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Box 1, folder 1

Diaries of John Wesley Melhorn 1862-1863

Language of Material: English.

Scope and Contents

Typescript copy of the diaries of John Wesley Melhorn,1862 April 17 -1862 September 10 and 1862 December 16 -1863 May 10, reporting on action in the Shenandoah Valley, Seven Pines, Second Manassas, Chancellorville, and Frederickburg. Melhorn was a Capt. of Company C, 10th Virginia Infantry.
Box 1, folder 2

Letter of Rich Long 1863

Language of Material: English.

Scope and Contents

Letter of Rich Long, Lt. Colonel in the 73rd Ohio Volunteers, Infantry, to Gen. W. D. Whipple, 1863 December 25, endorsed by Gen. O. O. Howard.
Box 1, folder 3

Letter of J. C. Campbell 1863

Language of Material: English.

Scope and Contents

Letter of J. C. Campbell to Adda Leighton, 1863 November 13, describing the death of Miss Leighton's brother.
Box 1, folder 4

Letter of J. B. N. April 24, 1864

Language of Material: English.

Scope and Contents

Handwritten transcription of letter from J. B. N. to "Friend Quiney" stationed at Port Hudson, Louisiana, discussing Negro troops.
Box 1, folder 5-8

Letters of Israel Spencer & typescripts 1862-1865

Language of Material: English.

Scope and Contents

Letters from Israel Spencer to relatives describing campaigns in Virginia, Chancellorsville, and Gettysburg with the 136th New York Volunteer Infantry, Company A, 1862 August 28 -1865 June 13.
Box 1, folder 9-10

Moore Family Letters 1861-1865

Language of Material: English.

Scope and Contents

These letters are written to Theodore H. and Edward M. Moore by Edward and Laura Moore and other friends in the army and at home. They primarily discuss social life and school teaching, with some mention of draft dodgers and camp life. Also included is an obituary for Theodore F. Moore and poems and essays by family members.
Box 1, folder 13

William Barnes Civil War Pass 1864

Language of Material: English.

Scope and Contents

William Barnes' Civil War pass to the White House, 1864 June 1.

Provenance:

Gift of the estate of Thomas M. Marshall
Box 1, folder 14

Col. Orlando Hurley Moore Civil War Papers 1863, 1943

Language of Material: English.

Scope and Contents

Typescript copy of remarks by Col. Moore prior to the battle of Tebbs Bend, Kentucky, 1863 July 4; clippings about Col. Moore and his part in breaking up the "Pacific Republic, ca. 1943; and a letter from his daughter Jesse Moore Loveridge, 1943.

Provenance:

Gift of Jesse Moore Loveridge, July 1943
Box 1, folder 15-17

Col. Edward Martindale Civil War Letters and Photographs 1863-1865

Language of Material: English.

Biograhpical Note:

Edward Martindale served with the 26th New Jersey Vol. Regiment under General Hooker, the 83rd Regiment, U. S. Infantry (Colored), and the 118th Regiment (Colored). He commanded the Provisional Brigade, U. S. Colored Troops, 18th Army Corps and other African American units. Martindale was credited with the capture of Libby Prison.

Scope and Contents

Included in this series are approximately fifty letters from Martindale to his wife, 1863 April 3 to 1865 March 9; three photographs; and one commemorative document (in oversize storage).
map-folder 2

oversize commemorative document

Box 1, folder 18

Lee's General Order Number Nine 1865

Language of Material: English.

Scope and Contents Note:

Facsimile of Lee's farewell to the Army of Northern Virginia, 1865 April 10.
Box 1, folder 19

Army Muster Rolls 1857, 1869

Language of Material: English.

Scope and Contents Note:

Army muster rolls from Fort Duncan, Texas, 1857, and from Fort Wayne, Michigan, 1869.

Provenance:

Gift of Stephen Keachie
Box 1, folder 20

Civil War Oath of Joseph S. Gerst 1865

Language of Material: English.

Scope and Contents Note:

Document of oath to support and defend the constitution of the United States and support the laws of slave emancipation, signed by Joseph S. Gerst, 1865 September 13.

Provenance:

Gift of S. J. Lisberger
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