Research Arsenal Spotlight 8: Asa Frank Chester and the 20th Illinois Infantry
Asa Franklin “Frank” Chester enlisted as a private in Company G of the 20th Illinois Infantry in June, 1861. By the time he mustered out in July of 1865, he had become adj…
Research Arsenal Spotlight 7: David King Perkins of the USS Seminole
David King Perkins was born in 1843 to Clement T. Perkins and Lucinda (Fairfield) Perkins of Kennebunkport, Maine. On January 30, 1863, he enlisted in the US Navy as a…
Research Arsenal Spotlight 6: James A. Durrett of the 18th Alabama Infantry
James A. Durrett was born around 1840 to John Andrew Jackson Durrett and Anne (Beauchamp) Durrett. James A. Durrett, along with his brother Thomas Jefferson Durrett…
Research Arsenal Spotlight 5: Albert Henry Bancroft of the 85th New York Infantry
Albert Henry Bancroft was one of five children born to shoemaker Jenson Bancroft and his wife Esther Susannah Batchelor in Ontario County, New York. Bancroft enlisted in the…
Research Arsenal Spotlight 4: Colonel Clark Swett Edwards and the 5th Maine Infantry
This week our spotlight is on the Clark Swett Edwards Collection, a group of 25 letters written by Clark Swett Edwards throughout his service in the 5th Maine Infantry. Clark…
Research Arsenal Spotlight 3: John L. Hebron, 2nd Ohio Infantry Collection
While serving in the 2nd Ohio Infantry, Company G, as a bugler, John L. Hebron wrote hundreds of letters home to his family. These letters offer a valuable insight into the…
Research Arsenal Spotlight 2: Alfred Washington Ellet, the US Ram Fleet and the Mississippi Marine Brigade
The US Ram Fleet The US Ram Fleet and the Mississippi Marine Brigade served an important role in the Union army countering Confederate forces operating on and near the…
Research Arsenal Spotlight 1: Chester Chapman Letters
This week were spotlighting a collection of over 70 letters on the Research Arsenal, made possible through a partnership with Spared & Shared. These letters were written…
