Poster: The Life of James Riley Weaver, presented by Wesley W. Wilson, Author and Coordinator of Archives & Special Collections, DePauw University Archives, at the Sandusky Library, 2019-04-17

Item

Identifier: Item 75

Staff Only

Collection Statement

From the Collection:

Oversize photographs and manuscripts that are too large for file folders or flat boxes are stored in cabinets with flat drawers. These items are either DePauw and United methodist Church related.

Dates

Event: 2019-04-17

Access Restrictions

Collection is open for research.

Biographical / Historical

James Riley Weaver was a cavalry officer from Pennsylvania during the Civil War who later in life married Sandusky native Emma Matern. During his time in the Union army and in a Confederate Prisoner of War Camp, James kept a diary of his life. Learn about the life of this soldier and the writing of the book about his life, James Riley Weaver's Civil War: The Diary of a Union Cavalry Officer and Prisoner of War, 1863-1865.