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Samuel Chapin and William R. Sessions Civil War Diaries, 1862-1863
1 envelope (0.25 linear feet).

Transcripts of Civil War diaries of Samuel Chapin and William R. Sessions both of South Wilbraham, Massachusetts. Chapin was twenty-one and Sessions twenty-seven when they enlisted in the Union Army with 25 other Wilbraham men on August 29, 1862. They were assigned to the 46th Regiment of the Massachusetts Volunteers for nine months service.

Subjects
  • Soldiers--Massachusetts--Diaries.
  • United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865.
  • United States. Army. Massachusetts Infantry Regiment, 46th (1861-1865).
  • Wilbraham (Mass.)--History.
Contributors
  • Chapin, Samuel, 1841-1883.
  • Sessions, William R.
Types of material
  • Diaries.
Call no.: MS 157 bd
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