George Washington Butterfield Papers, 1836-1986, and undated
approximately 1 cubic feet (in 1 box, 1 Oversized folder)
The papers consists personal and family biographical materials, correspondence, Civil War diaries, photographs, clippings, and publications.
The collection includes correspondence between Charles and his wife and their friends. Charles’ diary and four Civil War era letters describe the weather, military drills, skirmishes with the enemy, the failures of Gen. A. E. Burnside, heavy federal losses, many prisoners being taken, Negro troops, fighting, and marches to Bardston, Lebanon, Jamestown, and Memphis, Tennessee.
Also included is a 2003 CMU student term paper (74 pages) by Kathryn S. Anderson entitled “The 1863 Civil War Journal of Charles Horace Hodskin, 1836-1905,” which is a transcription of his diary.