Dwight J. Brewer papers, 1862-1898 (majority within 1862-1865)

University of Michigan Bentley Historical Library

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Ann Arbor, MI 48109-2113, USA

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Restrictions:: The collection is open for research use. Digital files are accessible from the Bentley Historical Library Reading Room.

Creator:: Brewer, Dwight J.
Abstract:: Dwight J. Brewer served in the Michigan Twentieth Infantry during the Civil War. Collection includes family correspondence and Brewer's military papers and diary.
Extent:: 0.3 linear feet
393.3 MB (online)
Language:: English
Call Number:: 2014076 Aa 2
Authors:: Finding aid created by Olga Virakhovskaya

Scope and Content:: Letters written to the family by Dwight Brewer during the Civil War. Some letters were written together with Edwin Stearns, who served with Brewer. Photocopies and originals of Brewer's military papers and a modern color photograph of an original 1898 family photo.
Biographical / Historical:: Dwight J. Brewer served in the Michigan Twentieth Infantry during the Civil War. The Brewer family settled in the area of lower Michigan near the town of Jackson before 1854. The Brewer family was related my marriage to Stearns family.
Acquisition Information:: Donated to the Bentley Historical Library by Dennette Derbby McDermott (donor no. 11092 ) in 2014-2015.
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Accruals:: Periodic additions to the records expected.
Rules or Conventions:: Finding aid prepared using Describing Archives: A Content Standard (DACS)

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Subjects:: Families.
Formats:: Digital file formats.
Photographs.
Names:: United States. Army. Michigan Infantry Regiment, 20th (1862-1865)
Brewer family.
Stearns family.
Brewer, Dwight J.
Stearns, Edwin.
Places:: United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865.

RESTRICTIONS:: The collection is open for research use. Digital files are accessible from the Bentley Historical Library Reading Room.
USE & PERMISSIONS:: Donor(s) have transferred any applicable copyright to the Regents of the University of Michigan but the collection may contain third-party materials for which copyright was not transferred. Patrons are responsible for determining the appropriate use or reuse of materials.

PREFERRED CITATION:: [item], folder, box, Dwight J. Brewer, Bentley Historical Library, University of Michigan