Scope and Content From the Collection: This collection contains photocopies of the American Civil War letters and journals of Henry Clay Trumbull, who served as chaplain in the 10th Connecticut Infantry during the Civil War. The first letter in the collection, written by Trumbull from Charleston, South Carolina, on July 20, 1863, is addressed to an unnamed provost marshal and is in protest of being held a prisoner-of-war. Nearly all of the letters that follow are addressed to Trumbull's wife Alice. They commence with...

Scope and Content From the Collection: This collection contains photocopies of the American Civil War letters and journals of Henry Clay Trumbull, who served as chaplain in the 10th Connecticut Infantry during the Civil War. The first letter in the collection, written by Trumbull from Charleston, South Carolina, on July 20, 1863, is addressed to an unnamed provost marshal and is in protest of being held a prisoner-of-war. Nearly all of the letters that follow are addressed to Trumbull's wife Alice. They commence with...