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Catalog Record: https://lccn.loc.gov/mm2017086182
Collection material in English
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the LC Catalog. They are grouped by name of person or organization, by subject or location, and by occupation and listed alphabetically.
The Benjamin Franklin Fuller papers were given to the Library of Congress by Lynn Fuller in 2017.
The status of copyright in the unpublished writings of Benjamin Franklin Fuller is governed by the Copyright Law of the United States (Title 17, U.S.C.).
The papers of Benjamin Franklin Fuller are open to research. Researchers are advised to contact the Manuscript Reading Room prior to visiting. Many collections are stored off-site and advance notice is needed to retrieve these items for research use.
Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: Container number, Benjamin Franklin Fuller Papers, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
The papers of Benjamin Franklin Fuller, a Union artilleryman who served in Company A,
1st New York Light Artillery Regiment, span the years 1856-1971, with the bulk of the
material dated between 1861 and 1899. The papers consist of correspondence, photographs
and miscellaneous material. The correspondence consists of fifteen letters written by
Fuller to his wife Emma while he served in the Union army during the Civil War. The
letters cover a breadth of topics ranging from military activity to the couple’s two
children, Robert and John. The letters written between 1861 and 1862 describe the Army
of the Potomac’s preparation for the Peninsular Campaign of 1862 under General George
Brinton McClellan, as well as major battles including the Siege of Yorktown, Virginia,
the Battle of Williamsburg, Virginia, and the Battle of Seven Pines, Virginia (also
known as the Battle of Fair Oaks). In two letters from 1862, Fuller describes the
ascension of Lowe’s reconnaissance balloon at Warwick, Virginia, and the threat posed by
the Confederate warship CSS
In addition to Fuller’s Civil War letters, the collection also includes family correspondence consisting of letters written by Emma Fuller, her sister Lavina, and her daughter-in-law Phebe Fuller. Two letters, one written by Emma to her son Robert in 1882 and the other from Robert’s wife, Phebe, to her son in 1941, refer to a family Bible they passed down to their sons. The last remaining page of the Bible describes the Fuller genealogy and is included with the letters. Additionally, the collection contains a Fuller family tree and several photographs of Benjamin Fuller and various family members.
This collection is arranged alphabetically by type of material and chronologically therein.
Catalog Record: https://lccn.loc.gov/mm2017086182