Battenfield, John Leonard

This artificial collection was begun as a catch-all for small single gifts and purchases, and to make them easier for scholars to search them. This assemblage consists primarily of documents, correspondence, photographs, broadsides and artifacts, dealing mostly with United States history.

American Civil War era correspondence between John Leonard Battenfield (Union soldier from Appleton, Ohio), his parents, and soldier friends:

Handwritten address, torn from the envelope on which it had been written; segment of braid with tassles, attached to a fragmwent of silk fabric.

Handwritten note titled, “Errands and Patrol.”

Letter from Battenfield’s father to John Leonard Battenfield.

Letter from Battenfield’s mother to John Leonard Battenfield. Includes handwritten transcription of same, 1p.

Letter from Edward Sprague to John Leonard Battenfield.

Letter from G.W. Simons to John Leonard Battenfield.

Perry Shaffer to John Leonard Battenfield. Includes a fragment of blue fabric.

Letters from S.W. Kinnell to John Leonard Battenfield.