Box WSC003

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Edward S. Vernon documents the history of Co. F of the Seventy-eighth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, including Company demographics and rosters, obituaries, and hand-drawn maps of the siege of Vicksburg, Mississippi, in 1863.

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Edward S. Vernon documents the history of Co. F of the Seventy-eighth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, including Company demographics and rosters, obituaries, and hand-drawn maps of the siege of Vicksburg, Mississippi, in 1863.

Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Edward S. Vernon documents the history of Co. F of the Seventy-eighth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, including Company demographics and rosters, obituaries, and hand-drawn maps of the siege of Vicksburg, Mississippi, in 1863.

Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Edward S. Vernon documents the history of Co. F of the Seventy-eighth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, including Company demographics and rosters, obituaries, and hand-drawn maps of the siege of Vicksburg, Mississippi, in 1863.

Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Edward S. Vernon documents the history of Co. F of the Seventy-eighth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, including Company demographics and rosters, obituaries, and hand-drawn maps of the siege of Vicksburg, Mississippi, in 1863.

Scope and Contents From the Collection: Oliver T. Reilly was a small boy in Keedysville, Maryland, just miles from the Battle of Antietam. The memory of the retreat of the Confederate troops and the advance of the Union armies from nearby Elk Ridge shaped his entire life. He began giving tours of the battlefield at age fifteen and continued for sixty-five years. The collection includes brochures, maps, and a calling card, as well as seven prints of various scenes of the area of the battlefield, all written and produced by...

Scope and Contents From the Collection: The collection contains letters from Benjamin Rice Holt as well as letters and other documents from family members. Holt's wartime letters to his father and sisters show a very light-hearted manner and wry wit. One of his letters in 1863 tells how "our trip to the front was a very pleasant one the incessant rain to the contrary notwithstanding." He ends that particular letter by saying "our political sky looks brighter now than at any time previous and I think in a few more months we will...

Scope and Contents From the Collection: The collection contains letters from Benjamin Rice Holt as well as letters and other documents from family members. Holt's wartime letters to his father and sisters show a very light-hearted manner and wry wit. One of his letters in 1863 tells how "our trip to the front was a very pleasant one the incessant rain to the contrary notwithstanding." He ends that particular letter by saying "our political sky looks brighter now than at any time previous and I think in a few more months we will...

Scope and Contents From the Collection: The collection contains letters from Benjamin Rice Holt as well as letters and other documents from family members. Holt's wartime letters to his father and sisters show a very light-hearted manner and wry wit. One of his letters in 1863 tells how "our trip to the front was a very pleasant one the incessant rain to the contrary notwithstanding." He ends that particular letter by saying "our political sky looks brighter now than at any time previous and I think in a few more months we will...

Scope and Contents From the Collection: The collection contains letters from Benjamin Rice Holt as well as letters and other documents from family members. Holt's wartime letters to his father and sisters show a very light-hearted manner and wry wit. One of his letters in 1863 tells how "our trip to the front was a very pleasant one the incessant rain to the contrary notwithstanding." He ends that particular letter by saying "our political sky looks brighter now than at any time previous and I think in a few more months we will...

Scope and Contents From the Collection: The collection contains letters from Benjamin Rice Holt as well as letters and other documents from family members. Holt's wartime letters to his father and sisters show a very light-hearted manner and wry wit. One of his letters in 1863 tells how "our trip to the front was a very pleasant one the incessant rain to the contrary notwithstanding." He ends that particular letter by saying "our political sky looks brighter now than at any time previous and I think in a few more months we will...

Scope and Contents From the Collection: The collection contains letters from Benjamin Rice Holt as well as letters and other documents from family members. Holt's wartime letters to his father and sisters show a very light-hearted manner and wry wit. One of his letters in 1863 tells how "our trip to the front was a very pleasant one the incessant rain to the contrary notwithstanding." He ends that particular letter by saying "our political sky looks brighter now than at any time previous and I think in a few more months we will...

Scope and Contents From the Collection: The collection contains one article written by Bell I. Wiley, as well as a variety of reprinted and clipped articles from various journals, magazines, and newspapers. There are also bibliographical and general notes discussing the Civil War from many angles, including medical, literary, restitution, and even specific battles and generals. Several of the reprints are inscribed to him by the authors. A photocopy of Wiley's article about Mrs. Phoebe Yates Pember, the hospital matron of the...

Scope and Contents From the Collection: The collection contains one article written by Bell I. Wiley, as well as a variety of reprinted and clipped articles from various journals, magazines, and newspapers. There are also bibliographical and general notes discussing the Civil War from many angles, including medical, literary, restitution, and even specific battles and generals. Several of the reprints are inscribed to him by the authors. A photocopy of Wiley's article about Mrs. Phoebe Yates Pember, the hospital matron of the...

Scope and Contents From the Collection: The collection contains one article written by Bell I. Wiley, as well as a variety of reprinted and clipped articles from various journals, magazines, and newspapers. There are also bibliographical and general notes discussing the Civil War from many angles, including medical, literary, restitution, and even specific battles and generals. Several of the reprints are inscribed to him by the authors. A photocopy of Wiley's article about Mrs. Phoebe Yates Pember, the hospital matron of the...

Scope and Contents From the Collection: The collection contains one article written by Bell I. Wiley, as well as a variety of reprinted and clipped articles from various journals, magazines, and newspapers. There are also bibliographical and general notes discussing the Civil War from many angles, including medical, literary, restitution, and even specific battles and generals. Several of the reprints are inscribed to him by the authors. A photocopy of Wiley's article about Mrs. Phoebe Yates Pember, the hospital matron of the...

Scope and Contents From the Collection: The collection contains one article written by Bell I. Wiley, as well as a variety of reprinted and clipped articles from various journals, magazines, and newspapers. There are also bibliographical and general notes discussing the Civil War from many angles, including medical, literary, restitution, and even specific battles and generals. Several of the reprints are inscribed to him by the authors. A photocopy of Wiley's article about Mrs. Phoebe Yates Pember, the hospital matron of the...

Scope and Contents From the Collection: The collection contains one article written by Bell I. Wiley, as well as a variety of reprinted and clipped articles from various journals, magazines, and newspapers. There are also bibliographical and general notes discussing the Civil War from many angles, including medical, literary, restitution, and even specific battles and generals. Several of the reprints are inscribed to him by the authors. A photocopy of Wiley's article about Mrs. Phoebe Yates Pember, the hospital matron of the...

Scope and Contents From the Collection: The collection contains one article written by Bell I. Wiley, as well as a variety of reprinted and clipped articles from various journals, magazines, and newspapers. There are also bibliographical and general notes discussing the Civil War from many angles, including medical, literary, restitution, and even specific battles and generals. Several of the reprints are inscribed to him by the authors. A photocopy of Wiley's article about Mrs. Phoebe Yates Pember, the hospital matron of the...

Scope and Contents From the Collection: This collection of letters and documents follow Lieutenant Charles Robinson's request for a commission in one of the African American units of the United States Army during the later years of the Civil War. In his letter of September 13, 1864, he states that he is "now in the 100 days service" and stationed in Cairo, Illinois. Included also is a letter of recommendation from First Lieutenant David T. N. Landerson stating that Robinson is "probably the best drilled officer in he Regiment." ...

Scope and Contents From the Collection: The letters and papers of Andrew Jackson Riddle (probably best known for his photographs of the Andersonville Prison Camp) in this collection includes several lists of chemicals and papers needed to produce the photographic copies of maps for the Confederate Army. There is also a letter from Assistant Engineer A. H. Buchanan to Lieutenant J. W. Glenn requesting more copies of a particular set of maps of the Atlanta, Georgia, area. On the back of this letter is a note from Lieutenant Glenn...

Scope and Contents From the Collection: The letters and papers of Andrew Jackson Riddle (probably best known for his photographs of the Andersonville Prison Camp) in this collection includes several lists of chemicals and papers needed to produce the photographic copies of maps for the Confederate Army. There is also a letter from Assistant Engineer A. H. Buchanan to Lieutenant J. W. Glenn requesting more copies of a particular set of maps of the Atlanta, Georgia, area. On the back of this letter is a note from Lieutenant Glenn...

Scope and Contents From the Collection: The letters and papers of Andrew Jackson Riddle (probably best known for his photographs of the Andersonville Prison Camp) in this collection includes several lists of chemicals and papers needed to produce the photographic copies of maps for the Confederate Army. There is also a letter from Assistant Engineer A. H. Buchanan to Lieutenant J. W. Glenn requesting more copies of a particular set of maps of the Atlanta, Georgia, area. On the back of this letter is a note from Lieutenant Glenn...