The University of Maryland has an interesting collection of sixty two letters from a family who lived in Maryland during the Civil War. This project consists primarily of Tillie Farquhar Sterling’s correspondence with her mother, which can provide an interesting look into daily life in Maryland between 1862 and 1864. Other letters in the collection include those written by Tillie’s husband, who was an officer in the US army. In addition, the site has a short essay that provides more information on the family’s history. The New York State Library also has a collection of letters from this family, although they have not been digitized yet.
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Sterling Family Papers
Posted by sailerd Published in Civil War (1861-1865), Letters & Diaries Themes: Battles & Soldiers, Women & Families
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Interesting site, thanks for the link.
[…] Confederate John Jacob Omenhausser, who was captured in 1864 and spent about a year at a Union prison camp in Maryland, filled a sketchbook with over sixty paintings of camp life. The University of Maryland does not have all of Omenhausser’s paintings, but this one is the largest. Omenhausser, who served with the 46th Virginia Infantry, moved to Richmond after the war and worked as a candy maker. He had two children and later died in 1877. The University of Maryland has a number of other interesting digital collections available, including the “Sterling Family Papers” – which I highlighted in a previous post. […]
I was excited to see this mention of the Sterling Family Papers website, which was a project I worked on with other graduate students while at University of Maryland. I wrote the biographical essay that accompanies the letters. These letters provided a fascinating glimpse into these conflicted times.
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