02532mpc  2200421u  4500001000800000005001700008008004100025035002400066035002200090040002400112100001700136245003600153300001600189524011300205545040500318520063200723600003701355600007201392610005501464650002201519650002101541651005001562651006101612651007401673651007601747651007201823651002701895651002301922651002501945651002001970651002401990651001902014655001302033655001702046655001702063905002102080998000902101210346919991101120000.0840621i18301970nyu                 eng d  a(CStRLIN)NYCV84A946  a(NIC)notisAKU2662  aNICcNICeappmdNIC3 aRoot family.00aRoot family papers,f1830-1970.  a1 cubic ft.  aRoot Family. Papers, #3894. Department of Manuscripts and University Archives, Cornell University Libraries.  aWilliam 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.  aCivil 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.10aRoot, William Harrison,db.1841.10aRoot, Helen Isabel,d1873-1945u(Cornell University Class of 1896).20aUnited States.bArmy.bCompany B.bRegiment, 75th. 0aMissionszCeylon. 0aMissionszIndia. 0aUnited StatesxHistoryxCivil War, 1861-1865. 0aUnited StatesxHistoryxCivil War, 1861-1865xCampaigns. 0aUnited StatesxHistoryxCivil War, 1861-1865xEquipment and supplies. 0aUnited StatesxHistoryyCivil War, 1861-1865vPersonal      narratives. 0aUnited StatesxHistoryxCivil War, 1861-1865xRegimental histories. 0aCortland County (N.Y.) 0aFort Byron (N.Y.). 0aCayuga County (N.Y.) 0aSpencer (N.Y.). 0aTioga County (N.Y.) 0aVirgil (N.Y.). 7aDiaries. 7aGenealogies. 7aPhotoprints.  a19991101120000.0  s9554