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[Identification of item], in the Edward W. Allen Papers #3737-z, Southern Historical Collection, The Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

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Purchased from Charles Hamilton Autographs, Inc., of New York, N.Y., in April 1966 and from Charles Apfelbaum Rare Manuscripts and Archives of Wachtung, N.J., in March 1998 (Acc. 98066).

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• Allen family.
• Allen, Edward W., fl. 1864-1865.
• Atlanta Campaign, 1864.
• Georgia-History--Civil War, 1861-1865.
• Mississippi-History--Civil War, 1861-1865.
• North Carolina--History--Civil War, 1861-1865.
• Sherman's March through the Carolinas.
• Sherman's March to the Sea.
• South Carolina--History--Civil War, 1861-1865.
• United States--History-Civil War, 1861-1865--Personal narratives.
• United States. Army--Military life--Civil War, 1861-1865.
• United States. Army--Officers--Correspondence.
• United States. Army--Officers--Diaries.
• United States. Army. Wisconsin Infantry Regiment, 16th (1862-1865).
• Virginia--History--Civil War, 1861-1865.
• Wisconsin--History--Civil War, 1861-1865.
• Allen, James F., fl. 1864-1865.

Edward W. Allen of Eau Claire, Wis., was a sergeant and then second lieutenant in Company H of the 16th Regiment, Wisconsin Infantry Volunteers, during the Civil War. He was the son of James and Emily Allen. He had several siblings, including James F. (Fred) Allen who served in Company K, the 36th Regiment of Wisconsin Volunteers.

Correspondence, diary entries, and other papers of Edward W. Allen during the Civil War. Most of the letters are from Allen to his parents in 1864 and 1865. Also included are letters he wrote to friends and letters his parents wrote to him, as well as some pages of diary entries, which Allen apparently sent to his parents. Letters discuss camp life, supplies, health, troop movements, and battles. Some letters also discuss the army service, disappearance, imprisonment, probable death, and return home of Edward Allen's brother, Fred Allen, who served in the 36th Regiment of Wisconsin Volunteers. Edward W. Allen was at Camp Randall in Wisconsin, February 1863-February 1864; at Vicksburg, Miss., March 1864; at Pulaski, Tenn., May 1864; near Atlanta, Ga., June-September, 1864; in Savannah, Ga., December 1864; Columbia, S.C., February 1865; in Goldsboro, N.C., March-April 1865; in Virginia, May 1865; in Louisville, Ky., June-July 1865; and back in Wisconsin, July-August 1865.