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    Charles 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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    Joseph R. Hawley papers, Catalog Record Only Correspondence, diaries, speeches, notebooks, business records, memorabilia, and other papers relating chiefly to Hawley's service as U.S. senator from Connecticut, Union army officer, and chairman of the United States Centennial Commission; work as a newspaper editor in Hartford, Conn.; and personal and family life. Documents his Civil War service with the 1st and 7th Connecticut Infantry Regiments, U.S. Army, in North Carolina, South Carolina,...
    • Contributor: Hawley, Joseph R. (Joseph Roswell)
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    Frank L. Stickney papers, Catalog Record Only Correspondence, writings, financial records, biographical and genealogical material, scrapbooks, printed matter, and other papers relating chiefly to Frank L. Stickney and to the Stickney family and allied Knowles family. Includes Frank L. Stickney's letters to poet Georgiana Klingle Holmes. Papers of Frank L. Stickney's father, Francis H. Stickney, a warrant clerk in the U.S. Navy during the Civil War, include letters (1861 November 21-23)...
    • Contributor: Stickney, Frank L.
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    Clarence 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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    James Wadsworth family papers,
    Wadsworth family papers Catalog Record - Electronic Resource Available     Correspondence, diaries, financial papers, scrapbooks, clippings, photographs, and other papers of the family of James Wadsworth (1768-1844) and his brother, William Wadsworth (1761-1833), who settled in Geneseo, N.Y., in 1790 and endowed schools and libraries there. Includes papers of James S. Wadsworth (1807-1864), son of James Wadsworth, Union Army officer who fought in the battle of Gettysburg, Pa., and was mortally wounded in the...
    • Contributor: Wadsworth, William - Lincoln, Abraham - Hay, John - Wadsworth, James S. (James Samuel) - Wadsworth, James - Wadsworth, James Wolcott
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    Malvina 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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    Institute of the Aerospace Sciences archives, Catalog Record Only Biographical and corporate files, scrapbooks, and miscellaneous materials collected by the institute between 1939 and 1962. Includes correspondence, memoranda, manuscripts of articles and speeches, reports, biographical questionnaires and sketches, genealogical records, financial reports, broadsides, charts, press releases, newspaper clippings, blueprints, cartoons, maps, aeromedical and aeronautical reproductions, airplane specifications, prints, engravings, illustrations, sketches, photographs, memorabilia, printed matter, and other records relating to aviation and aeronautics...
    • Contributor: Whitman, Walt - American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics - Institute of the Aerospace Sciences - Lowe, T. S. C. (Thaddeus Sobieski Coulincourt)
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    Joseph Bloomfield Osborn papers, Catalog Record Only Chiefly correspondence of Osborn who served in Company F, 26th New Jersey Volunteer Infantry and in the U.S. Navy, with Osborn family members and Louise Landau (married Osborn in 1866). Also includes a biographical sketch of Osborn. Subjects include enlistments, camp life, training, and marches in Maryland and Virginia. Osborn also discusses discipline and morale, the attitude and condition of Confederate prisoners of war,...
    • Contributor: Osborn, Joseph Bloomfield
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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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    Robert 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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    John Milton Binckley papers, Catalog Record Only Correspondence of Binckley and members of his family, writings, and other papers concerning the Civil War, Reconstruction, the Andrew Johnson presidential administration, African American slaves and freedmen in Virginia, Binckley's investigations as a U.S. Internal Revenue Service agent, and the investigation into the circumstances of his death. Discusses affairs of the allied Binckley, Michel (also Mitchell), and Stocker (also Stoker) families. Includes letters of...
    • Contributor: Binckley, John Milton
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    Edwin Oberlin Wentworth papers, Catalog Record Only Family correspondence relating chiefly to Wentworth's service in the 37th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment; copies of articles, satire, doggerel, and poetry submitted for inclusion in The Reveille, a handwritten newspaper issued by his regiment at Brandy Station, Va. in March 1864; and photographs. In his letters Wentworth describes life in the military, his feelings before and during battle, and the actions of his regiment at...
    • Contributor: Wentworth, Edwin Oberlin
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    John Singleton Mosby papers, Catalog Record Only Chiefly correspondence, orders, commissions, reports, and circulars concerning the organization and activities of Mosby's Rangers (43rd Virginia Cavalry Battalion, C.S.A.). Documents the guerrilla warfare carried out by the battalion in Virginia. Contains remarks on public enthusiasm for the war in 1861, the treatment of prisoners of war, casualties, the death of Maj. John Pelham, and the capture of Gen. Edwin H. Stoughton. Correspondents include...
    • Contributor: Mosby, John Singleton
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    Lawrence 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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    Cornelius Chase family papers, Catalog Record Only Correspondence, journal, speeches, writings, reports, genealogical material, financial records, printed matter, drawings, and other papers relating to Chase family members. Pertains chiefly to Cornelius Chase, and his son, Cornelius Thurston Chase, in their careers as clergymen, educators, and farmers. Documents the latter's career as superintendent of public instruction for the state of Florida. Also includes correspondence of Jonas King and a copy of his...
    • Contributor: Chase, Cornelius - Stokes, E. H. (Ellwood Haines) - Confederate States of America. Army - Chase, Cornelius Thurston
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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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    Charles 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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    James Jenkins Gillette papers, Catalog Record Only Correspondence, military papers, receipts, court records, and other papers relating primarily to Gillette's Civil War service with the 4th Maryland Infantry Regiment and the 71st New York Militia Regiment and to his activities as U.S. Commissioner of Claims for Mobile, Ala. Subjects include the battles of Antietam, First Bull Run, Second Bull Run, and Chancellorville; the Atlanta, Gettysburg, and Shenandoah Valley campaigns; and Gillette's...
    • Contributor: Gillette, James Jenkins
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    Jean 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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    Sheads family papers, Catalog Record Only Correspondence, diary, certificates, reports, and other papers relating to the Sheads family of Pennsylvania and their role the Civil War. Includes diary (1864 February 10-June 25) of J. James Sheads relating to his service with the 21st Pennsylvania Cavalry at the battle of Cold Harbor and siege of Petersburg, Va., and ALS (1863 July 7) written by Lt. Col. Henry G. Tuthill, 104th New...
    • Contributor: Sheads, J. James
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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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    Samuel J. Baird papers,
    Samuel John Baird papers Catalog Record Only     Correspondence and miscellaneous material relating to Presbyterian Church affairs and doctrinal questions, the work of the American Bible Society in Virginia (1865-1875), and the Baird family. Includes letters concerning Baird's efforts to minister to soldiers and to assist wounded soldiers and prisoners during the Civil War. Correspondents include James W. Alexander, E. Thompson Baird, Thomas Dickson Baird, William Logan Baird, Henry A. Boardman, John...
    • Contributor: Baird, Samuel J. (Samuel John)
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    Benjamin 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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    Theodore Horatio Nevin McPherson family papers, Catalog Record Only Notebook containing diary entries (1861 October 5-1862 May 19) made by McPherson during his Civil War service with the 107th Pennsylvania Regiment; and letters between McPherson and his mother, Elizabeth B. McPherson, and his brothers, Benjamin R. and George E. McPherson, both serving in the U.S. Navy, and John W. and Samuel D. McPherson. Written aboard the U.S.S. Norwich, Saint Johns River, Fla., and...
    • Contributor: McPherson, Theodore Horatio Nevin
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    Cyrus Mills Perrine correspondence,
    Cyrus Mills Perrine papers Catalog Record Only     Chiefly letters written by Perrine during his service with the 123rd Indiana Infantry Regiment to his parents, George H. Perrine and Rosetta L. Perrine, in Decatur County, Indiana. Includes letters to the couple from other Union soldiers including Rosetta Perrine's brothers, Chester Y.C. Alden, James C. Alden, and York Alden. Topics include camp life, troop movements, and battle engagements including the Vicksburg Campaign and...
    • Contributor: Perrine, Cyrus Mills