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Collection Number: 03870-z

Collection Title: Ira B. Sampson Papers, 1862-1891

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Size 7 items
Abstract Ira B. Sampson (1840-1890) of Springfield, Mass., was a captain in the 2nd Massachusetts Heavy Artillery. He was captured on the North Carolina coast and imprisoned at Andersonville, Ga., and Columbia, S.C. The collection consists of a Civil War diary and memo book (226 p.), 1864-1865, of Ira B. Sampson, with a few related papers. The pocket diary describes the surrender of Fort William at Plymouth, N.C., in April 1864; Sampson's experiences as a prisoner at Andersonville, Ga., and at Columbia, S.C.; and other matters. Also included are a photograph of Sampson, 1863; his two commissions as an officer in the Massachusetts Volunteers, 1862-1863; and photocopies of Sampson's 1881 application for a disability pension and his widow's 1891 application for a pension following his death from consumption in 1890.
Creator Sampson, Ira B., 1840-1890.
Curatorial Unit University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection.
Language English
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Restrictions to Access
No restrictions. Open for research.
Copyright Notice
Copyright is retained by the authors of items in these papers, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], in the Ira B. Sampson Papers #3870-z, Southern Historical Collection, The Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Alternate Form of Material
Microfilm copy (filmed 2003) available.
  • Reel 1: entire collection
Acquisitions Information
Purchased from Charles Hamilton Galleries of New York in 1968.
Sensitive Materials Statement
Manuscript collections and archival records may contain materials with sensitive or confidential information that is protected under federal or state right to privacy laws and regulations, the North Carolina Public Records Act (N.C.G.S. § 132 1 et seq.), and Article 7 of the North Carolina State Personnel Act (Privacy of State Employee Personnel Records, N.C.G.S. § 126-22 et seq.). Researchers are advised that the disclosure of certain information pertaining to identifiable living individuals represented in this collection without the consent of those individuals may have legal ramifications (e.g., a cause of action under common law for invasion of privacy may arise if facts concerning an individual's private life are published that would be deemed highly offensive to a reasonable person) for which the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill assumes no responsibility.
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Processed by: Anna Brooke Allan, January 1969

Encoded by: Nancy Kaiser, November 2005

Updated by: Laura Hart, August 2021

Funding from the Watson-Brown Foundation, Inc., supported the encoding of this finding aid.

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Ira B. Sampson (1840-1890) was a captain in the 2nd Massachusetts Heavy Artillery. He was captured on the North Carolina coast and imprisoned at Andersonville, Ga., and Columbia, S.C. Sampson married Mary A. Cooley of Springfield, Mass., in 1865, and with her had three children: Marcus, Walter, and Luke. Ira B. Sampson died from consumption in Arizona on 23 December 1890.

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The collection consists of a Civil War diary and memo book (226 p.), 1864-1865, of Ira B. Sampson, a captain in the 2nd Massachusetts Heavy Artillery, with a few related papers. The pocket diary describes the surrender of Fort William at Plymouth, N.C., in April 1864; Sampson's experiences as a prisoner of war at Andersonville Prison in Andersonville, Ga., and at Columbia, S.C.; and other matters. Also included are a photograph of Sampson, 1863; his two commissions as an officer in the Massachusetts Volunteers, 1862-1863; and photocopies (1958) of Sampson's 1881 application for a disability pension and his widow's 1891 application for a pension following his death from consumption in 1890.

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7 items.

Arrangement: chronological.

Folder 1

Papers, 1862-1891

Reel M-3870/1

Microfilm copy of collection, 1862-1891

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