Edwin D. Rodgers papers
Abstract
Descriptive Summary
- Title
- Edwin D. Rodgers papers
- Date
- 1851-1863 (inclusive)
- Extent
- 0.3 Cubic Feet
- Subjects
- Perryville, Battle of, Perryville, Ky., 1862
- Stones River, Battle of, Murfreesboro, Tenn., 1862-1863.
- Arrangement
- Collection is arranged chronologically.
- Preferred Citation
- 2008ms018: [identification of item], Edwin D. Rodgers papers, 1851-1863, University of Kentucky Special Collections Research Center.
- Repository
- University of Kentucky
Collection Overview
- Biography / History
- Edwin D. Rodgers [born c. 1841] spent most of his life in Minnesota working as a blacksmith. Prior to the Civil War, he lived near Freeborn, Minnesota; as of the 1880 United States Federal Census Rodgers lived in Wells, Faribault, Minnesota.
- Scope and Content
- The Edwin D. Rodgers papers (dated 1851-1863; 0.3 cubic feet; 2 boxes) consist of diaries, a letter, a powder horn, and 2 photographs documenting life for Rodgers immediately prior to and during the Civil War. The diaries discuss farming, the weather, Rodgers' mustering into the army in 1862, camp life, marches in Tennessee and Kentucky, and various battles. The diaries describe chasing General Braxton Bragg's Army, the battle of Perryville, and the Battle of Murfreesboro. Rodgers' letter to his mother mentions attempts by soldiers to leave the army through self-harm. The photographs are unidentified.
Restrictions on Access and Use
- Conditions Governing Access
- Collection is open to researchers by appointment.
- Use Restrictions
- The physical rights to the materials in this collection are held by the University of Kentucky Special Collections Research Center.
Contents of the Collection
Diary, 1851
Diary, 1860 January 1-1863 April 19
Diary, 1862 February 15-1862 December
Edwin D. Rodgers, Fort Snelling, Minnesota, letter to his mother, 1862 April 19
Pocket diary, 1863
Powder horn, undated
Unidentified woman tintype, undated
Unidentified women daguerreotype, undated
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