camp Suffolk, Virginia, May 5-6, 1863 (Ms2009-071)
Letter dated 6 May 1863 was written on the fourth and last page of the letter dated 5 May.
![Letter, John C. Watkins to Friends, Camp Winfield Scott, Nevada, August 23, 1868 [fragment] (Ms2009-071)](https://digitalsc.lib.vt.edu/files/square_thumbnails/John_C._Watkins_Letters_Ms2009-071/Ms2009_071_WatkinsJohnC_1868_0823/Ms2009_071_WatkinsJohnC_1868_0823a.jpg "Letter, John C. Watkins to Friends, Camp Winfield Scott, Nevada, August 23, 1868 [fragment] (Ms2009-071)")
![Letter, Harriet Watkins to Friends, Winnemucca, Nevada, January 17, 1870 [fragment] (Ms2009-071)](https://digitalsc.lib.vt.edu/files/square_thumbnails/John_C._Watkins_Letters_Ms2009-071/Ms2009_071_WatkinsHarriet_1870_0117/Ms2009_071_WatkinsHarriet_1870_0117a.jpg "Letter, Harriet Watkins to Friends, Winnemucca, Nevada, January 17, 1870 [fragment] (Ms2009-071)")
Collection Tree
- The American Civil War
- John C. Watkins Letters, Ms2009-071