Finding Aid for the Chauncey W. Curtis Manuscript, <date calendar="gregorian" era="ce" normal="1862">1862</date>, PC.1865

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Finding Aid for the Chauncey W. Curtis Manuscript, <date calendar="gregorian" era="ce" normal="1862">1862</date>, PC.1865

Abstract

Chauncey W. Curtis was born in 1843 and died in 1914. During the Civil War, Curtis was a private in the 51st New York Volunteers. This collection contains a 26-page manuscript entitled "The Burnside Expedition to Roanoke," and a sheet folded to make four printed pages containing an obituary of Chauncey W. Curtis, 1843-1914. The manuscript, written about 1900, recounts the memories of Curtis as a private soldier in the Battle of Roanoke Island and the capture of New Bern in 1862. The obituary was published by the Grand Army of the Republic post of which he was a member until his death.

Descriptive Summary

Title
Chauncey W. Curtis Manuscript
Call Number
PC.1865
Creator
Chauncey W. Curtis, 1843-1914
Date
1862
Extent
2.00 items
Language
English
Repository
State Archives of North Carolina

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    Preferred Citation

    [Identification of item], PC.1865, Chauncey W. Curtis Manuscript, State Archives of North Carolina, North Carolina Division of Historical Resources, Raleigh, NC, USA.

    Biographical Note

    Chauncey W. Curtis was born in 1843. During the Civil War, Curtis was a private in the 41st New York Volunteers. During the war, his regiment moved from Chesapeake Bay to North Carolina as part of General Reno's brigade in Burnside's Expedition. Curtis died in 1914.

    Contents of the Collection

    Subject Headings

  1. Chauncey W. Curtis, 1843-1914
  2. United States. Army. New York Volunteer Regiment, 51st (1861-1865)
  3. Battles.
  4. Burnside's Expedition to North Carolina, 1862.
  5. New Bern, Battle of, New Bern, N.C., 1862.
  6. Battles
  7. Burnside's Expedition to North Carolina, 1862
  8. Battle of New Bern, New Bern, N.C., 1862
  9. Roanoke Island Capture, 1862
  10. North Carolina--History--Civil War, 1861-1865.
  11. Roanoke Island (N.C.)--History--Capture, 1862.
  12. United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
  13. Roanoke Island
  14. Acquisitions Information

    Originally classed as Orange County record (CR.073.926.1)but transferred to Account Books on July 23, 1996.

    Processing Information

  15. Processed by George Stevenson, September 8, 1998
  16. Encoded by Fran Tracy-Walls, July 22, 2002