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Letter

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Collection: George Steinman Papers, Series 2 Documents, Images, Ephemera

Title: Letter from Col. James Wood to George Read regarding British prisoners of war and the overcrowded conditions of the barracks at Lancaster

Object ID: MG0184_S02_F015_In02_It04

Date Range: 1781/07/13

1 document

Collection: George Steinman Papers, Series 2 Documents, Images, Ephemera

Title: Letter from Col. James Wood to George Read regarding British prisoners of war and the overcrowded conditions of the barracks at Lancaster

Description: Letter from Col. James Wood in Lancaster to Joseph Reed, President of Pennsylvania's Supreme Executive Council, regarding British prisoners of war and the overcrowded conditions of the barracks at Lancaster. Col. Wood provides an estimate of the number of soldiers with the British Army, as well as women and children traveling with them that must be accommodated; expresses the need for lumber for temporary shelters and a hospital; detail regarding the Continental and militia troops onsite as guards and who will be moving seamen to a barracks in Philadelphia; and requests instructions from Read on how to proceed.

Date Range: 1781/07/13

Creation Date: 13 July 1781

Creator: Reed, Joseph, 1741-1785

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 04

Storage Container: Series 02, Box 0001

People: Hubley, Adam; Reed, Joseph; Wood, James

Subjects: Letters; Prisoners of war; United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783; United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Prisoners and prisons

Search Terms: Correspondence; Illnesses; Lancaster Barracks; Letters; Prisoners of war; Revolutionary War; Supreme Executive Council of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

Extent: 1 item, 2 pages scanned

Object Name: Letter

Language: English

Object ID: MG0184_S02_F015_In02_It04

Location of Originals: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Related Item Notes: George Steinman Papers, Series 1 (MG0184_S01) https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/786b3ffc-7908-40de-9362-817467455650; George Steinman Papers, Series 2 (MG0184_S02) https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/6c7e11c6-f3ca-469c-891a-145832196710

Notes: Preferred Citation: Title or description of item, date (day, month, year), George Steinman Papers (MG0184), Series 2, Object ID, LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania. URL if applicable. Date accessed (day, month, year).

Access Conditions / Restrictions: Please use digital images and transcriptions when available. Original documents may be used by appointment--contact Research@LancasterHistory.org prior to visit.

Copyright: Images have been provided for research purposes only. Please contact Research@LancasterHistory.org for a high-resolution image and permission to publish.; LancasterHistory retains the rights to the digital images and content presented. The doctrine of fair use allows limited use of copyrighted material without permission from the copyright holder. Fair use includes comment, criticism, teaching, and private scholarship. Any images and data downloaded, printed or photocopied for these purposes should provide a citation. All other uses beyond those allowed by fair use require written permission.; Permission for reproduction and/or publication must be obtained in writing from LancasterHistory. Persons wishing to publish any material from this site must assume all responsibility for identifying and satisfying any claimants of copyright or other use restrictions. Publication fees may apply.

Credit: Courtesy of LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

Other Numbers: MG-184, Series 2

Other Number: MG-184, Series 2, Folder 15, Insert 2, Item 4

Classification: MG0184

Description Level: Item

Custodial History: Added to database 11 May 2024.; Digitization of this document was funded by the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, PHMC Appl ID # C980002119, 2021-2024.

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Collection: Lebkicher Family Civil War Letters and Discharge Papers

Title: Letter from John B. Lebkicher to brother

Object ID: MG0258_F003_In04

Date Range: 1862/06/21

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Collection: Lebkicher Family Civil War Letters and Discharge Papers

Title: Letter from John B. Lebkicher to brother

Description: John B. Lebkicher to brother from Camp 79 Pennsylvania, describing the treatment of a dissenting soldier.

Date Range: 1862/06/21

Creation Date: 21 June 1862

Creator: Lebkicher, John B., 1837-1892

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 06

People: Lebkicher, John B.

Subjects: Letters; Personal correspondence; Soldiers; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865; United States. Army; United States. Army. Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment, 79th (1861-1865)

Search Terms: Civil War; Correspondence, Personal; Letters; Soldiers; United States Army; 79th Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment (1861-1865)

Extent: 1 item, 2 pages to scan

Object Name: Letter

Language: English

Object ID: MG0258_F003_In04

Location of Originals: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Related Item Notes: Lebkicher Family Civil War Letters and Discharge Papers (MG0258) https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/4b929d84-1c6a-4e1f-8bc2-523672636170

Notes: Preferred Citation: Letter from Edward M. Lebkicher to his father, 25 September 1864, Lebkicher Family Civil War Letters and Discharge Papers (MG0258), MG0258_F009_In17, LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania. URL. Date accessed (day, month, year).

Access Conditions / Restrictions: Please use digital images and transcriptions when available. Original documents may be used by appointment--contact research@lancasterhistory.org prior to visit.

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Credit: Courtesy of LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

Accession Number: 1998.MG0258

Other Numbers: MG-258

Other Number: MG-258, Folder 3, Insert 4

Classification: MG0258

Description Level: Item

Custodial History: Cataloged by JM. Added to database 30 June 2022.

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Collection: Thaddeus Stevens Collection

Title: Letter from Thaddeus Stevens to Col. S. Stevens

Object ID: MG0115_P01_F003_In09

Date Range: 1863/07/11

MG0115_F003_In06 Lancaster July 11, 1863. dear Sir— I have just received the first communication from my manger since the rebels visited him, as he has been cooped up. They were led to where our teams were, on Tuesday, by some friend, and took all my horses, mules & harness, even the crippled

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Collection: Thaddeus Stevens Collection

Title: Letter from Thaddeus Stevens to Col. S. Stevens

Description: Photostatic copy of letter from Thaddeus Stevens to Col. S. Stevens regarding [Caledonia]. Thaddeus received the first communication from his manager that [the Confederates] were led on Tuesday to where the teams were and took all of the horses and mules and even crippled some horses. They took 4,000 pounds of bacon, molasses, contents of the store, $1,000 worth of corn from the mills and other grain, and $4,000 worth of bar iron. On Friday, they burned the furnace, sawmill, two forges and another mill. They kept the office and store room that night and burned them on Saturday. Damage was worse than Thaddeus expected and he doesn't know what the poor families will do; he must provide for their relief. Lancaster.

Date Range: 1863/07/11

Creation Date: 11 July 1863

Creator: Stevens, Thaddeus, 1792-1868

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 03

People: Stevens, S.; Stevens, Thaddeus

Subjects: Confederate States of America. Army; Letters; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Destruction and pillage

Search Terms: Caledonia Iron Works; Civil War; Confederate States of America Army; Correspondence; Letters; Pillage; Stevens and Smith Center

Extent: 1 item, 4 pages to scan

Object Name: Letter

Language: English

Object ID: MG0115_P01_F003_In09

Related Item Notes: Thaddeus Stevens Collection (MG0115_P01) https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/fc4d62c6-ef85-4f0f-bfb8-361140325885

Notes: Preferred Citation: Title or description of item, date (day, month, year), Thaddeus Stevens Collection (MG0115), Part 1, Folder # or Object ID, LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania. URL if applicable. Date accessed (day, month, year).

Access Conditions / Restrictions: Please use digital images and transcriptions when available. Original documents may be used by appointment. Please contact Research@LancasterHistory.org prior to visit.

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Credit: Courtesy of LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

Other Numbers: MG-115

Other Number: MG-115, Part 1, Folder 3, Insert 9

Classification: MG0115

Description Level: Item

Custodial History: Added to database 18 April 2022.; Old # MG-115, Part 1, Folder 3, Insert 6

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Collection: General Thomas Welsh Family Papers

Title: Draft of a letter from Thomas Welsh to General Orlando B. Willcox

Object ID: MG0828_SeriesD-63_F09

Date Range: 1863/05/13

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Collection: General Thomas Welsh Family Papers

Title: Draft of a letter from Thomas Welsh to General Orlando B. Willcox

Description: Draft of a letter from Thomas Welsh to General Orlando B. Willcox. From Hustonville, Kentucky. Deals with disciplinary matters in the 27th Michigan Regiment, including the Chaplain who wrote a plaintive letter to the Detroit Advertiser & Tribune that was also evidently disrespectful to his superior officers. Welsh arrested the Chaplain, but recommends against dismissing him from service. In another matter involving charges brought by the late Lt. Col. Sprague of the 27th against Col. Fox of the 27th, Welsh declines to convene a Court Martial, recommending that for procedural reasons it be handled at the Department or Division level instead.

Admin/Biographical History: Thomas Welsh (1824-1863) was a Lancaster County native (born and raised in Columbia), who rose from hardscrabble origins to local fame, first as a Mexican War hero, and then as a brigadier general during the Civil War. He was well known and well respected as a no nonsense officer, for his leadership and gallantry in battle, for his dedication to the service of his country, and for his concern for the welfare of his men. See MG0828 for more biographical information.

Date Range: 1863/05/13

Creation Date: 1863/05/13

Creator: Welsh, Thomas, 1824-1863

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 19

Storage Container: Box 0001

People: Austin, Edgar F.; Burnside, Ambrose Everett; Fox, Dorus Morton; Sprague, Thomas S.; Willcox, Orlando Bolivar; Welsh, Thomas

Subjects: United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865; Letters; United States. Army--Military life; Camp Breckinridge (Ky.); Courts-martial and courts of inquiry--United States

Search Terms: Civil War; Letters; Correspondence; United States Army; Military life; Camp Dick Robinson, Kentucky; Camp Breckinridge, Kentucky; Courts-martial and courts of inquiry

Extent: 1 item, 4 pages to scan

Object Name: Letter

Language: English

Condition: Good

Condition Notes: Very good condition; ink is very slightly faded.

Parent Object ID: MG0828_SeriesD-63

Object ID: MG0828_SeriesD-63_F09

Notes: Added to PP 12/27/2020 by HST; Provenance: Passed down through the family, Blanton Charles Welsh to Emilie Benson (Welsh) Wiggin to Nancy Jane (Wiggin) Townsend. Acquired from: Chuck Townsend, Knoxville, Tennessee, 2016/05/15.

Access Conditions / Restrictions: Please use digital images and transcriptions when available. Original documents may be used by appointment. Please contact research@lancasterhistory.org at least two weeks prior to visit.

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Credit: Courtesy of LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

Other Numbers: TW-D-63-09

Classification: MG0828

Description Level: Item

Custodial History: Cataloged by Richard C. Wiggin prior to donation.

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Collection: Civil War Collection

Title: Letter from Reuben C. Long to his father

Object ID: MG0018_SerA_F060_It08

Date Range: 1863/06/22

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Collection: Civil War Collection

Title: Letter from Reuben C. Long to his father

Description: Letter from R. C. Long in Murfreesboro, Tennessee to his father, Moses Clark, regarding news of the Confederate Army in Harrisburg. He has heard that Abe Long wishes to be exempt from the draft and gives his opinion of Copperheads, support for the Union, and friends and cousins who are not serving. "It makes me feel bad to think that I am the only one of our kind that is in the service when I have so many Cousins and relatives at home that are just as able to go as I was." With transcription.

Admin/Biographical History: Reuben Clark Long enlisted 30 September 1861 and served as a private with the 79th Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteers, Company E until his death at Chickamauga, Georgia on 19 September 1863.

Date Range: 1863/06/22

Creation Date: 22 June 1863

Creator: Long, Reuben Clark, 1843-1863

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 01

Storage Container: Box 0001

People: Long, Abraham; Long, Moses; Long, Reuben Clark

Subjects: Copperhead movement; Letters; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865; United States. Army. Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment, 79th (1861-1865)

Search Terms: 79th Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment (1861-1865); Civil War; Copperhead movement (Peace Democrats); Correspondence; Harrisburg, Pennsylvania; Letters; Murfreesboro, Tennessee; Soldiers

Extent: 2 items, 5 pages scanned

Object Name: Letter

Language: English

Object ID: MG0018_SerA_F060_It08

Location of Originals: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Notes: Preferred Citation: Title or description of item, date (day, month, year), Civil War Collection (MG0018), Series #, Folder #, (or Object ID), LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania. URL if applicable. Date accessed (day, month, year).

Access Conditions / Restrictions: Please use digital images and transcriptions when available. Original documents may be used by appointment--contact Research@LancasterHistory.org prior to visit.

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Credit: Courtesy of LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

Accession Number: 1972.MSS72-162

Other Numbers: MG-18

Other Number: MG-18, Series A, Folder 60, Item 8

Classification: MG0018

Description Level: Item

Custodial History: Added to database 28 December 2023.

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Collection: Civil War Collection

Title: Letter from Ben McComsey to his parents

Object ID: MG0018_SerA_F077_It01

Date Range: 1862/08/27

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Collection: Civil War Collection

Title: Letter from Ben McComsey to his parents

Description: Letter from Ben McComsey to his parents from camp near Cloud's Mill, Virginia. He reports that he is in good health and he requests letters from the family and pears. The letter originally enclosed two tintypes of Ben--one for his mother and one for Ellen Spence. With envelope and a note.

Admin/Biographical History: Benjamin was the son of William and Mary Ann (Dorwart) McComsey. In 1860 he was a farmer living with his family in Providence Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.; Ben's service during the Civil War was brief. He enlisted in Lancaster on 7 August 1862 and was mustered into the U.S. Army on August 11 as a private with Company D, 122nd Pennsylvania Infantry. He died from typhoid fever in a military hospital at Berlin, Worcester County, Maryland on 7 November 1862.; https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/40007870/benjamin-asbury-mccomsey

Date Range: 1862/08/27

Creation Date: 27 August 1862

Creator: McComsey, Benjamin Asbury, 1845-1862

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 01

Storage Container: Box 0002

People: Conroy, Mary Elizabeth McComsey; Finifrock, Henry; Gast, William; Markley, William; McComsey, Benjamin Asbury; McComsey, David Dorwart; McComsey, John Franklin; McComsey, Mary Ann Dorwart; McComsey, William; McComsey, William H.; Raub, Dr.; Spence, Ellen; Strine, J.

Subjects: Letters; Soldiers; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865; United States. Army

Search Terms: 122nd Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment (1862-1863); Civil War; Cloud's Mill, Virginia; Letters; Soldiers; United States Army

Extent: 3 items, 8 pages to scan

Object Name: Letter

Language: English

Object ID: MG0018_SerA_F077_It01

Location of Originals: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Related Item Notes: Letter from Benjamin McComsey (MG0018_SerA_F077_It02); Letter from Benjamin McComsey (MG0018_SerA_F077_It03); Letter from Benjamin McComsey (MG0018_SerA_F077_It04); Biographical information (MG0018_SerA_F077_It05); Letter from Benjamin McComsey (MG0018_SerA_F077_It06); Letter from Henry Benner (MG0018_SerA_F077_It07); Letter from Henry Benner (MG0018_SerA_F077_It08); Letter from Benjamin McComsey (MG0018_SerA_F077_It09); Tintype of Benjamin McComsey (2009.014); McComsey Family Album (A-15-01-01 to A-15-01-40); Carte de visite of Chester Hubley (1-02-01-79)

Notes: Preferred Citation: Title or description of item, date (day, month, year), Civil War Collection (MG0018), Series #, Folder #, (or Object ID), LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania. URL if applicable. Date accessed (day, month, year).

Access Conditions / Restrictions: Please use digital images and transcriptions when available. Original documents may be used by appointment--contact Research@LancasterHistory.org prior to visit.

Copyright: Images have been provided for research purposes only. Please contact Research@LancasterHistory.org for a high-resolution image and permission to publish.; LancasterHistory retains the rights to the digital images and content presented. The doctrine of fair use allows limited use of copyrighted material without permission from the copyright holder. Fair use includes comment, criticism, teaching, and private scholarship. Any images and data downloaded, printed or photocopied for these purposes should provide a citation. All other uses beyond those allowed by fair use require written permission.; Permission for reproduction and/or publication must be obtained in writing from LancasterHistory. Publication fees may apply.

Credit: Courtesy of LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

Accession Number: 1972.026

Other Numbers: MG-18

Other Number: MG-18, Series A, Folder 77, Item 1

Classification: MG0018

Description Level: Item

Custodial History: Added to database 27 December 2023.

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Collection: Civil War Collection

Title: Letter from Ben McComsey to his father

Object ID: MG0018_SerA_F077_It02

Date Range: 1862/08/23

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Collection: Civil War Collection

Title: Letter from Ben McComsey to his father

Description: Letter from Ben McComsey to his father regarding their arrival near Cloud's Mill, Virginia and being a new recruit, marching, pitching tents, and living on half rations. He goes on to list the prices that sutlers are asking for pies, ginger cakes, apples, watermelons, and cigars. He mentions that their last encampment was near the Alexandria Railroad and that about 5,000 acres of woods has been destroyed. The map that Ben sent home is no longer with the letter.

Admin/Biographical History: Benjamin was the son of William and Mary Ann (Dorwart) McComsey. In 1860 he was a farmer living with his family in Providence Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.; Ben's service during the Civil War was brief. He enlisted in Lancaster on 7 August 1862 and was mustered into the U.S. Army on August 11 as a private with Company D, 122nd Pennsylvania Infantry. He died from typhoid fever in a military hospital at Berlin, Worcester County, Maryland on 7 November 1862.; https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/40007870/benjamin-asbury-mccomsey

Date Range: 1862/08/23

Creation Date: 23 August 1862

Creator: McComsey, Benjamin Asbury, 1845-1862

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 01

Storage Container: Box 0002

People: McComsey, Benjamin Asbury; McComsey, William; Pope, John

Subjects: Letters; Soldiers; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865; United States. Army

Search Terms: 122nd Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment (1862-1863); Civil War; Cloud's Mill, Virginia; Letters; Military life; Soldiers; United States Army

Extent: 1 item, 4 pages to scan

Object Name: Letter

Language: English

Object ID: MG0018_SerA_F077_It02

Location of Originals: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Related Item Notes: Letter from Benjamin McComsey (MG0018_SerA_F077_It01); Letter from Benjamin McComsey (MG0018_SerA_F077_It03); Letter from Benjamin McComsey (MG0018_SerA_F077_It04); Biographical information (MG0018_SerA_F077_It05); Letter from Benjamin McComsey (MG0018_SerA_F077_It06); Letter from Henry Benner (MG0018_SerA_F077_It07); Letter from Henry Benner (MG0018_SerA_F077_It08); Letter from Benjamin McComsey (MG0018_SerA_F077_It09); Tintype of Benjamin McComsey (2009.014); McComsey Family Album (A-15-01-01 to A-15-01-40); Carte de visite of Chester Hubley (1-02-01-79)

Notes: Preferred Citation: Title or description of item, date (day, month, year), Civil War Collection (MG0018), Series #, Folder #, (or Object ID), LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania. URL if applicable. Date accessed (day, month, year).

Access Conditions / Restrictions: Please use digital images and transcriptions when available. Original documents may be used by appointment--contact Research@LancasterHistory.org prior to visit.

Copyright: Images have been provided for research purposes only. Please contact Research@LancasterHistory.org for a high-resolution image and permission to publish.; LancasterHistory retains the rights to the digital images and content presented. The doctrine of fair use allows limited use of copyrighted material without permission from the copyright holder. Fair use includes comment, criticism, teaching, and private scholarship. Any images and data downloaded, printed or photocopied for these purposes should provide a citation. All other uses beyond those allowed by fair use require written permission.; Permission for reproduction and/or publication must be obtained in writing from LancasterHistory. Publication fees may apply.

Credit: Courtesy of LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

Accession Number: 1972.026

Other Numbers: MG-18

Other Number: MG-18, Series A, Folder 77, Item 2

Classification: MG0018

Description Level: Item

Custodial History: Added to database 27 December 2023.

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Collection: Civil War Collection

Title: Letter from Ben McComsey to his father

Object ID: MG0018_SerA_F077_It03

Date Range: 1862/08/17

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Collection: Civil War Collection

Title: Letter from Ben McComsey to his father

Description: Letter from Ben McComsey to his father regarding their arrival in Washington, D.C., which is crowded with soldiers. (They traveled from Lancaster to Harrisburg to Baltimore to Washington.) He reports on the poor state of the cornfields and the different method for harvesting oats. He purchased a gun blanket and revolver and is planning to invest in a government bond. He includes a message to his mother to allay her fears and worry.

Admin/Biographical History: Benjamin was the son of William and Mary Ann (Dorwart) McComsey. In 1860 he was a farmer living with his family in Providence Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.; Ben's service during the Civil War was brief. He enlisted in Lancaster on 7 August 1862 and was mustered into the U.S. Army on August 11 as a private with Company D, 122nd Pennsylvania Infantry. He died from typhoid fever in a military hospital at Berlin, Worcester County, Maryland on 7 November 1862.; https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/40007870/benjamin-asbury-mccomsey

Date Range: 1862/08/17

Creation Date: 23 August 1862

Creator: McComsey, Benjamin Asbury, 1845-1862

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 01

Storage Container: Box 0002

People: McComsey, Benjamin Asbury; McComsey, John Franklin; McComsey, Mary Ann Dorwart; McComsey, William

Subjects: Letters; Soldiers; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865; United States. Army

Search Terms: 122nd Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment (1862-1863); Arlington Heights, Virginia; Civil War; Letters; Soldiers; United States Army; Washington, DC

Extent: 1 item, 4 pages to scan

Object Name: Letter

Language: English

Object ID: MG0018_SerA_F077_It03

Location of Originals: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Related Item Notes: Letter from Benjamin McComsey (MG0018_SerA_F077_It01); Letter from Benjamin McComsey (MG0018_SerA_F077_It02); Letter from Benjamin McComsey (MG0018_SerA_F077_It04); Biographical information (MG0018_SerA_F077_It05); Letter from Benjamin McComsey (MG0018_SerA_F077_It06); Letter from Henry Benner (MG0018_SerA_F077_It07); Letter from Henry Benner (MG0018_SerA_F077_It08); Letter from Benjamin McComsey (MG0018_SerA_F077_It09); Tintype of Benjamin McComsey (2009.014); McComsey Family Album (A-15-01-01 to A-15-01-40); Carte de visite of Chester Hubley (1-02-01-79)

Notes: Preferred Citation: Title or description of item, date (day, month, year), Civil War Collection (MG0018), Series #, Folder #, (or Object ID), LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania. URL if applicable. Date accessed (day, month, year).

Access Conditions / Restrictions: Please use digital images and transcriptions when available. Original documents may be used by appointment--contact Research@LancasterHistory.org prior to visit.

Copyright: Images have been provided for research purposes only. Please contact Research@LancasterHistory.org for a high-resolution image and permission to publish.; LancasterHistory retains the rights to the digital images and content presented. The doctrine of fair use allows limited use of copyrighted material without permission from the copyright holder. Fair use includes comment, criticism, teaching, and private scholarship. Any images and data downloaded, printed or photocopied for these purposes should provide a citation. All other uses beyond those allowed by fair use require written permission.; Permission for reproduction and/or publication must be obtained in writing from LancasterHistory. Publication fees may apply.

Credit: Courtesy of LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

Accession Number: 1972.026

Other Numbers: MG-18

Other Number: MG-18, Series A, Folder 77, Item 3

Classification: MG0018

Description Level: Item

Custodial History: Added to database 27 December 2023.

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Collection: Civil War Collection

Title: Letter from Ben McComsey to his parents

Object ID: MG0018_SerA_F077_It04

Date Range: 1862/10/12

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Collection: Civil War Collection

Title: Letter from Ben McComsey to his parents

Description: Letter from Ben McComsey to his parents regarding from Minor Hill, Virginia describing his current detail, drills, the weather, and being ready to march at a moment's notice. He mentions his cousins, Philip Dorwart and Henry Dorwart, the health of Henry Finifrock and William Markley, and the death of John Wenger from Typhoid fever. Ben apparently enclosed the tooth that he had pulled and is no longer with the letter.

Admin/Biographical History: Benjamin was the son of William and Mary Ann (Dorwart) McComsey. In 1860 he was a farmer living with his family in Providence Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.; Ben's service during the Civil War was brief. He enlisted in Lancaster on 7 August 1862 and was mustered into the U.S. Army on August 11 as a private with Company D, 122nd Pennsylvania Infantry. He died from typhoid fever in a military hospital at Berlin, Worcester County, Maryland on 7 November 1862.; https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/40007870/benjamin-asbury-mccomsey

Date Range: 1862/10/12

Creation Date: 12 October 1862

Creator: McComsey, Benjamin Asbury, 1845-1862

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 01

Storage Container: Box 0002

People: Dorwart, Henry; Dorwart, Philip; Finifrock, Henry; McComsey, Benjamin Asbury; McComsey, Mary Ann Dorwart; McComsey, William; Raub, Dr.; Wenger, John; Whipple, Amiel Weeks

Subjects: Letters; Soldiers; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865; United States. Army

Search Terms: 122nd Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment (1862-1863); Civil War; Death; Health; Illnesses; Letters; Military life; Minor Hill, Virginia; Soldiers; Typhoid fever; United States Army

Extent: 1 item, 4 pages to scan

Object Name: Letter

Language: English

Object ID: MG0018_SerA_F077_It04

Location of Originals: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Related Item Notes: Letter from Benjamin McComsey (MG0018_SerA_F077_It01); Letter from Benjamin McComsey (MG0018_SerA_F077_It02); Letter from Benjamin McComsey (MG0018_SerA_F077_It03); Biographical information (MG0018_SerA_F077_It05); Letter from Benjamin McComsey (MG0018_SerA_F077_It06); Letter from Henry Benner (MG0018_SerA_F077_It07); Letter from Henry Benner (MG0018_SerA_F077_It08); Letter from Benjamin McComsey (MG0018_SerA_F077_It09); Tintype of Benjamin McComsey (2009.014); McComsey Family Album (A-15-01-01 to A-15-01-40); Carte de visite of Chester Hubley (1-02-01-79)

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Credit: Courtesy of LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

Accession Number: 1972.026

Other Numbers: MG-18

Other Number: MG-18, Series A, Folder 77, Item 4

Classification: MG0018

Description Level: Item

Custodial History: Added to database 27 December 2023.

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