Date Original
1856-1898
Description
This scrapbook was compiled by the family of William Starling/Sterling, a Union Army officer from Frankfort, Kentucky. The scrapbook includes clippings, funeral notices, photographs, currency, correspondence, broadsides, military orders, maps, and poems. It also contains a printed history of the Spanish-American War.
Biographical/Historical Note
William Starling/Sterling, a major in Company K, Eighth Kentucky Infantry, United States Army, during the Civil War, was born about 1833 in Rushville, New York. A topographical engineer by profession, he served in the Third Division of the Twenty-First Corps in the Atlanta Campaign. He was a long-time citizen of Frankfort, Kentucky, where he died in 1905.
Physical Description
Document, 8.5" x 11"
Geographical Area
Kentucky
Language
English
Identifier
MG.00264
Resource Type
Text
Collection
Starling family scrapbook, MG.00264
Publisher
Arkansas State Archives
Contributing Entity
Arkansas State Archives
Recommended Citation
Starling Family scrapbook, 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
