United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Campaigns
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 5 Collections and/or Records:
Albert Barnitz papers
Collection
Call Number: WA MSS S-1294
Overview:
The papers contain correspondence, diaries, military papers, and other material documenting the military career of Albert Barnitz and Barnitz family life. The papers concern such subjects as cavalry operations, military life, relations between parents and children, and child rearing practices.
Dates:
1852-1978
Walter A. Chapman papers
Collection
Call Number: MS 892
Overview:
Letters and diary of Walter A. Chapman (1840-1865) describing his experience as a member of the 36th regiment, his participation in numerous battles (1862-1864), and the hardships of camp life due to shortages of food, clothing, and medicines. In 1864 he became lieutenant of a brigade of black troops and describes their conduct in a battle at Blakely, Alabama in April, 1865. The diary covers the period January, 1863 to March, 1864.
Dates:
1856-1865
Found in:
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Walter A. Chapman papers
Abraham Lincoln collection
Collection
Call Number: GEN MSS 257
Overview:
Correspondence and writings by and about Abraham Lincoln, and a gold pen used by Lincoln. 4 ALS from Lincoln to Benjamin F. James, William M. Dickson, and to an unidentified recipient. Writings by Lincoln include an autograph praecipe issued by Lincoln for writ in his first law case, "David Woolridge vs. Hawthorne", and a fragment of a speech on slavery. Also present is a letter by Edwin Booth to Colonel A. Badeau concerning Lincoln's assassination by his brother, John Wilkes Booth, two days...
Dates:
1824-1865
Alfred Sully papers
Collection
Call Number: WA MSS S-1311
Overview:
The papers document the career of an United States Army officer who served on the western frontier. The papers contain correspondence between Sully, his family, and colleagues, army records from Sully's positions at posts in California and the northern plains, as well as records from his appointment as Superintendent of the Indians for the Territory of Montana.There are some personal papers and research material on Alfred Sully gathered by his grandson Langdon Sully as he wrote the...
Dates:
1816-1974
Thomas Fry Tobey papers
Collection
Call Number: WA MSS S-1354
Overview:
The papers contain correspondence, appointments, discharge certificates, photographs, printed material, and other military papers documenting Tobey's life and career, particularly during the Civil War years. There is additional material concerning his later career during which time he served at several Far Western posts.
Dates:
1808-1929