Jeremiah T. Lockwood Collection

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 for research.

Terms of access:

Permission to publish material from the Jeremiah T. Lockwood Collection must be obtained from Special Collections, Virginia Tech.

Preferred citation:

Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: Jeremiah T. Lockwood Collection, Ms2019-030, Special Collections, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Va.

Summary

Extent:
0.1 Cubic Feet 1 folder
Creator:
Lockwood, Jeremiah, Talcott, 1846-1925
Abstract:
The Jeremiah T. Lockwood Collection includes CDV portraits of Lockwood and his comrades and hospital passes and picket passes. The photographs date from 1862-1923.
Language:
Materials in this collection are in English.
Preferred citation:

Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: Jeremiah T. Lockwood Collection, Ms2019-030, Special Collections, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Va.

Background

Scope and content:

The Jeremiah T. Lockwood Collection includes CDV portraits and passes including hospital passes and picket passes. Portraits include Lockwood as a soldier during the Civil War, the portraits of his mother and father that he carried throughout his service in the Civil War, reunions of McKeel Post at GAR events, and Lockwood in front of multiple Civil War monuments, and a portrait of him in his Civil War uniform and his son, Richard, in his WWI U.S. Army uniform. The photographs date from 1862-1923.

Biographical / historical:

Jeremiah Talcott Lockwood was born on November 3, 1846 in New Canaan, CT. He enlisted into the Co, A of the 4th New York Heavy Artillery on August 28, 1862. During his service, he carried photos of his parents. He was wounded on June 18, 1864 in Petersburg when a bullet hit him as the army advanced. He was discharged from military service after three years of service on August 28, 1865. Following the war, Lockwood was a furniture dealer and undertaker. He married Louisa Carpenter. They had one son, Richard C. Lockwood. Richard served in the U.S. Army in France during WWI. He died in 1925.

Special Collections and University Archives also contains small collection of additional biographical information in the accession file about Lockwood, available by request.

Acquisition information:
The Jeremiah T. Lockwood Collection was purchased by Special Collections in 2017.
Processing information:

The processing, arrangement, and description of the Jeremiah T. Lockwood Collection was completed in June 2019.