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    Feamster family papers, Catalog Record Only Correspondence, diaries, essays, notes and notebooks, financial and legal records, circulars, genealogical material, newspaper clippings, and other papers of the allied Feamster (Feemster), Alderson, Cary (Carey), and Mathews (Matthews) families. Subjects include farming, law, medicine, military, politics, and religion, as well as geography, economic and social conditions, and education in areas and states in which members of the family visited or resided including Arkansas,...
    • Contributor: Feamster, Claudius Newman - Feamster, Samuel William Newman - Feamster, Felix Claudius - Feamster, Thomas L. - Feamster, Robert Cantrell - Cary, Charles William - Feamster, Martha Alderson
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    Hezron George Day papers, Catalog Record Only Correspondence, memoir, genealogical information, receipts, and photographs relating chiefly to Day's service as a private in the 16th Vermont Infantry Regiment, U.S. Army, during the Civil War. In correspondence addressed to his parents in Tyson Furnace, Vermont, Day describes camp life, provisions, regimental quarters, the surrounding area, weather, and opinions of the officers. Other subjects include Confederate General Robert E. Lee's Pennsylvania campaign, the...
    • Contributor: Day, Hezron George
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    Shortelle family papers, Catalog Record Only Chiefly correspondence of Robert E. Shortelle written to family members during his service in the 6th Pennsylvania Reserve Volunteer Corps (35th Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment, U.S. Army) in various army encampments near Washington, D.C., and in Maryland and Virginia between 1861 and 1863. Topics include camp life, regimental activities, generals who led the Army of the Potomac, expected military activity, family news, and later, reactions...
    • Contributor: Shortelle, James Edward - Shortelle, Robert E.
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    E.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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    Allen Landis and Aaron J. Landis correspondence,
    Allen Landis and Aaron J. Landis papers | Allen Landis correspondence | Aaron J. Landis correspondence Catalog Record Only     Correspondence of Allen Landis and Aaron J. Landis while serving in the 116th Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment, U.S. Army. Chiefly letters from Allen to his family concerning the Battle of Fredericksburg, Fredericksburg, Va., 1862; Battle of Gettysburg, Gettysburg, Pa., 1863; Battle of Spotsylvania Court House, Va., 1864; siege of Petersburg, Va., 1865; and skirmishes in northern Virginia and West Virginia. Subjects include the draft, troop...
    • Contributor: Landis, Allen - Landis, Aaron J.
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    Christiancy and Pickett families papers,
    Christiancy family papers | Pickett family papers Catalog Record Only     Includes letters (1862-1864) written by Henry Clay Christiancy and his brother James Isaac Christiancy, Union Army officers from Michigan serving in Maryland, Virginia, Kentucky, and Pennsylvania during the Civil War. An annotated transcription of Henry Clay Christiancy's diary (1862-1864) contains maps and photographs. Pickett family notebooks (1835-1998) contain correspondence, notes, writings, newspaper clippings, pamphlets, estate papers, genealogy, and other papers of or relating to...
    • Contributor: Pickett, George E. (George Edward) - Pickett, La Salle Corbell - Christiancy, James Isaac - Christiancy, Henry Clay
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    John C. Babcock papers, Catalog Record Only Letters with drawings (1861-1864) from Babcock to relatives in Illinois concerning his work as an architect in Chicago, Ill.; service as a confidential agent in the Provost Marshal General's Bureau in Washington, D.C.; the incarceration of female prisoners at "Prison Greenhough," Confederate spy Rose O'Neal Greenhow's house in Washington; reaction to the Trent Affair, 1861; secessionist sentiment in Alexandria, Va.; the gathering of intelligence...
    • Contributor: Babcock, John C.
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    Samuel E. Allen correspondence,
    Samuel E. Allen papers Catalog Record Only     Letters (Annapolis, Md.; 1862 July 19 and 29) from Allen while serving with Company E, 36th Pennsyvania Infantry Regiment, U.S. Army, to his cousin, Sallie J. Rettew, in Springfield, Pa. Allen describes the Battle of Beaver Dam Creek, Va. Also discusses hospital care at Jamestown and Fort Monroe, Va., and Annapolis, Md.
    • Contributor: Allen, Samuel E.
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    Marsena Rudolph Patrick journals,
    Marsena Rudolph Patrick papers Catalog Record Only     Journals kept by Patrick while serving in the Union Army. Documents his role in the 2nd Battle of Bull Run, Va., (1862); the Maryland Campaign (1862); the Battle of Gettysburg, Pa., (1863); operations along the Rapidan River, Va., (1863); Battle of Cold Harbor, Va., (1864); seige of Petersburg, Va., (1864-1865); and the entry of Union troops into Richmond, Va. Discusses the operations of the...
    • Contributor: Patrick, Marsena Rudolph
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    Simon Smith diary and account book,
    Simon Smith papers Catalog Record Only     Diary kept by Smith, during his service in the 153rd Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment, describing troop movements in Pennsylvania, Maryland, and Virginia, and the Battle of Chancellorsville, Chancellorsville, Va. Smith also describes being wounded in battle, taken prisoner, and transported to Libby Prison, Richmond, Va. Diary and account book contain personal accounts, 1879-1914.
    • Contributor: Smith, Simon
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    Charles 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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    Isaac Hallock papers, Catalog Record Only Correspondence, journals, orders, financial records, certificates, Hallock family papers, and printed matter relating primarily to Hallock's career in the military and the merchant marine. Documents his voyages to China aboard the clipper ship Samuel Russell with stops in Foo Chow (Fuzhou Shi) and Shanghai, China. Also documents his Civil War service as a private in the 13th New York Infantry Regiment, U.S. Army, at...
    • Contributor: Hallock, Isaac
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    David F. Weimer diaries,
    David F. Weimer papers Catalog Record Only     Pocket diaries kept by Weimer documenting his Civil War service with Company F, 19th Ohio Infantry Regiment, U.S. Army. Volume one (1862 October 6-December 15) pertains to military engagements and troop movements in Kentucky, daily camp life, weather, and descriptions of the surrounding area. Subjects in volume two (1863 September 15-1864 December 3), include Weimer's capture on September 19, 1863, near Ringgold, Ga., and...
    • Contributor: Weimer, David F.
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    Fitz-John Porter papers, Catalog Record Only Correspondence, telegrams, reports, memoranda, articles, autobiographical, biographical and genealogical material, financial and legal papers, annotated printed matter, scrapbooks, maps, photographs, and other papers relating chiefly to Porter's court-martial and cashiering out of military service on January 21, 1863, as a result of his conduct during the Second Battle of Bull Run on August 29, 1862, the review by a board of officers, his reinstatement,...
    • Contributor: Porter, Fitz-John
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    M. Shuler diary,
    M. Shuler papers Catalog Record Only     Two volume diary (1862 June 11-December 12) kept by Shuler while serving with the 33rd Virginia Infantry Regiment, Confederate States Army, during the Peninsular, Second Bull Run, Antietam, and Fredericksburg campaigns. Includes information on casualties, marches, discipline, supplies, depradations, and morale. Also mentions battles of Malvern Hill and Cedar Mountain, capture of Harpers Ferry, and the burning of public buildings in Martinsburg, W. Va.
    • Contributor: Shuler, M.
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    Chandler 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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    George Washington Hall diary,
    George Washington Hall papers Catalog Record Only     Diary kept by Hall while serving with the 14th Georgia Infantry Regiment, Confederate States of America Army, describing the Peninsular Campaign, 1862, and the battles of Antietam, Md. (1862), Chancellorsville, Va. (1863), Gettysburg, Pa. (1863), the Wilderness, Va. (1864), and Spotsylvania Court House, Va. (1864), as well as operations along the Rappahannock and Rapidan rivers in the fall of 1863. Includes information pertaining to...
    • Contributor: Elsesser, Jacob L. - Hall, George Washington
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    Alvah 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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    Sidney Morris Davis memoirs,
    Sidney Morris Davis papers Catalog Record Only     Holograph manuscript by Davis recounting his Civil War service as a Union cavalryman in Company F of the Sixth Cavalry from 1861 to 1864. Topics include camp life; military engagements in Maryland, Virginia, and Pennsylvania; and Davis's incarceration in the Confederate prison on Belle Isle in the James River at Richmond, Va.
    • Contributor: Davis, Sidney Morris
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    Gist family papers, Catalog Record Only Includes letters (1776-1778) of John McClure and William Sterett to Mordecai Gist relating to the Revolution in Maryland; letters (1847-1853) of W. W. H. Gist while serving in the Mexican War in New Mexico and while in California; and letters from various family members who served in the 6th Maryland Infantry and the 17th Kentucky Infantry during the Civil War relating to action in...
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    Nathaniel Prentiss Banks papers, Catalog Record Only Correspondence (1860-1880), and diaries and notebooks, letterbooks, military papers, speeches and writings, scrapbooks, clippings, printed matter, and miscellany relating chiefly to Banks's political career in the House of Representatives and to his service as an army officer during the Civil War. Includes papers on the Kansas territorial question, the assault on Charles Sumner, and the establishment of the Republican Party. Civil War topics include...
    • Contributor: Banks, Nathaniel Prentiss
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    John Hamilton and William Hamilton correspondence,
    John Hamilton and William Hamilton papers | John Hamilton correspondence | William Hamilton correspondence Catalog Record Only     Correspondence of the Hamilton family, primarily of brothers, John Hamilton and William Hamilton. Letters (1838-1855) of John Hamilton, addressed to his mother, Rosanna Boyd Hamilton, and other family members from his home in Zavala, Texas. Subjects include family matters, the difficulties of life in Texas, relations with the Indians, African Americans and slavery in Texas, political affairs of Texas and the United States, his...
    • Contributor: Hamilton, William
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    William D. Wilkins papers,
    William Duncan Wilkins papers Catalog Record Only     Letters to Wilkins from his mother, Maria Wilkins, while he served in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War, 1846-1848; letters from Wilkins to his wife, Elizabeth Cass Trowbridge Wilkins, during his Civil War service in Maryland and Virginia; and a diary and newspaper article chronicling Wilkins's captivity as a prisoner of war at Libby Prison, Richmond, Va.
    • Contributor: Wilkins, William D. (William Duncan)
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    Ezra Ayers Carman papers, Catalog Record Only Correspondence, drafts of chapters, notes, printed material, maps, and other papers comprising Carman's book file for his history of the American Civil War. Subjects include campaigns in Maryland, Tennessee, Virginia, West Virginia, the Potomac River, and the Shenandoah Valley; Abraham Lincoln and his relations with George Brinton McClellan and other Union officers; secession and the secession convention in Virginia; and slavery.
    • Contributor: Carman, Ezra Ayers
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    Alonzo 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