July 20, 1864. D.B. Cornell to Ezra Cornell from camp near Memphis, Tenn.: "My health is very good & the condition of my jaw's as such that I can eat any rations but hard tack, & I much prefer field to Hospital duty." July 20, August 1, 1864. J.H. Millspaugh to Ezra Cornell requesting his assistance in starting a photography studio in Ithaca, and making use of a room in the library building. July 23, 1864. D.B. Cornell to Ezra Cornell from camp near Memphis, Tenn. requesting his assistance in obtaining a commission in the Veteran Reserve Corps. July 24, 1864. John G. Apgar to Ezra Cornell informing him of the death of his nephew W. Irving Wood from his wound received in battle: "He was buried on Arlington Hights on the farm formeraly owned by Gen. R. E. Lee at present commanding the Rebel Army his and all other graves are properly marked and a record kept so that if the friends wish to they can remove the body in the fall?" July 28, August 3, 1864. Albert H. Chace to Ezra Cornell requesting advise and aid in opening an upholstery business. Topics: cattle; Civil War; Cornell Public Library (workers' strike); telegraph business correspondence: Ithaca Telegraph Company; Offer of natural history collection; steam agricultural machinery; New York State canals Personal names: Cornell, D.B.; Millspaugh, J.H.; Beebe, Alvah; Chester, E.W.; Wood, W. Irving; Apgar, J.G.; Chace, Albert H.; Jewett, E.; Boardman, Douglass; Palmer, O.H.; Cornell, E.B.; Lee, W.; Lummis, W. Geography: Ithaca, N.Y.