Jeremiah T. Lockwood Collection
Scope and Content
The Jeremiah T. Lockwood Collection includes CDV portraits and passes including hospital passes and picket passes. Portraits include Lockwood as a soldier during the Civil War, the portraits of his mother and father that he carried throughout his service in the Civil War, reunions of McKeel Post at GAR events, and Lockwood in front of multiple Civil War monuments, and a portrait of him in his Civil War uniform and his son, Richard, in his WWI U.S. Army uniform. The photographs date from 1862-1923.
Dates
- 1862 - 1923
Creator
Language of Materials
Materials in this collection are in English.
Access Restrictions
The collection is open for research.
Use Restrictions
Permission to publish material from the Jeremiah T. Lockwood Collection must be obtained from Special Collections, Virginia Tech.
Biographical Note
Jeremiah Talcott Lockwood was born on November 3, 1846 in New Canaan, CT. He enlisted into the Co, A of the 4th New York Heavy Artillery on August 28, 1862. During his service, he carried photos of his parents. He was wounded on June 18, 1864 in Petersburg when a bullet hit him as the army advanced. He was discharged from military service after three years of service on August 28, 1865. Following the war, Lockwood was a furniture dealer and undertaker. He married Louisa Carpenter. They had one son, Richard C. Lockwood. Richard served in the U.S. Army in France during WWI. He died in 1925.
Special Collections and University Archives also contains small collection of additional biographical information in the accession file about Lockwood, available by request.
Extent
0.1 Cubic Feet (1 folder)
Abstract
The Jeremiah T. Lockwood Collection includes CDV portraits of Lockwood and his comrades and hospital passes and picket passes. The photographs date from 1862-1923.
Acquisition Information
The Jeremiah T. Lockwood Collection was purchased by Special Collections in 2017.
Rights Statements for Archival Description
The guide to the Jeremiah T. Lockwood Collection] by Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, is licensed under a CC0 (https://creativecommons.org/share-your-work/public-domain/cc0/).
Processing Information
The processing, arrangement, and description of the Jeremiah T. Lockwood Collection was completed in June 2019.
- Title
- Jeremiah T. Lockwood Collection, 1862-1923
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- AnnRea Fowler, Student Assistant and Kira A. Dietz, Archivist
- Date
- 2019 (CC0 1.0)
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
- Language of description note
- English
Repository Details
Part of the Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech Repository
Special Collections and University Archives, University Libraries (0434)
560 Drillfield Drive
Newman Library, Virginia Tech
Blacksburg Virginia 24061 US
540-231-6308
specref@vt.edu