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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC08334.15 |
| From Archive Folder | Collection of correspondence of Wallace Mitchell, Union soldier |
| Title | The Star Spangled Banner Independent |
| Date | 1861 |
| Document Type | Newspapers and Magazines; Pamphlet |
| Content Description | Manuscript pamphlet "published" by G. B. Mitchell. The introduction states that it is "adapted to science, Literature, News, Romance, agriculture, Periculture and Learning. We do not endorse all we print". Included are reviews, patriotic poems, local news including marriages, and news from "our special correspondent". |
| Subjects | Civil War Military History Art, Music, Theater, and Film Patriotic Stationery and Postal Covers Literature and Language Arts Journalism Marriage Patriotism Poetry |
| People | Mitchell, George B. (d. 1865) |
| Theme | The American Civil War; Children & Family; Women in American History; Health & Medicine; Arts & Literature |
| Sub-collection | Papers and Images of the American Civil War |
| Additional Information | Folder information: Union soldier, 16th PA Cavalry, Archive of 32 letters, 1861-1867. Details of cavalry life in the Army of the Potomac, illustrations, Union Patriotic envelopes, etc., revealing the conditions in the army: "Our men are many of them almost naked and to tell the plain truth have nearly starved we have agree among ourselves not to send home any word about our condition until now." |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Civil War, Reconstruction and the Modern Era: 1860-1945 |