Society of Friends -- Military service
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:
Stephen G. Cary collection
Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-1320
Abstract
This collection contains the personal materials of Stephen G. Cary and historical materials collected by Cary about his relatives.
Dates:
1714-2003
Letters received, 1863-1864, n.d.
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Scope and Contents
18 ALsS. ALS from his father dated 1 mo 12, 1863, celebrates the Emancipation Proclamation and expresses his support of formerly enslaved people forming regiments. Another letter refers to his giving begrudging consent to Eugene and the other sons' sense of duty to serve the Nation. Another letter answers Eugene's question about how their monthly meeting handles young men's participation in the War, contrary to the Peace Testimony. He writes that the Hicksites are not disowning. ...
Dates:
1863-1864, n.d.
Palmer Brothers Civil War Letters
Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG5-207
Abstract
The Palmer brothers belonged to a Quaker family of Concord Monthly Meeting, Delaware County, Pennsylvania. Three sons of William W. and Hannah Trimble Palmer, all birthright Quakers, served in the Union Army during the Civil War. This collection contains fifty letters and transcriptions of the same, written to family members by Quaker brothers, John, William T., and Edward L. Palmer during their service in the Union army. Letters from John Palmer also describe his post-military service...
Dates:
1845-1862
Eugene Vickers Civil War correspondence
Collection — Othertype SC-138
Identifier: SFHL-SC-138
Abstract
This small collection of Civil War correspondence consists of letters of a Hicksite Quaker family of West Chester, Pennsylvania, received by Eugene Vickers while he was serving with Company C of the 97th Regiment of Pennsylvania Volunteers in the coastal South. Most of the letters are from his mother, Elizabeth (Painter) Vickers. A few are from his brothers, Jonathan and Joseph P. Vickers, who also served the Union cause, and his father, Joseph Vickers. The material is particularly...
Dates:
1862-1864
