Richard H. Walker Correspondence
An inventory of the collection at Syracuse University
Finding aid created by: MRC
Date: 6 May 2010
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Finding aid created by: MRC
Date: 6 May 2010
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Overview of the Collection |
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| Creator: | Walker, Richard H. |
| Title: | Richard H. Walker Correspondence |
| Dates: | 1858-1892 (bulk: 1862-1869) |
| Quantity: | 0.5 linear ft. |
| Abstract: | Letters from Richard H. Walker, assistant surgeon with the 6th Tennessee Volunteers; most are to his wife, Fannie Walker. |
| Language: | English |
| Repository: |
Special Collections Research Center, Syracuse University Libraries 222 Waverly Avenue Syracuse, NY 13244-2010 https://library.syracuse.edu/special-collections-research-center |
Little can be established about Richard H. Walker beyond the information available in the collection. He was likely from Kentucky or Tennessee; letters to his wife are addressed to her in Flemingsburg, Kentucky, and signatures on several letters suggest he was serving with the 6th Tennessee Volunteers. At least one letter is signed "Richard H. Walker, Assistant Surgeon" and muster rolls do show a Richard H. Walker serving as assistant surgeon with the 6th Tennessee Infantry (see the Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System, http://www.itd.nps.gov/cwss/).
The Richard H. Walker Correspondence consists of letters from Richard H. Walker. The bulk are dated between 1862 and 1869, and are addressed to his wife ("Dear Wife..."), Fannie. The letters are written from various locations, primarily in Mississippi (Jackson, Meridian) and Tennessee (Carthage, Murfreesboro, Nashville).
Roughly chronological; the letters are sorted by year but within that are in no particular order.
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Persons
Walker, Fannie.
Walker, Richard H.
Corporate Bodies
United States. -- Army. -- Tennessee Cavalry Regiment, 6th (1862-1865)
Subjects
Medicine, Military -- United States -- History -- 19th century.
Physicians -- United States.
Places
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Medical care.
Genres and Forms
Correspondence.
Occupations
Physicians.
Preferred Citation
Preferred citation for this material is as follows:
Richard H. Walker Correspondence,
Special Collections Research Center,
Syracuse University Libraries
Acquisition Information
Gift of Abby Harper Bigelow, 1997.
Correspondence
Miscellany
| Correspondence | |||||||||||
| Box 1 | Walker, Richard H. 1858-1892 (21 folders) | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | Miscellaneous - letters to Fannie from others, assorted envelopes, other material | ||||||||||
| Miscellany | |||||||||||
| Box 1 | Receipts, bank book, recipes, assorted other items 1863, 1891, undated | ||||||||||