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United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives.

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 53 Collections and/or Records:

Goodman family papers

 Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31924065092904]
Identifier: 4581
Scope and content

Correspondence, genealogies, testimonials, clippings, maps, photographs, Civil War papers, and other material pertaining to the six Goodman sons. Also, transcriptions of the original correspondence, and photocopies of other material.

Dates: 1860-1916.
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / Goodman family papers

Helen Tooke Butler, collector, family papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 2306
Scope and content Papers of the Tooke (Tuke) family and various relatives include diaries of Isaac P. Richmond, his son, and other family members, who lived in Knoxboro, Oneida County, and nearby, mainly concerning school days, hop growing and other farm work, and the activities of family and friends; accounts, 1897-1909, of Isaac Richmond, a licensed preacher, with the Vernon Center Methodist-Episcopal Society and the Hector Union Society, a recipe and remedy book, 1887, of Mary E. Tooke and announcements...
Dates: 1819-1963.
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / Helen Tooke Butler, collector, family papers

Henry H. B. Chamberlain papers

 Collection
Identifier: 4274
Abstract

Correspondence with family members with extensive description of Civil War involvement, and other miscellaneous family papers.

Dates: 1863-1898.
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / Henry H. B. Chamberlain papers

Henry K. Dey papers

 Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31924065218137]
Identifier: 2807
Scope and content

Four farm diaries of Henry K. Dey, 1862-1864, 1866; copy of deed, April 15, 1864; and reprint of an article by David C. Smith, 1967, based on Dey's diaries, which show the impact of the Civil War on agriculture.

Dates: 1862-1967,-1862-1866 (bulk).
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / Henry K. Dey papers

Henry N. Hinckley papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 37-5-3589
Scope and content

Travel diary, 1904; diaries, 1907, 1909; Cornell and Ithaca High School student scrapbook; architecture student notes, 1910; photograph album, 1904-1911, and loose photographs; World War I items; and biographical materials relating to Henry N. Hinckley. Also, two Civil War letters from his father, Henry L. Hinckle, and letter and envelopes relating to Noble family members.

Dates: 1863-1917.
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / Henry N. Hinckley papers

Isaac Lemuel Howell letters

 Collection — Manuscript box 29 - folder 1: [Barcode: 31924065245973]
Identifier: 940
Scope and content Letters from W. S. Allen, a member of the Second New Jersey Regiment describes work on forts and entrenchments, the urgent need for pay, and the inadequate fortifications of the Confederate Army and the positions it abandoned as it "ingloriously fled toward Manassas." He mentions seeing Seward, Cameron, Welles, McClellan, and other dignitaries while on a Sunday walk, and describes measles among the troops. Also, the Civil War cover contains the legend "The Loyal States - UNION - New...
Dates: 1861-1862.
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / Isaac Lemuel Howell letters

Jacob Jingerich Civil War letters

 Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31924065315784]
Identifier: 6328
Scope and content

12 letters written home to his mother discussing his travels, the battles in which he has fought and his being wounded, his anxiety about being shot, and the privations endured as a soldier. Includes two letters written to Jingerich by his mother and brother.

Dates: 1861-1865.
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / Jacob Jingerich Civil War letters

John B. Sintner Civil War letter

 Collection — Manuscript box 37 - folder 1: [Barcode: 31924065247508]
Identifier: 1489
Scope and content

A letter from John B. Sintner, a Union soldier stationed at Beaufort, South Carolina, to his father, George Sintner, in Fort Plain, New York. In this letter, the younger Sintner predicts that the Civil War will be lengthy in duration.

Dates: 1863, November 17.
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / John B. Sintner Civil War letter

John Lewis and John Roth, Jr. letters

 Collection — Manuscript box 21 - folder 1: [Barcode: 31924065243150]
Identifier: 40m
Scope and content Letter from John Lewis to his wife Mary and children, dated June 8, 1864, describes the experiences of his infantry unit as they fought the Confederates, starting from their camp at Lookout Valley in Tennessee and moving south toward Atlanta. He briefly describes encountering the rebels at Buzzard Roost Gap and driving them back to Resaca; hard fighting at Resaca and, as they retreated further, at Cassville; and the difficulty of driving them further back, due to the strength of their...
Dates: 1864-1881.
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / John Lewis and John Roth, Jr. letters

John P. Sanderson diary

 Collection — Manuscript box 33 - folder 1: [Barcode: 31924065253936]
Identifier: 1232
Scope and content A typescript of the diary of Col. John P. Sanderson who served in the 13th Infantry Division of the United States Army during the Civil War. It includes accounts of the role he and his division played in the Kentucky and Tennessee campaigns in 1863. A large portion of the diary is devoted to his description of the Battle of Chickamauga. Also of interest are Sanderson's assessments of such prominent figures of the period as James A. Garfield, U. S. Grant, and Abraham Lincoln. The diary...
Dates: 1863-1864.
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / John P. Sanderson diary

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