Strong, Edwin F.

Papers, 1862 January 6-1866 April 10
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Strong, Edwin F.
Rank:	Private
Regiment:	8th Connecticut Infantry Regiment (1861-1865)
Service:	1861 September 23-1863 January 20

Background note:

Edwin F. Strong of Wallingford, Conn., served with the 8th Connecticut Infantry from the time of its muster in September, until he was discharged for illness in January, 1863. During most of this period, the 8th Connecticut were placed under the command of Ambrose Burnside, and saw action in his expedition to North Carolina, February-July, 1862, and in Virginia during the actions of the Army of the Potomac during the second half of 1862.

Scope and Contents:

The Strong Papers are quite fragmentary and provide little information on the Civil War other than an indication of how strongly some of Ambrose Burnside's soldiers came to feel about him during the course of the North Carolina expedition. Jennie G's poem written in a mock African-American dialect is offensive to modern sensibilities, but suggests the nature of white northern attitudes toward slavery and African-Americans.

M-2662a20
Cat. 5/94 rsc

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