48th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry Poll Book

Access and use

Location of collection:
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Special Collections, University Libraries (0434)
Newman Library
Virginia Tech
P.O. Box 90001
560 Drillfield Drive
Blacksburg, VA 24062-9001
Contact for questions and access:
Phone: (540) 231-6308
Fax: (540) 231-3694
Restrictions:

The collection is open to research.

Terms of access:

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Preferred citation:

Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: [identification of item], [folder], 48th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry Poll Book, 1864, Ms1998-021, Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Va.

Summary

Extent:
1 Cubic Feet 1 oversize
Abstract:
This collection contains an 1864 poll book from the 48th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry.
Language:
The materials in the collection are in English.
Preferred citation:

Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: [identification of item], [folder], 48th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry Poll Book, 1864, Ms1998-021, Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Va.

Background

Scope and content:

This collection contains an 1864 poll book from the 48th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry. The poll book includes a list of men from the regiment, their county of origin, and the total number of votes cast for congressional candidates, and candidates in various local elections. The local elections being held were for Sheriff, Clerk of Orphan's Court, Coroner, County Commissioner, Director of the Poor, and County Auditor.

Biographical / historical:

The 48th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry was organized in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania in September of 1861. The regiment served for the length of the Civil War, mustering out on July 17, 1865. The regiment fought in a number of important battles during the war. These included the Battles of Bull Run, Antietam, Fredericksburg, Spotsylvania Court House, Cold Harbor, and Petersburg. Over the course of the war the regiment lost 11 officers and 145 enlisted in battle, and 2 officers and 142 enlisted to disease.

Source: Battle Unit Details: 48th Regiment, Pennsylvania Infantry

Acquisition information:
The 48th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry Poll Book was purchased by Special Collecitons and University Archives in November 1998.
Processing information:

The processing, arrangement, and description of the 48th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry Poll Book was completed in October 2023.

Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard