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Porter family letters

 Collection — Folder: S2559
Identifier: S2559

Scope and Contents

This collection includes photocopies of typewritten transcriptions of letters written to and from Asa W., Jonah G., and Rice M. Porter and Porter family members while the brothers served in the Civil War. The bulk of the letters were written from July 1861 to March 1862, but there are two letters from Rice written in 1865.

Dates

  • 1861-1865

Conditions Governing Access

This collection is open for research.

Conditions Governing Use

Legal title, copyright, and literary rights reside with Rare Books and Manuscripts, Indiana State Library, Indianapolis, IN. All requests to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted to Rare Books and Manuscripts.

Biographical / Historical

Asa C. Porter came to Indiana from Kentucky in 1816 when he was about 12 years old. He married Lucinda Glover and they had a number of children. The family moved to Jasper County, Indiana around 1848. In the first year of the Civil War, their sons Asa W. (1837-1862) and Jonah G. (1840-1861) mustered into Company G, 9th Indiana Regiment. Jonah was killed at Buffalo Mountain on December 12, 1861 and Asa died on May 9, 1862 at Rensselaer, Indiana from wounds received at the Battle of Shiloh. Their son Rice mustered into Company H, 151st Indiana Regiment on February 7, 1865 and died few months later at a hospital in Nashville, Tennessee on June 24, 1865.

Sources:

Ancestry.com. "Lucinda Porter." 1850 United States Federal Census. Accessed April 2, 2019. https://www.ancestrylibrary.com/.

FindaGrave.com. "Rice M. Porter." Memorial ID 3198706. Accessed April 2, 2019. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/3198706/rice-m-porter.

Indiana Adjutant General's Office and William H.H. Terrell. Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Indiana, Volume IV, 1861-1865. Indianapolis: Samuel M. Douglas, State Printer, 1866. https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/000452138.

Indiana Adjutant General's Office and William H.H. Terrell. Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Indiana, Volume V11, 1861-1865. Indianapolis: Samuel M. Douglas, State Printer, 1867. https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/000452138.

[Mr. Asa Porter.] Delphi Journal (IN), January 27, 1875.

Extent

0.01 Cubic Feet (1 folder)

Language of Materials

English

Arrangement

This collection is arranged chronologically.

Custodial History

This collection was received by Rare Books and Manuscripts as a records transfer OR donation from Ellen K. Brusnahan in 1979/06.

Accruals

No further additions are expected.

Processing Information

Collection processing completed 2019/04/02 by Laura Eliason. EAD finding aid created 2019/04/02 by Laura Eliason.
Title
Porter family letters
Status
Completed
Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin

Repository Details

Part of the Rare Books and Manuscripts Repository

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