Author

Finding aid prepared by Katie L.B. Henningsen

Title

S.R. Norton letters to Hattie Norton

Date

1 January 1862-11 March 1863

Repository

University of Kentucky Special Collections

Conditions Governing Access note

Collection is open to researchers by appointment.

Preferred Citation Note

2011MS020 : [identification of item], S.R. Norton letters to Hattie Norton, 1 January 1862-11 March 1863, University of Kentucky Special Collections.

Extent

0.01 Cubic feet

5 items

Biography/History

On August 23, 1862, Sylvester R. Norton of Madison, Michigan, joined Company B of the Eighteenth Michigan Infantry at the age of 24. In late October 1864, Norton was promoted from Orderly Sergeant to Second Lieutenant and assigned to Company G of the same regiment.

-S.R. Norton Letters, W.S. Hoole Special Collections Library, The University of Alabama.

Scope and Content

This collection include five letters written by S.R. Norton to his wife, Hattie Norton, from the Lexington hospital and Camp Ella Bishop; letters refer to military and camp issues.

Subjects

• Cohasco, Inc.
• Kentucky--History--Civil War, 1861-1865.
• United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Personal narratives
• Soldiers--Correspondence.

Collection Inventory