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Chatelain, Ross, 1902-1997

 Person

Biography

Ross Chatelain is the great grandson of Henry W. Cansdell. Ross Chatelain was born around 1902 in Illinois and died around 1997 in Washington.

Found in 1 Collection or Record:

Henry Cansdell Collection

 Collection — Box 1 of 1: [Barcode: 31141024409562]
Identifier: RH-A-494
Scope and Contents

The collection is composed of 40 letters and 5 drawings/maps, the majority of them written by Henry William Cansdell (1808-1868) to his wife and daughters while he was in the Civil War and stationed in Tennessee, Wisconsin, Mississippi, and Alabama. The letters were written between December 1861 and 1864, with two other letters written in 1870.

Dates: Majority of material found within 1861-1864, 1870