Title: Orlando C. Geer Letter

Date/Date Range :   1862 March 9

Extent: 0.1 linear feet

Abstract:

This collection contains a letter from Orlando Geer to his sister. Geer expresses his opinions about news from home and tells his sister about the condition of their mutual acquaintances in the army.

Call number: MS-2947

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

Aquisition Information:

The University of Tennessee Special Collections Library purchased this letter in June of 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], Orlando C. Geer Letter, MS-2947. University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Special Collections Library.

This collection consists of one folder.

Orlando Comstock Geer was born to Alexander Hamilton and Cordelia Comstock Geer on October 22, 1840 in Lucas County, Ohio. There were two other children in the family: Amos Wight (born September 24, 1843) and Harriet Cordelia (born October 22, 1847). When the Civil War broke out, Orlando Geer enlisted in the 14th Ohio Volunteer Infantry as a Corporal. This unit participated in the siege of Corinth, Miss., the Tullahoma Campaign, the occupation of Middle Tennessee, the Chickamauga Campaign, the Chattanooga-Ringgold Campaign, and the Atlanta Campaign. Geer was promoted to Sergeant on May 21, 1865 and mustered out on July 11, 1865. He returned to Lucas County after the war, where he lived until his death on February 9, 1927.

This collection contains a letter from Orlando Geer to his sister. Geer expresses his opinions about news from home and tells his sister about the condition of their mutual acquaintances in the army. At the time he wrote the letter, Geer was in camp near Nashville, Tennessee, shortly before the 14th Ohio's march to Savannah, Tennessee, and participation in the Siege of Corinth, Mississippi.

Interested researchers may also wish to consult UTK-MS-2859: Orlando Geer Letter, 1863 July 15 and UTK-MS-2971: Orlando C. Geer Letter, 1862 June 13.

• United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865.
• Tennessee -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865.
• Soldiers -- Ohio -- Correspondence.