DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY
Title:
Root family papers,
1830-1970.
Collection Number:
3894
Creator:
Quantity:
1 cubic ft.
Forms of Material:
Repository:
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library
Abstract:
Civil War letters and diaries of William Harrison Root, a lieutenant in Company B, 75th Regiment, New York Volunteers. Also
a notebook of Root's, clippings, and his account book of Company B, 1861. Also, letters, and typescripts of selected letters
and reminiscences, of Helen Isabel Root (Cornell University Class of 1896), a missionary in Ceylon and India. Additional material
includes account books, clippings, correspondence, pamphlets, genealogical charts, deeds and other legal documents, and photographs.
Material concerns areas of Fort Byron, Cayuga County; Virgil, Cortland County; and Spencer, Tioga County, New York.
Language:
Collection material in English
BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE
William Harrison Root of Port Byron, Cayuga County, New York, was the father of Helen Isabel Root. A lieutenant in Company
B, 75th Regiment, New York Volunteers, he was captured in action at Sabine Pass, Texas in September 1863, and exchanged in
July 1864. He was present at every battle of his regiment, being released from enemy prison in time to fight in the battles
of Winchester and Cedar Creek.
COLLECTION DESCRIPTION
Civil War letters and diaries of William Harrison Root, a lieutenant in Company B, 75th Regiment, New York Volunteers. Also
a notebook of Root's, clippings, and his account book of Company B, 1861. Also, letters, and typescripts of selected letters
and reminiscences, of Helen Isabel Root (Cornell University Class of 1896), a missionary in Ceylon and India. Additional material
includes account books, clippings, correspondence, pamphlets, genealogical charts, deeds and other legal documents, and photographs.
Material concerns areas of Fort Byron, Cayuga County; Virgil, Cortland County; and Spencer, Tioga County, New York.
SUBJECTS
Names:
Root family.
Root, Helen Isabel, 1873-1945
Root, William Harrison, b.1841.
United States.Army.Company B.Regiment, 75th.
Subjects:
Missions--Ceylon.
Missions--India.
Places:
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865.
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Campaigns.
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Equipment and supplies.
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Regimental histories.
Cortland County (N.Y.)
Fort Byron (N.Y.).
Cayuga County (N.Y.)
Spencer (N.Y.).
Tioga County (N.Y.)
Virgil (N.Y.).
Form and Genre Terms:
Diaries.
Genealogies.
Photoprints.