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Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 13 Collections and/or Records:

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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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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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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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Wade Hampton Family Papers

Identifier: MSS82173
Abstract

Correspondence, property titles, notes, memorials, and photographs. Includes letters from Hampton to his sister, Mary Fisher Hampton, relating to his Civil War experiences and later letters to his son, Alfred Hampton, concerning his estate.

Dates 1855-1935
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Henry Jackson Hunt Papers

Identifier: MSS26864
Abstract

U.S. Army officer and public official. Correspondence, military papers, and other material relating primarily to Hunt's military career.

Dates 1841-1978; Majority of material found within ( 1862-1889)
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Joseph Warren Keifer Papers

Identifier: MSS28332
Abstract

Army officer, lawyer, banker, and congressman. Correspondence, military orders, casualty lists, ordnance and paymaster records, and other military records documenting military life and operations of the Third and 110th Ohio infantry regiments, the Army of the Ohio, and the Army of the Potomac during campaigns in Virginia, Kentucky, Tennessee, Alabama, and Georgia.

Dates 1850-1865
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Aaron Burton Levisee Papers

Identifier: MSS81878
Abstract

Lawyer, educator, Louisiana state legislator, and Confederate soldier. Diaries, obituaries, and clippings documenting Levisee's activities as a student at the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor, school teacher in Alabama, lawyer in Louisiana, soldier in the Confederate army, judge and state legislator in Louisiana during Reconstruction, Republican elector for Louisiana, and Internal Revenue Service agent.

Dates 1847-1992; Majority of material found within 1847-1895
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Lewis H. Machen Family Papers

Identifier: MSS86777
Abstract

Clerk of the United States Senate and farmer of Fairfax County, Virginia. Chiefly family correspondence of Lewis H. Machen relating to personal matters and national politics prior to the Civil War, especially slavery and the Compromise of 1850, and mentioning John Quincy Adams, Henry Clay, Andrew Jackson, and Daniel Webster. Also includes other correspondence, speeches, writings, subject files, and miscellaneous papers.

Dates 1802-1938; Majority of material found within 1830-1879
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Edward Williams Morley Papers

Identifier: MSS33506
Abstract

Chemist and physician. Correspondence, certificates, and printed matter, including letters from Myron A. Munson, Morley's college roommate and lifelong friend, written while Munson was serving in the Union Army in 1864, and extensive correspondence with prominent European and American scientists.

Dates 1833-1923; Majority of material found within 1863-1899
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Charles Wellington Reed Papers

Identifier: MSS37457
Abstract

Artist and soldier. Correspondence, a diary, ink and pencil sketches, watercolors, prints, military papers, books with illustrations by Reed, maps, medals, and photographs relating chiefly to Reed’s service in the Ninth Massachusetts Light Artillery Battery during the Civil War.

Dates 1776-1926; Majority of material found within ( 1862-1865)
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Tilton C. Reynolds Papers

Identifier: MSS83923
Abstract

Union Civil War soldier. Chiefly letters by Reynolds to his mother, Juliana Smith Reynolds, during his service with the 105th Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment that describe Civil War skirmishes in Virginia, military life, and morale of the soldiers. Includes other letters and papers of Reynolds and his mother after the Civil War.

Dates 1851-1963
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Sumner Family Papers

Identifier: MSS79401
Abstract

Correspondence, legal documents, reports, and photographs of Edwin V. Sumner (1797-1863) and his sons, Edwin Vose Sumner (1835-1912) and Samuel Storrow Sumner (1842-1937), all military officers.

Dates 1836-1940; Majority of material found within ( 1858-1862)
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D. W. Whittle Papers

Identifier: MSS77522
Abstract

Union army officer, business manager, songwriter, and evangelist. Correspondence, court records, diary, maps, and military orders pertaining to Whittle's Civil War service.

Dates 1861-1974; Majority of material found within 1861-1865