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- Letter from Leroy Pike to Anna Wilcox, August 1865
Letter from Leroy Pike to Anna Wilcox, August 1865
Item Information
Title
Letter from Leroy Pike to Anna Wilcox, August 1865
Creator
Pike, Benjamin Leroy
Subject
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives
Baker, Edward Dickinson, 1811-1861
Niagara County (N.Y.) -- Biography
Wilcox, Anna E -- Correspondence
Pike, Benjamin Leroy -- Correspondence
United States. Army. New York Heavy Artillery Regiment, 10th (1862-1865)
Description
Leroy Pike writes to his cousin Anna Wilcox after the Civil War. Leroy writes that he been mustered out of Army. He describes marching to Hart Island where he received his discharge. Afterward, he visited Colonel Baker at the hospital on Davids' Island. Leroy writes about retuning the Colonel's horses to Jersey City and then set out for home, arriving in Pekin on July 15, 1865. Original format: 1 sheet 21 x 26 cm folded to 13 x 21 cm, and 1 envelope, 8 x 14 cm.
Date
1865-08-10
Rights
http://www.binghamton.edu/libraries/special-collections/servicesandpolicies/docs/duplicationpolicy.pdf
Relation
Anna E. Wilcox Civil War Collection
Binghamton University Libraries’ Civil War Collections
Identifier
AWL36
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About this Collection
Collection Description
The collection consists of 45 letters on 44 sheets, 8 photographs, 4 unassociated envelopes, and ancillary materials. Most of the letters were written between October 16, 1862 and August 10, 1865. Ancillary materials include the "scope and content" note, the "finding aid", and the "transcription note". Also, the ancillary… More
Citation
Pike, Benjamin Leroy, “Letter from Leroy Pike to Anna Wilcox, August 1865,” Digital Collections, accessed July 29, 2025, https://omeka.binghamton.edu/omeka/items/show/403.