SC21160
Local system #: (N) SC21160
Author: Wead, Frederick F.
Title: Papers, 1823-1896; bulk:1861-1865.
Quantity: l box (.30 cu.ft.)
Scope note: Civil War papers of Frederick F. Wead of Malone, NY include
letters written to his father, S.C. Wead, as an officer in the
16th New York Infantry Regiment (May-Sep. 1861), as
aide-de-campe to Gen. Henry W. Slocum on detached service
(Sep. 1861-Aug. 1862), and as Lt. Col. of the 98th New York
Infantry Regiment (Sep. 1862-1864).
Wead's letters describe camp life, garrison duties, time
awaiting marching orders, and action seen during the
Peninsular Campaign, in particular at Yorktown, Gaines's Mill,
and Harrison's Landing (1862), and at Drewry's Bluff (1864).
Wead was killed at the Battle of Cold Harbor on 3 June 1864.
Scope note: Additional subjects include Wead's support of Gen.
George McClellan in 1861 and 1862 and charges made
against Wead as commander of the 98th NY in North
Carolina stemming from a dispute with Col. Draper of the
2nd NC Colored Volunteers regarding the latter's burning
of houses and the taking of two women as hostages.
Scope note: Also included are manuscript maps of engagements at
Chickahominy and Yorktown, returns for ordnance for the
98th NY, and letters to S.C. Wead about his son's death.
Preferred citation: Frederick F. Wead Papers, 1822-1896.
Personal subject: McClellan, George Brinton, 1826-1885.
Corporate subject: United States. Army New York Infantry Regiment, 16th
(1861-1863)
Corporate subject: United States. Army. New York Infantry Regiment, 98th
(1862-1865)
Subject: Peninsular Campaign, 1862.
Geographic terms: United States History Civil War, 1861-1865 Campaigns.
Geographic terms: New York (State) History Civil War, 1861-1865.
Geographic terms: Virginia History Civil War, 1861-1865.
Geographic terms: United States History Civil War, 1861-1865 Maps.
Form/genre terms: Letters. aat
Form/genre terms: Maps. aat
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