1354 WFCHS

(MMF – Armel, John Papers, Diaries and Letters, Civil War)

Inventory created by Archives Staff 01/2013. Last revised 06/2022

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EXTENT:  1 folder

CREATOR: Armel, John F.

DATE: 1864-1865

SCOPE AND CONTENT: The John Armel Papers collection contains letters written by Private John F. Armel of Company K, 107^th Pennsylvania Infantry, to his wife and family. The letters are written between December 1864 and June 1865, when Armel was serving at Petersburg, Virginia. The letters have been transcribed.

BIOGRAPHICAL/HISTORICAL: Private John F. Armel was drafted into Company K, 107^th Pennsylvania Infantry on September 21, 1864 and was discharged on June 7, 1865.

BIBLIOGRAPHY: Bates, Samuel P. History of the Pennsylvania Volunteers 1861-1865.  Volume 2. Harrisburg, PA: B. Singerly, state printer, 1869.                                  

CITE AS: John Armel Papers, 1354 WFCHS (MMF), Stewart Bell Jr. Archives, Handley Regional Library, Winchester, VA, USA.

ACQUISITION INFORMATION: Acquired as a gift.

ORGANIZATION:

Contents of folder:

Letters from John Armel, 107^th Pennsylvania Infantry to his family, Dec. 4, 1862-March 1, 1865