Stevens family correspondence

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Muster Roll of Company II, undated

Muster Roll of Company II of the 6th Regiment of the Infantry, undated.

Collection area: Arizona and Southwest

Collection dates: 1831-1875 bulk (bulk 1862-1875)

About this collection

Correspondence between members of the Calvin Stevens family, chiefly sons Albion, 1862-1863, George, 1862-1863, and Herman, while serving in the Civil War. Later correspondence from Herman relates mining and railroad activities in California, the Northwest, Arizona and New Mexico.

Photocopies of original material, made with permission of relatives.

Historical background

Residents of Rockton, Ill. Albion, George, and Herman, sons of Calvin Stevens, served in the U.S. Army as volunteers during the Civil War.

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