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CollectionHarold Horwitz collection : Veterans History Project (U.S.) Catalog Record Only A collection of correspondence, military orders, basic training graduation program, memos from Army leadership, a furlough intentary, and discharge page work documenting Harold Horwitz's service in the United States Army during World War II. The correspondence contains information about his in-processing at Fort Dix; basic training at Camp Crowder; cryptographer training in Washington, D.C., and at Vint Hill Farm Station in Virginia; and assignments...- Contributor: Horwitz, Harold - Veterans History Project (U.S.) - American Folklife Center - Machlis, Linda S.
- Date: 1943
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CollectionRobert Barnes Ware collection Veterans History Project (U.S.) Catalog Record Only The Ware collection contains correspondence, newspaper clippings, photographs, military reports, appointment letters, and military order documents concerning Ware's service in the United States Army during World War II from 1940 until his passing while in Normandy during the D-Day invasion. This collection also includes a biography about Wares' military service and a photograph of his grave marker in the Normandy American Cemetery in Colleville-sur-Mer,...
- Contributor: Robert B. Ware Jr - Ware, Robert Barnes - American Folklife Center - Veterans History Project (U.S.)
- Date: 1937
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CollectionHenry L. Abbot family papers, Catalog Record Only Correspondence, memoirs, diaries, writings, photographs, legal and financial records, biographical and genealogical material, military records, ships logs, maps, printed matter, mementos, and other papers primarily documenting Henry L. Abbot's service as topographical engineer and officer in the Union Army and family life and social activities in Massachusetts during the Civil War. Subjects include the First Battle of Bull Run, construction of fortifications around Washington,...
- Contributor: Abbot, Henry L.
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CollectionChandler B. Gillam papers, Catalog Record Only Correspondence primarily with Gillam's wife, Sarah Larned, and his parents; diary; journal; writings; Gillam (Gilliam) family papers; photograph; and other papers relating chiefly to his Civil War service with the Twenty-eighth New York Infantry Regiment, U.S. Army. Includes correspondence, diary, and pension papers of the regimental clerk, W.L. Hicks. Also includes one broadside relating to Capt. E.A. Bowen's Civil War service with the twenty-eighth...
- Contributor: Hicks, W. L. (Washington L.) - Gillam, Chandler B. - Collier, Ellen C. (Ellen Clodfelter)
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CollectionJean Waldman collection of Civil War papers, Catalog Record Only Correspondence, reports, paroles and passes, map, and other papers primarily regarding the Confederate campaign in southwestern Virginia. Correspondence relates chiefly to the Union Army's intelligence network and cryptography and to requests for baggage and ambulance transportation for homeward bound troops. Includes a print and manuscript copy of Robert E. Lee's General Order No. 9 announcing the surrender of the Army of Northern Virginia and...
- Contributor: Waldman, Jean
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CollectionBenjamin F. Whitten papers,
Benjamin Franklin Whitten papers Catalog Record Only Correspondence, family papers, military records, financial and legal records, and other papers relating primarily to Whitten's Civil War service with the 9th Maine Infantry Regiment. Documents his participation in the Battle of Morris Island, S.C., 1863; other actions and encampments along the southeast Atlantic coast in 1862 and 1863; the Battle of Cold Harbor, Va., 1864; and engagements in Bermuda Hundred, Va., where he...- Contributor: Whitten, Benjamin F. (Benjamin Franklin)
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CollectionAlonzo Ameli papers, Catalog Record Only Chiefly correspondence between Ameli and his brother, Peter Ameli, relating to Alonzo Ameli's Civil War service with the 5th New York Infantry Regiment, also known as Duryée's Zouaves (Duryea's Zouaves), chiefly in Maryland, Virginia, and the area surrounding Washington, D.C. Ameli describes camp life, movements of the regiment, and details of skirmishes and battles including the Battle of Big Bethel, Va., 1861. He provides...
- Contributor: Ameli, Alonzo
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CollectionC.C. Henkel correspondence,
C. C. Henkel papers | Casper Coiner Henkel papers Catalog Record Only ALS (1862 August 14-15; Gordonsville, Va.) from Henkel, surgeon with the 37th Virginia Infantry Regiment, to his father, Samuel Godfrey Henkel, pertaining to his work in a Confederate hospital following the Battle of Cedar Mountain, Va. Includes cover.- Contributor: Henkel, C. C. (Casper Coiner)
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CollectionCornelius Van Houten correspondence,
Cornelius Van Houten papers Catalog Record Only Letters written chiefly by Van Houten to his father, Ralph Van Houten, pertaining to his service with the 1st New Jersey Light Artillery, U.S. Army, and to political affairs at the close of the Civil War. Subjects include Van Houten's belief in the Union cause; the Battle of Fair Oaks, Va., in 1862; seige of Petersburg, Va., in October, 1864; surrenders of Generals Joseph...- Contributor: Van Houten, Cornelius
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CollectionMalvina Ashby correspondence,
Malvina Ashby papers Catalog Record Only ALS (1862 March 22) from Ashby to Captain Hugh M. Nelson, Confederate 6th Virginia Cavalry Regiment, requesting a discharge for her son, George Ashby. Ashby indicates that she is dissatisfied with George's pay and wants him discharged because he is unwell. Includes a signed rebuttal letter, also addressed to Nelson and dated March 22, 1862, from James Bartlett, the individual who hired George to...- Contributor: Ashby, Malvina
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CollectionCharles W. Cowan papers,
Charles Wesley Cowan papers Catalog Record Only Chiefly correspondence between Cowan while serving with 14th South Carolina Infantry Regiment, Confederate Army, and his wife, Margaret Susannah Foster Cowan, and other family members. Letters pertain to conditions and life in camps in South Carolina and Virginia as well as to management of the Cowan farm in Abbeville County, S.C. Also includes transcripts of a portion of the letters, financial records, a will,...- Contributor: Cowan, Charles W. (Charles Wesley)
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CollectionJohn Cumiskey papers, Catalog Record Only AlsS written by Cumiskey to his wife, Rose Cumiskey, during his Civil War service with Company I, 17th Connecticut Infantry Regiment. Cumiskey describes conditions and activities of his company in Baltimore, Md., Washington, D.C., and Virginia prior to his death in 1862. Includes correspondence relating to Cumiskey's death, burial in 1863, and eligibility for pension; typewritten transcripts of several letters; an 1854 letter informing...
- Contributor: Cumiskey, John
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CollectionClarence E. Bailey correspondence,
Clarence E. Bailey papers Catalog Record Only Chiefly correspondence of Bailey addressed to his family during his service with the 129th Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment, U.S. Army. Bailey notes movements of the regiment; details of skirmishes and battles in Maryland, Virginia, and West Virginia; camp life; clothing, rations, and other supplies; medical care; and family affairs. He describes the aftermath of the Battle of Antietam, Md., 1862, and makes mention of military...- Contributor: Bailey, Clarence E. - Foss, Stuart M.
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CollectionAlvah H. Granniss papers, Catalog Record Only Correspondence, including originals and typescripts of letters; a memoranda by Granniss about his Civil War service; poems and a song; envelopes; printed matter; artifacts; and other papers relating chiefly to Granniss's Civil War service with the 1st Connecticut Cavalary Regiment, U.S. Army. Consists primarily of letters from Granniss to his sister, Mary Ann Tuttle, and his parents, Henry H. Granniss and Louisa Granniss, and...
- Contributor: Granniss, Alvah H.
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CollectionCharles Kline papers, Catalog Record Only Correspondence including originals and transcripts of letters, envelopes, newspaper clippings, pension documents, a copy of a photograph, and a drawing relating mainly to Kline's Civil War service with the 115th New York Infantry Regiment, Company D. Subjects include Kline's capture at Harpers Ferry, W. Va., and time in a prison camp in Chicago, Ill.; daily camp life; his service near Alexandria, Va., and Hilton...
- Contributor: Kline, Charles
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CollectionLawrence F. Shields papers, Catalog Record Only Chiefly letters written by Shields to his sister, Mary Shields, in Massachusetts during his Civil War service. He recounts his experiences as a recent immigrant from Ireland serving with the 37th New York Infantry Regiment or "Irish Rifles," a regiment chiefly composed of Irish-born members. Shields describes the daily life and military actions of his regiment including the Battle of Chancellorsville, Va. Includes an...
- Contributor: Shields, Lawrence F.
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CollectionHalsey Bartlett correspondence,
Halsey Bartlett papers Catalog Record Only ALsS written primarily by Bartlett while serving with Company A, 6th Connecticut Infantry Regiment, U.S. Army, to his mother, Christina S. Fisher Bartlett, and sister, Christina Fisher Bartlett, of Killingly, Conn. Written primarily while Bartlett was stationed at Beaufort and Port Royal, S.C., but also from Connecticut, Georgia, Maryland, and Virginia. Subjects include camp life, food, illness and death of comrades, and family affairs....- Contributor: Bartlett, Halsey
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CollectionCharles T. Fitts papers, Catalog Record Only Chiefly correspondence of Fitts during his Civil War service in the 76th and 179th New York infantry regiments, U.S. Army, relating chiefly to his service prior to any major military action. Includes correspondence of his brother, Henry W. Fitts, while serving in the 143rd New York Infantry Regiment, U.S. Army, written from before his enlistment to his participation on the battlefield in Tennessee and...
- Contributor: Fitts, Charles T.
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CollectionBenjamin Franklin Fuller papers, Catalog Record Only Correspondence, photographs, and other papers relating to Fuller''s Civil War service with Company A, 1st New York Light Artillery Regiment, U.S. Army, and to the Fuller family. Includes letters written by Fuller to his wife, Emma Williams Fuller, pertaining to preparations of the U.S. Army of the Potomac for the Peninsular Campaign of 1862 under General George B. McClellan as well as to other...
- Contributor: Fuller, Benjamin Franklin
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CollectionJames S. Brisbin papers, Catalog Record Only Chiefly correspondence from Brisbin to his first wife Mary Jane Wagner Brisbin as well as military records, biographical materials, and other papers pertaining primarily to Brisbin's service as an officer in the U.S. Army of the Potomac and while serving in various Trans-Mississippi campaigns during the American Civil War. Includes a description of a woman disguised as a male soldier and sketches of the...
- Contributor: Brisbin, James S. (James Sanks)
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CollectionSamuel Edmund Nichols correspondence,
Samuel Edmund Nichols papers Catalog Record Only Chiefly correspondence written by Nichols to family and friends during his Civil War service with the 37th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment, U.S. Army, a regiment attached to the Sixth Corps of the Army of the Potomac. Details his regiment's military operations, in particular, in Virginia at the Battle of Fredericksburg (1862), the 2nd Battle of Rappahannock Station (1863), the Battle of Cold Harbor (1864), and...- Contributor: Underhill, Charles Sterling - Nichols, Samuel Edmund
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CollectionCharles Augustus Hill papers, Catalog Record Only Correspondence, transcripts of correspondence, and miscellaneous papers relating primarily to Hill's service as a Union army officer during the American Civil War and to his family. Chiefly letters from Hill to his wife, Lydia Hill, during his service with Company C, 1st Colored Infantry Regiment, U.S. Army. Subjects include his view of the African American troops serving under him and their treatment throughout the...
- Contributor: Hill, Charles Augustus
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CollectionE.N. Gilpin papers,
Ebenezer N. Gilpin papers Catalog Record Only Diary (1865 March 6-June 15) kept by Gilpin while serving with the 3rd Iowa Cavalry Regiment, U.S. Army, under the command of Generals Emory Upton and James Harrison Wilson in Wilson's Cavalry Raid, 1865, in Alabama and Georgia which culminated in the capture of Jefferson Davis and his family; published form of the diary, entitled The Last Campaign: a Cavalryman's Journal (1908), and correspondence...- Contributor: Gilpin, E. N. (Ebenezer N.) - Gilpin, Samuel J. V. B.
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CollectionNeil Jamieson papers, Catalog Record Only Chiefly business correspondence (1760-1776) relating to Jamieson's role as a resident partner of the tobacco trading firm Glassford, Gordon, Monteath & Co., of Glasgow, Scotland; and to various mercantile enterprises in North America and the West Indies, especially Antigua. Acting in behalf of John Glassford and James Gordon's commercial interests which included Jamieson, Campbell, Calvert & Company distillery in Virginia, Jamieson was also involved...
- Contributor: Jamieson, Neil
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CollectionSamuel Peter Heintzelman papers, Catalog Record Only Correspondence, diaries and journals, military papers, maps, clippings, and other papers reflecting Heintzelman's career in the U.S. Army from his years at the United States Military Academy through the Civil War. The diaries and journals describe Heintzelman's participation in the 2nd Seminole War and the Creek War, his activities during the Mexican War, his service as corps commander under General George B. McClellan in...
- Contributor: Heintzelman, Samuel Peter