Rauner Special Collections Finding Aids

Andrew Whittier, 1862 Aug. 26 - 1862 Sept. 30, Diary

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	Creator:	Whittier, Andrew
	Title Remainder:	Diary. 1862 Aug.26 - 1862 Sept. 30
	Dates:	1862 Aug.26 - 1862 Sept. 30
	Identification:	Mss 003178
	Size of collection:	1 v.; 19 cm.
	description:	Holograph.
	cataloging notes:	United States. Army. New Hampshire Infantry Regiment, 12th (1862-1865) United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives. Need genre heading for Diaries: 655 7 Diaries.|2aat
	Abstract:	Detailed account of the first month of Whittier's service and the formation of the 12th New Hampshire regment. Pencil notation records his death in Chancellorsville, VA, May 3, 1963.

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Biography

Whittier was born in Gilford, New Hampshire, and enlisted in August 1862, while he was a stdent at the New Hampshire Conference Seminary and Female College in Northfield, NH. He died in Chanchellorville, Virginia, May 3, 1863.

Access Restrictions

Unrestricted.

Restrictions on Use

Unrestricted.

Preferred Citation

Rauner Codex Mss 003178; Rauner Special Collections Library, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH.