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...

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...

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2 letters, an 1865 dispatch, and an 1840 promissory note pertaining to Latimer's participation in the Civil War, 1863-1864.

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Letter from a Civil War soldier to an unnamed friend written from Hazens Mill, Tennessee, in which the writer lists in detail the size and contents of a foot soldier's pack and describes the Confederate charge at Fort Saunders (November 29th) during the Siege of Knoxville.

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Civil War letters and daily journals of William Harrison Root, a lieutenant in Company B, 75th Regiment, New York Volunteers. Also a notebook of Root's, clippings, and his account book of Company B, 1861. Also, letters and reminiscences, between Helen Isabel Root and her parents. Additional material includes account books, clippings, correspondence and transcripts, pamphlets, genealogical charts, deeds and other legal documents, and photographs of the Shepard and Osborn families.

Scope and content Harter's Civil War diaries (2 volumes, 1863, 1865) depicting life in military camps and containing a description of the vistorious march of the Union Army into Richmond (1865) as well as accounts and lists of mail and clothing sent or received; muster roll of Company I, 81st New York Volunteers and other items pertaining to First Lieutenant Harter's service with that group; Grand Army of the Republic printed items; and a notebook listing soldiers of various American wars buried in Mohawk,...