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Finding Aid for the Noble B. Wiggins Letter, 1862 August 7


MS-2873

University of Tennessee Special Collections Library, Knoxville, TN


Collection processed by: Anna L. Wooliver, September 18 2006
Finding Aid written by: Anna L. Wooliver, September 18 2006
Encoded by: Anna L. Wooliver, September 18 2006

Summary Information
Title: Noble B. Wiggins Letter

Date/Date Range :   1862 August 7

Extent: 0.1 linear feet

Abstract:
A letter written by Corporal Noble B. Wiggins on August 7, 1862 at the 42nd Ohio Infantry's Camp Virginia, located outside of Chattanooga, Tennessee. He describes foraging expeditions and his company's acquisition of mules, horses, and food as well as their losses in men.

Call number: MS-2873

Repository: University of Tennessee Special Collections Library, Knoxville, TN

Access and Use
Aquisition Information:
Collection was purchased by Special Collections on September 6, 2006.
Access Restrictions:
Collection is open for research.
Copyright:
The copyright interests in this collection remain with the creator. For more information, contact the Special Collections Library.
Preferred Citation:
[Identification of Item], Noble B. Wiggins Letter, MS-2873. University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Special Collections Library.

Arrangement

Collection consists of a single folder.


Biography / History

No biographical information is available.


Collection Scope and Content Note

This collection consists of a letter with envelope from Corporal Noble B. Wiggins of the 42nd Ohio Regiment dated August 7, 1862, from the 42nd Ohio Infantry's Camp Virginia, located outside of Chattanooga, Tenn. The letter is mostly of a personal nature recounting several foraging expeditions his regiment was involved in. It provides an idea of the daily life of a Union soldier in camp as well as a soldier's feelings on the death and depravity he witnessed.

Wiggins speaks of his company's raiding activities in Tazwell, Tenn., listing the expeditions's acquisitions and mentioning the burning of secesh homes in the countryside and interactions with their owner's. He recounts his company's casualties as well as their prisoner of war counts. Wiggins also mentions several skirmishes which occurred in conjunction with the Bloody 16th Ohio Regiment and atrocities he witnessed throughout the countryside.

Subject Terms

  • United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865.
  • Tennessee -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865.
  • Tennessee, East -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865.
Contents List
Box   1     Folder   1    
Letter, 1862 August 7