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Official War Correspondence, Orders, and Related Documents, 1863-1865

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Collection Overview

Collection Description & Creator Information

Scope and Contents

These items document Comfort's cavalry troop and the 20th Pennsylvania Cavalry. Included are declarations involving lost horses and AWOL soldiers, and inventories of rations, equipment, and company members. Includes a letter dated June 18, 1865, from Samuel asking to be discharged. There is likely some overlap with other correspondence dating from 1863-1865.

Arrangement

The correspondence is arranged chronologically.

Collection History

Appraisal

During 2013 processing, the Roberts correspondence (AM 18491) was removed and made into a separate collection: Walter B. Roberts and Roberts Petroleum Torpedo Company Correspondence (C1469).

Processing Information

This collection was processed by Faith Charlton in 2013. Finding aid written by Faith Charlton in 2013.

Access & Use

Conditions Governing Access

Collection is open for research use.

Conditions Governing Use

Single copies may be made for research purposes. To cite or publish quotations that fall within Fair Use, as defined under U. S. Copyright Law, no permission is required. For instances beyond Fair Use, it is the responsibility of the researcher to determine whether any permissions related to copyright, privacy, publicity, or any other rights are necessary for their intended use of the Library's materials, and to obtain all required permissions from any existing rights holders, if they have not already done so. Princeton University Library's Special Collections does not charge any permission or use fees for the publication of images of materials from our collections, nor does it require researchers to obtain its permission for said use. The department does request that its collections be properly cited and images credited. More detailed information can be found on the Copyright, Credit and Citations Guidelines page on our website. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact us through the Ask Us! form.

Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

For preservation reasons, original analog and digital media may not be read or played back in the reading room. Users may visually inspect physical media but may not remove it from its enclosure. All analog audiovisual media must be digitized to preservation-quality standards prior to use. Audiovisual digitization requests are processed by an approved third-party vendor. Please note, the transfer time required can be as little as several weeks to as long as several months and there may be financial costs associated with the process. Requests should be directed through the Ask Us Form.

Credit this material:

Official War Correspondence, Orders, and Related Documents; Samuel Comfort Family Papers, C0407, Manuscripts Division, Department of Special Collections, Princeton University Library

Location:
Firestone Library
One Washington Road
Princeton, NJ 08544, USA
(609) 258-3184
Storage Note:
  • ReCAP (rcpxm): Box 3

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Related Materials

Bound Manuscripts Collection. First Series, 1600-2000, C0199 ("Letters and Diaries of the Two Ely Brothers, Officers in the 20th Pennsylvania Cavalry")

Bucks County Historical Society: Comfort Family Diaries, 1896-1945, MSC 677

Historic Fallsington, Inc.: Historic Fallsington, Inc. Manuscript Collection, 1729-1984, 02 (Comfort family papers)

Bodleian Library, University of Oxford: Papers of Captain Harry Frederick Comfort Crookshank, Viscount Crookshank, statesman, 1925-61

Names:
United States. Army of the Cumberland
United States. Army of the Ohio
United States. Army. Pennsylvania Cavalry Volunteer Regiment, 20th (1863-1865).
Standard Oil Company
Comfort family.
Crookshank family.
Comfort, Annie (1842-1919)
Comfort, Elizabeth Barnsley (1844-1932)
Comfort, George (1808-1887)
Comfort, Susan Lower (1811-1888)
Crookshank, Emma Comfort (1869-1954)
Crookshank, Harry Maule (1849-1914)
Crookshank, Harry (1893-1961)