04301cpcaa2200757 i 4500 18604899 20260526175417.3 150505|||||||||||| eng 18604899 7 cbc orignew u ncip 20 y-manuscri LCAP batch update 2025-06-02-04:00: LCAPM-893 mm2015085998 MSS85998 : Manuscript Division collection ID lcmd DLC eng dacs DLC DLC W lcmd MMC-3908 Kline, Charles, 1840-1903. Charles Kline papers, 1862-1907 (bulk 1862-1864). 125 items. 2 containers. 0.6 linear feet. Arranged alphabetically by type of material. Open to research. Correspondence including originals and transcripts of letters, envelopes, newspaper clippings, pension documents, a copy of a photograph, and a drawing relating mainly to Kline's Civil War service with the 115th New York Infantry Regiment, Company D. Subjects include Kline's capture at Harpers Ferry, W. Va., and time in a prison camp in Chicago, Ill.; daily camp life; his service near Alexandria, Va., and Hilton Head, S.C.; the hospital in Hilton Head; the area of Hilton Head and Beaufort, S.C.; engagements to take the city of Charleston, S.C.; training African-American draftees and volunteers; service near Bermuda Hundred and Petersburg, Va.; and his injuries from an assault on Fort Gilmer and recovery at Hampton Military Hospital, Va. Includes a letter (1864 June 22; Point of Rocks, Va.) describing a camp inspection by President Abraham Lincoln, General Benjamin F. Butler, and staff. Correspondents include Kline's mother, Alida Kline, and his sisters, Ann Maria Kline and Sarah J. Kline. Gift, David O. McNeil, 2015. Union army officer. Collection material in English. Finding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room and at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms015022 Butler, Benjamin F. (Benjamin Franklin), 1818-1893. Kline, Alida Correspondence. Kline, Ann Maria Correspondence. Kline, Sarah J. Correspondence. Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865. Kline family Correspondence. United States. Army Military life. United States. Army. New York Infantry Regiment, 115th (1862-1865). Company D. Hampton Military Hospital. Military hospitals South Carolina Hilton Head. Military hospitals Virginia Hampton. Prisoners of war Illinois Chicago. Alexandria (Va.) History. Beaufort (S.C.) History. Bermuda Hundred (Va.) History. Charleston (S.C.) History. Harpers Ferry (W. Va.) History. Hilton Head (S.C.) History. New York (State) History Civil War, 1861-1865. Petersburg (Va.) History Siege, 1864-1865. South Carolina Description and travel. South Carolina History Civil War, 1861-1865. United States History Civil War, 1861-1865. United States History Civil War, 1861-1865 Campaigns. United States History Civil War, 1861-1865 Hospitals. United States History Civil War, 1861-1865 Health aspects. United States History Civil War, 1861-1865 Medical care. United States History Civil War, 1861-1865 Participation, African American. United States History Civil War, 1861-1865 Prisoners and prisons. Virginia History Civil War, 1861-1865. West Virginia History Civil War, 1861-1865. Fort Gilmer (Va.) Army officers. itoamc Library of Congress Manuscript Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA dcu http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/mss.home Finding aid http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms015022 Finding aid (PDF) http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms015022.3 MSS. mss/ead