Title: Culver-Culbertson Family Papers, 1863-1982
Collection identifier: 571
Primary Creator: Culver-Culbertson Family
Extent: 1.0 folder. More info below.
Subjects: Fort Fisher (N.C.), Military, North Carolina--Kure Beach, United States--Civil War, 1861-1865, Virginia--Petersburg, Washington--Tacoma
Forms of Material: Family papers
The material in the collection includes letters between different relatives of Clara Culver Culbertson. Some letters are written by here brother Joseph E. Culver, who served in the 39th Pa. Vol. Inf. before receiving a commission in the U.S.C. Inf. The letters give brief accounts of events during the United States Civil War such as the siege of Petersburg and its aftermath, and the capture of Fort Fisher. Culver also reports on conditions in camps during the war. Other letters in the collection--primarily addressed to Clara--include accounts of various illnesses and cures on the frontier, and a detailed description of frontier Tacoma, Wash.
Clara Culver Culbertson, a native of Carlisle, Pa., taught school in Mount Holly Springs, Md., before marrying Dr. Samuel D. Culbertson in 1866.
Fort Fisher (N.C.)
Military
North Carolina--Kure Beach
United States--Civil War, 1861-1865
Virginia--Petersburg
Washington--Tacoma
Repository: Illinois History and Lincoln Collections
Alternate Extent Statement: (25 items)
Acquisition Source: Wallace Perry acquired this collection from the estate of Helen Culbertson, daughter of Clara. Perry's cousin, Rebecca O. Barber of Champaign, Ill., donated it to the Library in 1982.
URL: https://files.archon.library.illinois.edu/ihlcsfa/culver-culbertson.pdf
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