Guide to the Civil War Collection M0023

Processed by Special Collections staff; machine-readable finding aid created by Patricia White
Department of Special Collections and University Archives
1997; revised 2020
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Contributing Institution: Department of Special Collections and University Archives
Title: Civil War Collection
Identifier/Call Number: M0023
Physical Description: 0.5 Linear Feet (1 box)
Date (inclusive): 1857-1869
Language of Material: English .

Conditions Governing Access

Open for research. Note that material must be requested at least 36 hours in advance of intended use.

Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], Civil War Collection, M0023, Dept. of Special Collections, Stanford Libraries, Stanford, Calif.

Scope and Contents

This collection includes letters, a diary, photographs, and military documents of several different individuals and families pertaining to military matters as well as life back home.

Conditions Governing Use

These materials are believed to be in the public domain. There are no restrictions on use of public domain materials.

Related Materials

Civil War Collection:
M0022A 4th Illinois Volunteer Cavalry Civil War Records https://oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/tf8k4006m3/
M0022B Lemuel E. Newcomb papers http://www.oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/tf50000432
M0022C George A. Bailey papers http://www.oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/tf3f59n66k
M0023 Civil War collection, 1857-1869 https://searchworks.stanford.edu/view/4082944

Subjects and Indexing Terms

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

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