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Found in 57 Collections and/or Records:

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Henry L. Abbot Family Papers

Identifier: MSS84936
Abstract

Correspondence, memoirs, diaries, writings, photographs, legal and financial records, genealogical material, military records, printed matter, and mementos primarily documenting the professional and family activities of Henry L. Abbot and his family during the Civil War.

Dates 1770-2001; Majority of material found within ( 1832-1870)
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Robert Anderson Papers

Identifier: MSS10967
Abstract

United States Army officer. Correspondence, letterbooks, printed material, writings, and official documents relating to Anderson’s military duty in the Black Hawk War, Mexican War, and Civil War, and to his writings on coast defense, ordnance, and artillery tactics. Includes papers of his daughter, Eba Anderson Lawton, historian and biographer of her father.

Dates 1819-1948; Majority of material found within ( 1836-1870)
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John Carvel Arnold Papers

Identifier: MSS11205
Abstract

Laborer and Union soldier. Principally correspondence of Arnold with his wife, Mary Ann Arnold, while he served in the 49th Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment during the Civil War, and Mary Ann Arnold's postwar correspondence with their children.

Dates 1856-1937; Majority of material found within 1864-1875
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A. D. Bache Papers

Identifier: MSS11494
Abstract

Scientist, educator, and superintendent of the United States Coast Survey. Correspondence, a journal, and miscellaneous material reflecting Bache’s service with the United States Coast Survey, his work at the Dudley Observatory, and his European trip to study educational methods.

Dates 1828-1863; Majority of material found within ( 1836-1863)
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Donald Benham Civil War Collection

Identifier: MSS85495
Abstract

Collector. Correspondence, financial and legal records, military orders and records, speeches, and miscellaneous items comprising the Civil War collection of Donald Benham.

Dates 1806-1918; Majority of material found within ( 1850-1870)
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James S. Brisbin Papers

Identifier: MSS86189
Abstract

Union army officer and author. Correspondence, maps, military records, and biographical materials related to Brisbin's Civil War service.

Dates 1861-1957; Majority of material found within 1862-1866
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Caleb Henry Carlton Papers

Identifier: MSS15073
Abstract

United States army officer. Correspondence, diaries, articles, military transcripts and papers, biographical and genealogical material, financial records, maps, and charts pertaining to Carlton's service in the Union army and following the Civil War in wars with various Native American groups in the western United States.

Dates 1831-1954; Majority of material found within 1844-1916
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Alfred Carmon Papers

Identifier: MSS82767
Abstract

Union army soldier. Chiefly letters written by Carmon to his family in Sand Lake, N.Y., while serving with Company H, 169th New York Infantry Regiment, during the Civil War, describing camp life and skirmishes in Virginia, South Carolina, and Florida.

Dates 1859-1865
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Cartter Family Papers

Identifier: MSS52134
Abstract

Members of the Cartter family of Ohio. Correspondence mainly between members of the Cartter and Hanford families, including David K. Cartter, his wife, Nancy Hanford Cartter, and their sons, David K. Cartter, Jr., and William H. Cartter, who served in the Civil War.

Dates 1836-1893
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Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain Papers

Identifier: MSS15503
Abstract

Union Army officer, educator, and governor of Maine. Correspondence, biographical notes, record books, military reports, speeches, accounts of engagements of the Army of the Potomac, and other material mostly concerning the Civil War.

Dates 1775-1913; Majority of material found within ( 1828-1913)
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Salmon P. Chase Papers

Identifier: MSS15610
Abstract Abolitionist, lawyer, United States senator, governor of Ohio, United States secretary of the treasury, and chief justice of the United States Supreme Court. Correspondence, memoranda, diaries, speeches, writings, financial and legal papers, biographical material, and other papers pertaining to Chase's career and personal life. Topics include Chase's activities as an abolitionist, his law practice in Cincinnati, membership in the Liberty Party, involvement in national and state politics as...
Dates 1755-1898; Majority of material found within ( 1824-1872)
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Christiancy and Pickett Families Papers

Identifier: MSS84388
Abstract Families related by the marriage of George E. Pickett (1864-1911) to Ida Elizabeth Christiancy in 1891. Correspondence, diary, military certificates, notebooks, genealogical material and other papers relating to the Christiancy and Pickett families, including letters of Henry Clay Christiancy and his brother James Isaac Christiancy, Union Army officers during the Civil War; Confederate General George E. Pickett (1825-1875) and his wife, La Salle Corbell Pickett; and George E. Pickett (1891...
Dates 1835-1998
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Henry Clay Family Papers

Identifier: MSS16105
Abstract

Personal, official, and family correspondence, speeches, writings, business records, legal files, biographical material, printed matter, and other papers chiefly documenting the public career and private life of statesman Henry Clay (1777-1852), United States secretary of state and representative and senator from Kentucky; his son, James B. Clay (1817-1864), diplomat, United States representative from Kentucky, and Confederate sympathizer; and other members of Henry Clay's family.

Dates 1732-1927; Majority of material found within 1814-1852
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Hezron George Day Papers

Identifier: MSS86248
Abstract

Union army soldier and pharmacist. Correspondence, receipts, photographs, and genealogical reports relating chiefly to Day's service as a private in the 16th Vermont Infantry Regiment, U.S. Army, during the Civil War.

Dates 1862-1984; Majority of material found within ( 1862-1863)
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Edward E. Dickerson Papers

Identifier: MSS80845
Abstract

Union army officer from Wisconsin. Photocopies and transcripts of his Civil War diary, letters, Civil War service record, and a biographical sketch describing Dickerson's service with the Eighteenth and Forty-fourth Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry regiments in the Western campaign in Tennessee and with the army of General William T. Sherman in Georgia.

Dates 1861-1991
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Jubal Anderson Early Papers

Identifier: MSS19356
Abstract

United States and Confederate Army officer, lawyer, and state legislator of Virginia. Correspondence, diaries, military papers, speeches and articles, clippings, a scrapbook, printed matter, and maps dated largely after the Civil War.

Dates 1829-1930
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French and American Claims Commission Records

Identifier: MSS84103
Abstract Commission established in 1880 by a treaty between the governments of France and the United States to resolve outstanding claims by French citizens residing in the United States for property confiscated or destroyed during the Civil War. Correspondence, petitions, inventories, depositions, lists, certificates, and receipts. Includes material relating to the Union Army's western offensive and occupation of New Orleans and to protests by French residents of Bagdad, Mexico, a settlement...
Dates 1861-1884
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Benjamin Franklin Fuller Papers

Identifier: MSS86182
Abstract

Union army soldier and clerk in the U.S. Department of the Treasury. Correspondence, photographs, and miscellaneous material relating to Fuller's military service and family.

Dates 1856-1971; Majority of material found within ( 1861-1899)
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George Montfort Gilchrist family papers

Identifier: MSS86583
Abstract Correspondence, school records, literary and commencement programs, poetry, and Gilpin family genealogical material. Much of the correspondence is between Gilchrist, who served with the 3rd Indiana Cavalry in Maryland, Pennsylvania, and Virginia during the Civil War, and his wife, Mollie Gilpin Gilchrist; other letters are between Mollie and her brothers, Samuel J. V. B. Gilpin, of the 1st Indiana Cavalry, and E. N. Gilpin, of the 3rd Iowa Cavalry. Includes material relating to Hanover...
Dates 1854-1921
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Chandler B. Gillam Papers

Identifier: MSS85377
Abstract

Soldier and farmer. Correspondence, a diary, a journal, a photograph, family papers, writings, and other papers relating chiefly to Gillam's Civil War service with the Twenty-eighth New York Infantry Regiment, United States Army. The diary, written by W. L. Hicks, documents the history of the twenty-eighth regiment of New York.

Dates 1850-1919; Majority of material found within ( 1861-1863)
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Alvah H. Granniss Papers

Identifier: MSS85931
Abstract

Soldier. Correspondence, including originals and typescripts of letters, poems and a song, envelopes, printed matter, artifacts, and other material relating chiefly to Granniss's Civil War service with the First Connecticut Cavalry Regiment.

Dates 1861-1907; Majority of material found within ( 1862-1864)
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William Hamilton Papers

Identifier: MSS24646
Abstract Correspondence of the Hamilton family, primarily of brothers, John Hamilton, Texas pioneer and soldier; and of William Hamilton, lawyer and soldier. Letters of John Hamilton are addressed to his mother, Rosanna Boyd Hamilton, and other family members from his home in Zavala, Texas. William Hamilton's letters were written primarily during his service as a private in Company D, 2nd Regiment Pennsylvania Reserves, U.S. Army of the Potomac, to his mother, Rosanna Boyd Hamilton, in Harrisburg,...
Dates 1838-1896; Majority of material found within 1862-1865
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Esther Hill Hawks Papers

Identifier: MSS25304
Abstract

Physician, educator, and abolitionist. Correspondence, diaries, and other papers relating to the work of Esther Hill Hawks and her husband, John Milton Hawks, caring for sick and wounded soldiers, including African Americans, in South Carolina during the Civil War, and as a teacher of African Americans in South Carolina and Florida during the Civil War and Reconstruction.

Dates 1856-1867; Majority of material found within 1861-1867
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Joseph R. Hawley Papers

Identifier: MSS25320
Abstract

Army officer, editor and United States representative and senator from Connecticut. Correspondence, diaries, notebooks, drafts of speeches, business papers, and memorabilia relating to Hawley's personal and family life and to his business and political work.

Dates 1638-1906; Majority of material found within 1841-1906
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Charles Augustus Hill Papers

Identifier: MSS86307
Abstract

Union army officer, lawyer, and United States representative from Illinois. Correspondence and miscellany relating primarily to Hill's military service and family.

Dates 1862-1971; Majority of material found within 1862-1865