John C. Watkins Letters, Ms2009-071

John C. Watkins Letters, Ms2009-071

Civil War

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.

John C. Watkins, 1842-1892

1862-1870

This collection was donated to Special Collections in 2009.

Permission to publish material from the John C. Watkins Letters must be obtained from Special Collections, Virginia Tech.

Collection is open for research.

0.1 cu. ft; 1 folder

Ms2009-071

Special Collections, University Libraries, Virginia Tech