Brooke, Samuel S. (Samuel Selden), 1841-1918
Person
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Samuel S. Brooke Civil War papers, 1862-1865 [digital]
Digital Collection
Identifier: http://digitalcollections.vmi.edu/digital/collection/p15821coll11/id/1923
Found in:
Virginia Military Institute Archives
Samuel S. Brooke Papers
Collection
Identifier: MS-0221
Scope and Contents
The papers consist of five letters, 1862-1864, to and from family members, largely concerned with personal family matters, but with some references to the war and civilian life in Fredericksburg and Richmond, Virginia. Other topics include the 47th Virginia Infantry Regiment, including comments about camp life. In addition to the correspondence, the papers contain commissions, orders, certificates, and miscellaneous official documents dating from Brooke's Civil War service and later...
