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

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Found in 53 Collections and/or Records:

Lewis Post collection

 Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31924065255360]
Identifier: 6310
Scope and content

Items collected by Dr. Post deriving from his medical volunteership in the Civil War, include a diary kept for 1862 describing cases, soldiers, and events; also a medical surgeon's instrument kit, pieces of shrapnel, a piece of hard tack, photographs of Post and his parents, the Soldier's Pocket Book of inspirational writing, mess kit cutlery, and correspondence; some items include annotated notes; also, ephemeral items such as an awl and twine, a bar of soap in a tin box, and two cigars.

Dates: 1862-1889.
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / Lewis Post collection

Luke Tuttle Merrill diary

 Collection — Manuscript box 24 - folder 1: [Barcode: 31924065244679]
Identifier: 478
Scope and content Merrill records that he left Elmira, New York, on January 2 to go to Tennessee as a member of a wartime railroad construction crew of about 400 men; he describes his train journey via New Jersey, Philadelphia, Washington, and Alexandria, Virginia. He describes his work on the railroad, where the crew burned wrecks of cars, salvaged iron and wheels, repaired tracks between Manassas and the Bull Run Bridge, loaded lumber and wire cable, and performed other kinds of work; also described are...
Dates: 1864.
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / Luke Tuttle Merrill diary

Lyman Stuart collection

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 1997
Abstract

Correspondence and other papers of several New York State families, discussing everyday events and problems, agriculture, religion, and prices; also, Civil War letters of the Carver brothers of Savannah, New York.

Dates: 1803-1895.
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / Lyman Stuart collection

Mary Ferguson diaries

 Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31924065338588]
Identifier: 6405
Scope and content 2 ledger books which serve as Mary Ferguson's diary: 1) November 1855-December 12, 1870; 2) December 15, 1870-February 1881. The second also serves as a songbook and commonplace book. Diary entries begin after her marriage to Alexander Ferguson in 1854 and shortly after the birth of their first child. Although Mary Ferguson does not write daily, her concerns revolve around her family and community. She includes discussion of weddings, anniversaries, births, deaths, and funerals in the...
Dates: 1855-1881.
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / Mary Ferguson diaries

McGraw family papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 2355
Abstract Business and family correspondence, relating to lumbering interests near Canadea, New York; McGraw family genealogy; diaries and accounts of travels in France, Italy, Germany, Russia, and Egypt; Jennie McGraw Fiske diaries refer to travels in England and on the Continent, and to Chicago, Detroit, Philadelphia, and New York. Other subjects include Cornell University faculty members, the settlement of the estate of John McGraw, and a memorial to McGraw by the Cornell University Board of...
Dates: 1854-1956.
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / McGraw family papers

Morrill B. Smith diary

 Collection — Volume 1: [Barcode: 31924065451415]
Identifier: 31
Scope and content

Civil War diary commenting on camp life, assignment to the ship E. Wilder Farley, participation in the battle that took Biloxi, and occupation of New Orleans.

Dates: 1861-1863.
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / Morrill B. Smith diary

Moses Coit Tyler collection

 Collection — Bound manuscript 48++ (index--photocopy): [Barcode: 31924117272827]
Identifier: 14-17-2641
Abstract

Diaries, lecture notes, and commonplace books by Moses Coit Tyler, and letters to him from others.

Dates: 1779-1900-(bulk 1850-1900)
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / Moses Coit Tyler collection

Nathan G. Latimer papers

 Collection — Manuscript box 26 - folder 1: [Barcode: 31924065245130]
Identifier: 676
Scope and content

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

Dates: 1840-1865.
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / Nathan G. Latimer papers

Nearpass family letters

 Collection — Microfilm reel 1
Identifier: 6040
Abstract

Four letters written in 1863 and 1864. Three are from Philip Nearpass, a Union soldier, to his sister Libbie Nearpass of Arcadia (now Newark and Palmyra). The last is from Jacob Wentzel, also a Union soldier, to Libbie Nearpass, presumably after Philip's death.

Dates: 1863-1864.
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / Nearpass family letters

Orson Earll, Stevensburg, Va., to Electa Earll, ALS:

 Collection — Manuscript box 26 - folder 1: [Barcode: 31924065245296]
Identifier: 714
Scope and content Letter to his sister "Lect" in which he describes his experiences with a Union cavalry regiment, encamped at the time near Stevensburg, Va, under the command of Generals Custer and Kilpatrick; he comments on poor diet, exposure, and other hardships of army life, and mentions that a rebel spy had been hanged the previous day and a Northern soldier shot for deserting; he describes the countryside in which there is nothing left save dead horses and men; and he recalls having visted the...
Dates: 1864 Jan. 30.
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / Orson Earll, Stevensburg, Va., to Electa Earll, ALS:

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