Title: Orlando C. Geer Letter

Date/Date Range :   1862 June 13

Extent: 0.1 linear feet

Abstract:

In this letter to his sister Hattie (postmarked Trinne, Tennessee), Orlando Geer describes combat that his unit has seen recently and tells of frustrations caused by Confederate General Nathan Bedford Forrest.

Call number: MS-2971

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

Aquisition Information:

The Special Collections Library purchased this collection on June 8, 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-2971. University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Special Collections Library.

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.

In this letter to his sister Hattie (postmarked Trinne, Tennessee), Orlando Geer describes combat that his unit has seen recently and tells of frustrations caused by Confederate General Nathan Bedford Forrest. According to Geer, "... the Rebel Gen. Forrest has been very troublesome driving in our calvary picketts and now and then coming right up under our nose and picking up horses and picketts." .

Interested researchers may also wish to consult UTK-MS-2859: Orlando Geer Letter, 1863 July 15 and UTK-MS-2947: Orlando C. Geer Letter, 1862 March 9.

• United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865.
• Tennessee -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865.
• Soldiers -- Ohio -- Correspondence.
• Forrest, Nathan Bedford, 1821-1877.