Stewart Bell Jr. Archives
Handley Regional Library
Winchester-Frederick County Historical Society
P.O. Box 58, Winchester, VA 22604
(540) 662-9041 ext. 17
archives@handleyregional.org
www.handleyregional.org
1534 WFCHS
Scope and Content: This collection contains copies of letters written by Colonel James E. Crowther during his service in the 110th Infantry, Pennsylvania Volunteers during the American Civil War. The letters are dated from May 1861 to April 1863. His letters that are dated March and April 1862 are from Winchester, VA.
(1 box) Last updated 09/04.
Biographical/Historical: The 110th Infantry was organized at Camp Curtin, Harrisburg, PA, August 19, 1861. The unit fought Stonewall Jackson’s Confederates at the Battle of Kernstown on March 23, 1862. The unit was stationed on guard duty in Winchester for April 1862. The unit mustered out on June 28, 1865.
Bibliography: The Union army: A History of Military Affairs in the Loyal States 1861-1865--Records of the Regiments of the Union army--Cyclopedia of Battles--Memoirs of Commanders and Soldiers. Wilmington, NC; Broadfoot Publishing, 1997.
Cite As: James E. Crowther Papers, 1534 WFCHS, Stewart Bell Jr. Archives, Handley Regional Library, Winchester, VA, USA.
Organization:
*Note:* Items cannot be reproduced in their entirety without permission of the donor.
Box 1
Letters written by Colonel James E. Crowther during his service in the 100th Infantry, Pennsylvania Volunteers.
| Date | Location |
| May 1, 1861 | Camp Curtin |
| May 6, 1861 | Camp Curtin |
| May 8, 1861 | Camp Curtin |
| May 20, 1861 | Camp Johnson |
| May 31, 1861 | Camp Johnson |
| June 5, 1861 | Camp Patterson |
| June 12, 1861 | Camp Patterson |
| June 19, 1861 | Camp Negley |
| June 29, 1861 | Camp Newton |
| July 8, 1861 | Near Martinsburg |
| July 10, 1861 | Camp Brown |
| July 16, 1861 | Camp at Bunker Hill |
| July 20, 1861 | Charlestown, VA |
| September 7, 1861 | Camp Mountain near Huntingdon |
| December 7, 1861 | Camp Curtin |
| December 19, 1861 | Camp Curtin |
| January 1, 1862 | Camp Curtin |
| January 6, 1862 | Hancock, MD |
| January 10, 1862 | Hancock, MD |
| January 12, 1862 | Cumberland, MD |
| January __, 1862 | Camp Lewis near Cumberland |
| February 2, 1862 | Cumberland, MD |
| February __, 1862 | South Branch, VA |
| February 25, 1862 | Paw Paw, VA |
| February 28, 1862 | Paw Paw, VA |
| March 1, 1862 | Paw Paw, VA |
| March 18, 1862 | Camp Shields, Winchester, VA |
| March 21, 1862 | Camp Shields, Winchester, VA |
| March 28, 1862 | Winchester, VA |
| April 3, 1862 | Winchester, VA |
| April 14, 1862 | Winchester, VA |
| April 23, 1862 | Winchester, VA |
| April 28, 1862 | Winchester, VA |
| May 10, 1862 | Turnpike South of New Market |
| May 19, 1862 | Warrington Station, VA |
| May 28, 1862 | Catlett’s Station, Alexandria R.R. |
| June 5, 1862 | Camp near Honey Oil |
| June 13, 1862 | Camp at Luray, VA |
| June 18, 1862 | Front Royal, VA |
| June 27, 1862 | Manassas Junction, VA |
| June 29, 1862 | Camp near Alexandria, VA |
| July 4, 1862 | Camp near Alexandria, VA |
| August 8, 1862 | Camp near Culpepper, VA |
| August 12, 1862 | Camp near Rapidan |
| August 16, 1862 | Camp near Rapidan River |
| September 21, 1862 | Camp at Arlington Heights |
| September 29, 1862 | Camp Cass, VA |
| October 7, 1862 | Camp Cass, VA |
| October 16, 1862 | Arlington Heights, VA |
| October 23, 1862 | Camp near Knoxville, MD |
| November 17, 1862 | Alexandria, VA |
| November 21, 1862 | Camp near Fredericksburg, VA |
| December 2, 1862 | Camp near Fredericksburg, VA |
| December 7, 1862 | Camp near Falmouth |
| December 18, 1862 | Camp near Falmouth |
| December 26, 1862 | Camp near Falmouth |
| December 28, 1862 | Camp near Falmouth |
| January 9, 1863 | Harrisburg, PA |
| February 13, 1863 | Washington, DC |
| March 4, 1863 | Camp near Falmouth |
| March 12, 1863 | Camp near Falmouth |
| March 26, 1863 | Camp near Falmouth |
| April 9, 1863 | Camp near Falmouth |
| April 13, 1863 | Camp near Falmouth |
| April 28, 1863 | Camp near Falmouth |
| April 22, 1863 | Camp near Falmouth |
CD and zip disk each containing images of the following
| Letters | Photos |
| 1861 letters | Pennsylvania camps near Falmouth, VA from Centre County Heritage, Vol. 35, No. 1 |
| 1862 letters | Tyrone Crowther—artillery |
| 1863 letters | Tattered flags |
| Sarah | |
| Colonel James C. Crowther |