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 — map-case: Drawer 18, Item: 10

Identifier: Item 10

Collection Statement

From the Collection:

Photographs, news clippings, 1882 and 1927-1928 regulations, brochures, and 1882 rating of the Cadet Corps.

Dates

Creation: 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.