Civil War letters from Richard Stillwell (Captain, 132nd PA regiment, Company K) to his wife, Margaret Snyder Stillwell

Authors

• Richard Stillwell
• Camilla MacKay, Bryn MawrFollow

Files

Description

Transcriptions of Civil War letters from Richard Stillwell, Captain, 132nd Regiment Pennsylvania volunteers, Company K, to his wife Margaret Snyder Stillwell and to Joseph Scranton. Also a letter from Jacob Floyd, First Lieutenant, Company K; and two letters from Margaret Snyder Stillwell to Richard Stillwell.

The letters date from August 22, 1862 to March 30, 1863.

Richard Stillwell survived the Battle of Antietam and was later shot in the neck at the Battle of Fredericksburg.

The letters, and other documents relating to Richard Stillwell's experience in the Civil War, are held by the Lackawanna Historical Society, Scranton, PA.

Publication Date

1862

Keywords

Civil War, Battle of Antietam, Battle of Fredericksburg

Comments

Transcriptions by Camilla MacKay

Citation

Stillwell, Richard and MacKay, Camilla, "Civil War letters from Richard Stillwell (Captain, 132nd PA regiment, Company K) to his wife, Margaret Snyder Stillwell" (1862). Books, pamphlets, catalogues, and scrapbooks. 49.
https://repository.brynmawr.edu/bmc_books/49