GOODRICH, BLAKE.
Blake Goodrich reminiscences,
1911
Blake Goodrich reminiscences, 1911
Emory University
Stuart A. Rose Manuscript, Archives, and Rare Book Library
Atlanta, GA 30322
404-727-6887
rose.library@emory.edu
Permanent link: http://pid.emory.edu/ark:/25593/8zbjf
Table of Contents
Descriptive Summary
Creator: | Goodrich, Blake. |
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Title: | Blake Goodrich reminiscences, 1911 |
Call Number: | Manuscript Collection No. 369 |
Extent: | 1 microfilm reel (MF) |
Abstract: | Microfilm copy of the reminiscences of Blake Goodrich regarding his service in the 7th New Hampshire Infantry Regiment during the Civil War. |
Language: | Materials entirely in English. |
Administrative Information
Restrictions on access
Unrestricted access.
Terms Governing Use and Reproduction
All requests subject to limitations noted in departmental policies on reproduction.
Source
Loaned for microfilming, 1961.
Citation
[after identification of item(s)], Blake Goodrich reminiscenes, Manuscript, Archives and Rare Book Library, Emory University.
Processing
Processed by EK, April 1961.
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Collection Description
Biographical Note
Blake Goodrich was in the 7th New Hampshire Infantry Regiment during the Civil War; he served in Benjamin F. Butler's Army of the James. In 1911, at which time he was living in Derry, New Hampshire, he wrote down his reminiscences of the war for Master Paul Brigham of Macon, Georgia. Whether Paul Brigham was a young relative of Goodrich's is not indicated. Goodrich was chief clerk to General Godfrey Weitzel and was with him when he entered Richmond after its surrender.
Scope and Content Note
The collection consists of a microfilm copy of a 47-page manuscript of the reminiscences of Blake Goodrich written in 1911 which is divided into four sections: 1) The cause of the Civil War 1861/1865 and first great battle; 2) Guns used in the Civil War; 3) Campaign of the Army of the Potomac, May 3, 1864-April 9, 1865, the Army of the James and general and important matters; and 4) the last days of the Confederacy and the surrender of Lee. Much detail is given by Goodrich on the weapons used in the war, on the Confederates' appearance and reaction at Appomattox, on the Battle of the Wilderness, and on events leading to the fall of Richmond. Goodrich pays tribute to the Confederates' gallantry and endurance during the war.
Selected Search Terms
Personal Names
Corporate Names
- Confederate States of America. Army--Firearms.
- Confederate States of America. Army--Military life.
- United States. Army--Firearms.
- United States. Army--Military life.
- United States. Army. New Hampshire Infantry Regiment, 7th (1861-1865)
- United States. Army. Army of the James.
Topical Terms
- Appomattox Campaign, 1865.
- Firearms.
- Soldiers--New Hampshire.
- Veterans' writings, American.
- War--Attitudes.
- Wilderness, Battle of the, Va., 1864.
Geographic Names
- United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Personal narratives.
- Virginia--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Campaigns.