Maschil Manring Materials
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Scope and Content Note
The collection features a typescript of one of Captain Maschil Manring's Civil War diaries, which offers brief accounts of his day-to-day experiences, focusing on food, weather, and troop movements. The typescript was created by the donor, Creta Gist, from the original diary. Also included are photocopies of correspondence by and records regarding Maschil Manring and photocopies of records regarding his brother George's death at the Battle of Champion's Hill.
Dates
- 1861-1905
Creator
- Manring, Maschil (Person)
Language of Materials
Materials are in English.
Access Information
Please call (479) 575-8444 or email specoll@uark.edu at least two weeks in advance of your arrival to ensure availability of the materials.
Use Information
No Use Restrictions Apply.
No Interlibrary Loan.
Standard Federal Copyright Laws Apply (U.S. Title 17).
Biographical Note
Maschil Manring was born September 5, 1825, in Gallia County, Ohio, to Jordan Manring, Jr., and Sarah Knox Manring. He briefly attended Kentucky's Augusta College before leaving to work in southern Ohio's iron industry. He married Ann Love on April 11, 1851; the couple had nine children. On September 26, 1861, he enlisted in the Union Army, where he served as a First Lieutenant and then as Captain of Company A in the Fifty-sixth Ohio Infantry. He saw action in several engagements in the Western Theater, including at Corinth and Vicksburg, and lost his brother George during the Vicksburg Campaign. In 1865, he and his family moved to Gentry County, Missouri, where Manring worked as a farmer until retiring in 1896. He passed away February 21, 1905, in McFall, Missouri.
Extent
0.25 Linear Feet (1 box)
Arrangement of the Papers
Materials are arranged by subject.
Acquisition Information
The Maschil Manring Materials were donated to the Special Collections Department by Creta Gist of McFall, Missouri, on August 10, 2002.
Processing Information
Processed by Katrina Windon; completed in May 2017.
Creator
- Manring, Maschil (Person)
- Title
- Maschil Manring Materials
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Katrina Windon
- Date
- 2017
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Finding aid is written in English.
Repository Details
Part of the Special Collections Department Repository
University of Arkansas Libraries
365 N. McIlroy Avenue
Fayetteville AR 72701 United States
(479) 575-8444
specoll@uark.edu