Hotchkiss, Lawrence E.

Collection, 1862-1864
130 items

Biographical information:

James R. Woodworth (1838-1864) was a young farmer in Seneca Falls, New York, when the Civil War began. He joined Company E of the 44th New York Infantry Regiment, serving in the Army of the Potomac from 1862 through 1864. An intelligent, sensitive man, Woodworth recorded his war experiences in diaries and in a series of letters to his wife Phoebe. Woodworth saw action at Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, and Gettysburg; he died at Laurel Hill, May 8, 1864, a casualty of the bloody battle of the Wilderness.

Scope and Contents:

Papers of James R. Woodworth, Civil War soldier, collected by his great-grand-nephew Lawrence E. Hotchkiss.

The collection contains 120 letters from Woodworth to his wife, October, 1862­April, 1864, and four diaries, of the same period, 436 pp. Both letters and diaries describe the battles of Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, and Gettysburg.

Provenance:

Lawrence E. Hotchkiss

Gift of Lawrence E. Hotchkiss, 1962 Collection

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