Herbert Eugene Valentine

Civil War watercolours

Series note

This series consists of 26 watercolours painted by Herbert Eugene Valentine while serving in the Union Army during the Civil War. Documentation relating to the War Department's acquistion of the Valentine sketches was not located. The sketches were probably collected, however, by the Army War College, Historical Section. An annotation on item two in the series indicates that the sketches were received in 1923 from H. E. Valentine, 141 Milk Street, Boston, Massachusettes. During most of his military service, Valentine served as a clerk in the division headquarters. His duties were episodic allowing him considerable free time which he used to make sketches of military life. His diary, which is in the custody of the Wilson Library at the University of North Carolina, contains almost daily entries about the subjects of his sketches. Pictured in the Valentine watercolors are the Beaufort, South Carolina harbour; forts; guardhouses and guardposts; an army hospital; the steamers Convoy, Escort, and Champion; gunboats running the rebel batteries; a railroad station; graves of soldiers; and army headquarters and field offices at St. Helena, South Carolina, Petersburg and Bermuda Hundred, Virginia, and New Berne, North Carolina. Of the 26 pictures, half show scenes in North Carolina, seven in South Carolina, five in Virginia and one in Annapolis, Maryland.

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Herbert Eugene Valentine's Sketches of Civil War Scenes, compiled 1923 - 1923, documenting the period 1861 - 1864
Author	Herbert Eugene Valentine  (1841–1917)     Alternative names H. E. Valentine Description American soldier, painter, historian and memoirist He enlisted in the U.S. Army on 5 October 1861 at Salem, Massachusetts. Shortly thereafter, he was mustered into Company F, 23rd Regiment, Massachusetts Volunteers where he served as a clerk and occasionally drew military maps. Valentine was first sent to Annapolis, Maryland and then to North Carolina. While stationed in North Carolina, he took part in the expedition against Roanoke Island, the New Bern campaign, and other engagements. Later in the war, Valentine served in South Carolina in the vicinity of Port Royal, Hilton Head and St. Helena. In Virginia, Valentine served at Cold Harbor and took part in the siege of Petersburg. Valentine chose not to re-enlist and was discharged on 16 October 1864. Details of Valentine's life after the Civil War are sketchy. He did return to Massachusetts where he spent the remainder of his life. In 1896, Valentine published Story of Co. F, 23d Massachusetts Volunteers in the War For the Union 1861-1865. He died on 17 June 1917. The source for this biographical sketch is the inventory of the Herbert Eugene Valentine Papers, Wilson Library, Manuscripts Department, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 27514. Date of birth/death 18 January 1841  17 June 1917  Location of birth/death South Danvers (now Peabody), United States of America West Somerville  Work period American Civil War Work location Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Massachusetts Authority file : Q21168953 VIAF: 72977912 LCCN: n88667959 NAID: 10571760 WorldCat creator QS:P170,Q21168953
Record creator InfoField	War Department. (1789 - 09/18/1947)
Title	Herbert Eugene Valentine's Sketches of Civil War Scenes, compiled 1923 - 1923, documenting the period 1861 - 1864
Date	1861 - 1864
Collection	National Archives at College Park    Native name National Archives at College Park  Parent institution National Archives and Records Administration  Location College Park , United States of America Coordinates 39° 00′ 02″ N, 76° 57′ 34″ W   Established 1994  Website www.archives.gov/college-park  Authority file : Q38945047 NAID: 10048491 institution QS:P195,Q38945047 Still Picture Records Section, Special Media Archives Services Division (NWCS-S)
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  Hatteras Church, five miles from Hatteras Inlet, N. Carolina
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  Building used as Guardhouse for Rebel Prisoners, Winton, N. Carolina
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  Half Way House on Turnpike between Richmond and Petersburg
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  U. S. General Hospital, Hilton Head, S. Carolina
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  Boque Sound Blockhouse, N. Carolina
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  Stockaded Fort at Hilton Head, S. Carolina
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  Camp of Belger's Battery, Newport News, Virginia
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  Battery commanding the county bridge over the Trent River
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  Four Gun Battery on the railroad to Goldsboro, N. Carolina
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  Fort Spinola, near New Berne, N. Carolina
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  Fort Stevenson, near New Berne, N. Carolina
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  Steamer CHAMPION carried mail between Fortress Monroe and Newport News, Virginia
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  Beaufort Harbor and Fort Macon, N. Carolina, 1863
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  The advance of the Gunboats up the river to New Berne, N. Carolina
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  Steamer ESCORT in which Maj. General John G. Foster ran the rebel batteries
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  Seabrook Landing, near Port Royal, S. Carolina (Coaling Station)
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  Steamer CONVOY carried mail from Hilton Head to St. Helena, S. Carolina
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  Four Headquarters of Brig. General C. A. Heckman
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  Guardhouses of the 23rd Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry
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  Headquarters of Brig. General Stannard
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  Railroad Station at Morehead City, N. Carolina
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  Landing at St. Helena, Port Royal Harbor, S. Carolina
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  Brig. General Ledlie's Headquarters, St. Helena, S. Carolina
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  Quarters of the Provost Guard, St. Helena, S. Carolina
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  Field Office, 18th Army Corps, before Petersburg, Virginia
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  Interior of a Sibley Tent