Manuscript Group 333
GEORGE WASHINGTON FENN PAPERS
1829, 1861-1927 & undated
.75 cubic feet
Born in Lichfiel, Connecticut, George Washington Fenn (1845-1866) enlisted as
a private in Company A, 127th Regiment of the Pennsylvania Volunteers in 1862.
He later served as a 2nd Leiutenant in Company I, 181st Regiment, and was eventually
promoted to the rank of captain in Company C, 201st Regiment, Penmnsylvania Volunteers.
Fenn saw action at a number of engagements, including Manassas Gap, Virginia and
served as a judge advocate for military court martial cases. He was captured in
1865 and later escaped, dying in 1866 of a sickness probably contracted during
his military service.
Fenn's military papers include: Commissions, General and Special Orders, and a
Journal of Court Martial Cases at Alexandria, Virginia, 1864-1865; soldiers' memorials
for Co. D, 11th Regiment and Company C, 201st Regiment, undated; pension application
papers, 1877-1888; Fenn's correspondence to his wife (Mrs Anna Robert Fenn) 1863-1865;
general family correspondence, 1866-1927 & undated; copies of the Upper Dauphin
Register, 1864-1865; genealogical materials, undated; diary of Samuel K. Dietrich,
1862-1864; undated photographs of Fenn, his wife and various family members and
the family home in Portland, Oregon; and a Roberts family Bible. Fenn's military
uniform accessories were donated to the William Penn Memorial Museum.
Military Papers, 1864-1866. (7 folders) {#333m.1}
Personal and Family Papers, 1829, 1862-1927. (5 folders, 8 items) {#333m.2}
