Class Year
2010
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Description
This collection consists of three letters and a twenty-two page diary penned by Reuel Williams Waters. The letters are written by Waters to his sisters. Additionally, a photograph of Reuel Waters, several newspaper clippings concerning members of Waters’ family and reunions of the 6th Maine Battery, letters penned by Waters’ mother and sister-in-law after the war, and notes concerning Waters and Bentley (Waters’ wife Emily Bentley) family genealogy are included in this collection.
Collection Size
.27 cubic feet
Publication Date
December 2011
Keywords
Civil War, Civil War Correspondence, Civil War Diary, Augusta, 6th Maine Light Artillery, McGilvery's Battery, Second Bull Run, Battle of Gettysburg, Battle of the Wilderness, Cold Harbor, Petersburg, Battle of Cedar Creek, Spotsylvania
Disciplines
History | Military History | Public History | Social History | United States History
Copyright Note
This finding aid appears in Gettysburg College's institutional repository by permission of the copyright owner for personal use, not for redistribution.
Recommended Citation
Bucklin, Chelsea M., "MS-100: Reuel Williams Waters, 1st Battalion, Maine Light Artillery, 6th Maine Battery" (December 2011). Special Collections and College Archives Finding Aids. Special Collection and College Archives, Musselman Library, Gettysburg College.
Document Type
Finding Aid
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Military History Commons, Public History Commons, Social History Commons, United States History Commons