Malone-Finnerty Family Papers, 1862-1941

  • IdentificationMidwest MS 190
  • TitleMalone-Finnerty Family Papers, 1862-1941 Midwest.MS.190
  • PublisherThe Newberry Library - Modern Manuscripts
  • RepositoryThe Newberry Library - Modern Manuscripts
  • Physical Description0.1 linear feet (1 folder)
  • Date1862-1941
  • Location1 1 2
  • AbstractMalone and Finnerty family correspondence and documents pertaining to deaths from 1862 to 1941. Early correspondence from the Civil War is from James W. Finnerty, a soldier, to his mother and sister. The Civil War letters describe Finnerty's experience traveling with troops through St. Louis, where rebels captured two steamboats in Duck River Bend.
  • OriginationFinnerty, James W.

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Malone and Finnerty family correspondence and documents pertaining to deaths from 1862 to 1941. Early correspondence from the Civil War is from James W. Finnerty, a soldier, to his mother and sister. The Civil War letters describe Finnerty's experience traveling with troops through St. Louis, where rebels captured two steamboats in Duck River Bend. Further, letters also detail his experience in the Battle of Corinth in Mississippi. Later letters from Finnerty to his sister Elizabeth Malone dscuss family deaths, illnesses, and money issues while he was living in Chicago. Later correspondence, primarily to Elizabeth Malone in Chicago, concerning family matters and the state of Europe during WWI, where Malone's niece Florence Carreau was living.

  • NamesMalone, Russ
  • Subject
    • Chicago
    • Civil War
    • Family Papers
    • World War, 1914-1918 -- Women -- Europe -- Correspondence
  • Geographic Coverage
    • Mississippi -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives
    • Saint Louis (Mo.) -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Military life