John C. Ballintine family papers, 1850-1864

Summary

Creator:

Ballintine, Elliot C. and Ballintine, John C., 1842-1902

Date:

1850-1864

Extent:

3.2 Linear Feet (1 half box, 3 flat boxes)

Language:

English

Preferred citation:

John C. Ballantine family papers, ms17, Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, The University of Georgia Libraries.

Background

Scope and content:

The collection consists of the papers of John C. Ballintine from 1850-1864. It is primarily correspondence from siblings, friends, and relations during the Civil War mainly while he was being held as a prisoner of war in Annapolis, Maryland. The collection also contains an U.S. Infantry Tactics book (1862) and an enrollment list containing the name, age, occupation, and nationality of persons liable to military duty in the town of Chili, Monroe County, New York (1863). Also includes material belonging to Elliot C. Ballintine including artifacts relating to his Spanish American War service; a souvenir book of the 3rd Regiment U.S. Volunteer Engineers from Camp Fornanie, Macon, Georgia. (1898); a notebook containing maps, notations about terrain, water, etc.; and a photograph of Elliot.

Biographical / historical:

John C. Ballintine was born in Rochester, New York in 1842 and lived in Scottsville, Monroe County, New York. He served in the 13th Regiment New York Volunteers during the Civil War and was captured and later paroled at Annapolis, Maryland. After the war (ca. 1877-1902) he lived in Bay Saint Louis, Mississippi and died in 1902.

Related

Other descriptive data:

Portions of this collection have been digitized and are available online as part of America's Turning Point: Documenting the Civil War Experience in Georgia.

Indexed terms

Subjects:

Soldiers -- New York (State)
Spanish-American War, 1898.
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865.

Names:

United States. Army. New York Infantry Regiment, 13th (1861-1863)
United States. Army. Volunteer Engineers, 3rd. Company B

Places:

Monroe County (N.Y.)
Annapolis (Md.) -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Prisoners and prisons.
Camp Fornanie (Macon, Ga.)

Terms of access:

No Copyright – United States: Collection is in the Public Domain under the laws of the United States. http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/ For additional information, please contact the Special Collections Libraries at sclib@uga.edu.

Preferred citation:

John C. Ballantine family papers, ms17, Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, The University of Georgia Libraries.