Date Original
1863-1904
Description
This collection contains a discharge certificate for Oliver C. Atchison from 1865 and a letter from the U.S. Bureau of Pensions to Elizabeth Atchison from 1904 concerning a pension for Oliver C. Atchison.
Biographical/Historical Note
Oliver C. Atchison was born in 1843 in Ohio. He was a private in the Union army who enlisted on January 2, 1864. He was in Company A, 16th Regiment of Iowa Veteran Infantry Volunteers. He mustered out on June 7, 1865. He was married to Elizabeth or "Lizzie" Atchison. The two eventually moved to Malvern, Arkansas. Atchison was a potter, but soon began making bricks. His bricks were used in the construction of the Arlington Hotel in Hot Springs, Arkansas. He died on March 18, 1891. He and Elizabeth Atchison are both buried at Oak Ridge Cemetery in Malvern.
Physical Description
Document, 8.5" x 11"
Geographical Area
Arkansas
Language
English
Identifier
SMC.178.005
Resource Type
Text
Collection
Oliver C. Atchison Civil War discharge papers, SMC.178.005
Publisher
Arkansas State Archives
Contributing Entity
Arkansas State Archives
Recommended Citation
Oliver C. Atchison Civil War discharge papers, Arkansas State Archives, Little Rock, Arkansas.
Rights
Use and reproduction of images held by the Arkansas State Archives without prior written permission is prohibited. For information on reproducing images held by the Arkansas State Archives, please call 501-682-6900 or email at state.archives@arkansas.gov.
Disciplines
United States History
