Lt. Henry Allen Buck Civil War Papers, 1858-1863 (majority within 1862-1863)
0.5 linear feet
The University of Michigan graduate (B.A.1858, M.A. 1861) who practiced law in Grand Rapids, Mich. Buck joined the 51st Illinois Infantry Regiment of Volunteers in 1862. He was killed on September 19, 1863, at the Battle of Chickamauga. The letters and diary are entirely concerned with his experiences and observations while serving with the Union Army. A biography of Buck, and his obituary, are included in the papers.
Within this collection is Buck's diary (the original, damaged by a bullet), a transcribed copy of the diary (hand unknown), Buck's letters home to his family in Ypsilanti, his obituary, a map of the Battlefield of Stone River, and his officers' bars (indicators of rank).