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Palfrey family papers, 1713-1915

Title: Palfrey family papers, 1713-1915

Papers of the Palfrey family of New England. The material of this collection encompasses over 150 years of American history and many items of interest besides those documenting the life and works of John Gorham Palfrey, who is its central figure. A few of these may be briefly mentioned here. The papers of William Palfrey include letters between John Wilkes and the Sons of Liberty and William Palfrey's personal correspondence with Wilkes at the time of the latter's imprisonment in 1769-1770, including Palfrey's description of the Boston Massacre. William Palfrey's business account and financial papers are extensive and range in subject from accounts of trade with Virginia in 1763 to the disposition of funds of the Continental Army during the time Palfrey was Pay Master General. His close association and correspondence with John Hancock should be noted. Several interesting items pertain to the dispute between Hancock and the Boston printer, John Mein, which resulted in Thomas Longman's suit against Mein and the latter's imprisonment. The papers of John Palfrey deal mainly with his business affairs and the management of his plantation at Attakapas. However, several letters by his sons, Edward, William Taylor, and Henry William give first-hand accounts of battles in the war of 1812. Letters to John Gorham Palfrey from over 1000 corespondents form the largest single section in the collection. Of special importance are 377 letters from Jared Sparks and 148 letters from Charles Sumner.

ArchivalResource: 60 linear feet (130 boxes and 9 volumes)

http://id.lib.harvard.edu/ead/hou00387/catalog View

Dolan, Thomas. Thomas Dolan telegraph messages, 1861-1863.

Title: Thomas Dolan telegraph messages, 1861-1863.

A collection of about 275 telegraph messages, in pen and pencil, sent in 1861-1863 by Thomas Dolan, military telegrapher, and preserved by him. Most of the messages were written by various generals, including 9 from Major General Ambrose E. Burnside, 7 from Major General Daniel Butterfield, 8 from A.V. Colburn, 6 from Brigadier General D.N. Couch, 23 from Brigadier General Samuel P. Heintzelman, 24 from Major General George B. McClellan, 103 from Major General Fitz-John Porter, 11 from Brigadier General John F. Reynolds, 9 from Brigadier General Edwin Vose Sumner, et al. There are also copies of 51 messages sent or received May 4-5, 1863, relating to the battle of Chancellorsville.

ArchivalResource: 0.25 linear feet (1 box)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/58780949 View

William G. Ritch Collection, 1539-1901, bulk 1845-1882

Title: William G. Ritch Collection, 1539-1901, bulk 1845-1882

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Brigham Young photographs, circa 1860-1870

Title: Brigham Young photographs, circa 1860-1870

Collection of carte-de-visite photographs and engravings from an album received by Miriam Young Hardy at settlement of the Brigham Young estate. Contains portraits of Young family members, Church leaders, Civil War military officers of both the Union and Confederacy forces, U.S. government officials, and other prominent people of the 1840s-1870s. Photographs of Young family members include: John W. Young, Mary Ann Angell Young, Mary Ann Ayers Young, and Naamah K. J. Carter Young. One studio view of a possible female Young standing by chair is unidentified. Photographs of Church leaders include: Ezra T. Benson, Heber C. Kimball, Orson Pratt, George A. Smith, and Brigham Young. Brigham Young and other Latter-day Saints were probably familiar with many of the military officers and government leaders as acquaintances or adversaries during the Mexican War, Utah Expedition, and federal administration during the Utah territorial era. Several photographs are not labeled. Collection includes political cartoon "The Great Surrender" showing miniature photographs of Earl Russell, Mason, Slidell, and Secretary Seward and artistic images labeled "On to Richmond" and "All Quiet on the Potomac." Also includes photo of unidentified man labeled "Specimen Brick" and caricature labeled "Disgusted Secesh Leaving Dixie". Photographers in the collection include E. Anthony and E. and H. T. Anthony (borrowed images from Brady's negatives), New York; Charles D. Fredricks & Co., New York; Perry (Bookbinder), Philadelphia; J. E. McClees, Philadelphia; Brady's National Photographic Portrait Galleries, New York; Savage and Ottinger, Salt Lake City; and Hermann Ohm, Copenhagen, Denmark.

ArchivalResource: DRPS: 1 electronic record; Photograph: 9 fd. (102 items), 10 x 7 cm.; Microfilm: 1 reel, 35 mm.; Photograph neg.: 13 items; Microfilm neg.: 1 reel; Compact disc (RAW IMAGES): 1 disk, 4-3/4 in.; Compact disc (MASTER): 1 disk, 4-3/4 in.; Compact disc (USER COPY): 1 disk, 4-3/4 in.

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Frederick M. Dearborn collection of military and political Americana, Part III: The Civil War: The Union, 1804-1915.

Title: Frederick M. Dearborn collection of military and political Americana, Part III: The Civil War: The Union, 1804-1915.

Autograph letters and documents of officers and statesmen associated with the Union in the Civil War collected by Frederick Myers Dearborn.

ArchivalResource: 8 boxes (4 linear ft.)

http://id.lib.harvard.edu/ead/hou01501/catalog View

Burns, William Wallace, 1883-1964. Papers.

Title: Papers. 1850-1891.

Army officer. Testimonial, Feb. 6, 185- to character of Lieutenant M.P. Harrison, acting Assistant Quartermaster killed by Indians; receipt for Harrison's body, Jan. 21, 1850, made out to Burns; pamphlet recording Court of Claims' opinion, March 20, 1869, in favor of Burns in the Sibley Tent Case; copy of letter, July 6, 1862, recommending promotion of Burns, endorsed by General Sedgwick and General Sumner along with copy of an attached endorsement by General McClellan, June 22, 1869; letter, Feb. 24, 1876, from office of Colorado Steam Navigation Co. stressing its steamboats dependence on custom of government freight; contemporary copy of letter, May 29, 1876, from Robert Macfeely concerning Burn's investigation of substance stores for troops; address honoring General Grant, signed by Burns; account, Washington, Feb. 11, 1891, of a conversation held by General Johnston, General McClellan, and Professor Charles Davies regarding the administration's attitude toward McClellan's march on Richmond and abolition.

ArchivalResource: 7 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/8054421 View

Inventory of the Brigadier General William Wallace Burns Papers Ragan MSS 00116., 1848-1910 (bulk: 1861-1889)

Title: Inventory of the Brigadier General William Wallace Burns Papers 1848-1910 (bulk: 1861-1889)

William Wallace Burns (1825-1892) was born at 3 Sept. 1825 in Coshocton, Ohio and graduated from the United States Military Academy in 1847. Posted to the United States Army Infantry, Burns served during the Mexican American War (1846-1848) on recruiting duty, then spent several years at various Indian posts in theWest and Southwest. In 1858, he was commissioned Captain in the Commissary of Subsistence. Burns served with the United States Army of the Potomac in the first months of the Civil War as General George B. McClellan's Chief Commissary in the West Virginia Campaign, and was later appointed Brigadier General of Volunteers 28 September 1861. In the Peninsular Campaign (Mar.-Aug. 1862), Burns commanded a Brigade of General John Sedwick's 2nd Divison, 2nd Corps, and, after recovering from wounds, commanded the 1st Divison, 9th Corps at the Battle of Fredericksburg (11-13 Dec. 1862). On 20 March 1863, Burns resigned his Volunteer commission and reverted to his staff rank of Major and Commissary. He served as Chief Commissary in the Department of the Northwest until the close of the Civil War. Breveted Brigadier General 13 March 1865 for gallant and meritorious services in the Civil War, William Wallace Burns retired 3 Sept. 1889 and died 19 April 1892 at Beaufort, South Carolina. Burns was buried in Arlington National Cemetery. Papers consist chiefly of correspondence (1858-1888) in which Burns gives detailed accounts of Civil War battles fought during the Peninsular Campaign (Mar.-Aug. 1862), particularly the Seven Days Battles (25 June-1 July, 1862 ), including Peach Orchard, Allen's Farm, Savage Station, Glendale, Nelson's Farm, and Malvern Hill. Burns discusses military strategy, troop movements, military surgeons, weather conditions during battles, building pontoon bridges, building defense works, and and capturing Confederate works. One letter is present from the Mexican-American War (1846-1848). Correspondents include President Abraham Lincoln, U.S. Secretary of War Edwin Stanton, General Henry W. Halleck, General Winfield Scott Hancock, General George McClellan, General William Starke Rosecrans, and Major General Edwin Vose Sumner, as well as Emil Schalk, who was a war journalist. Topics include slavery, as well as the conduct and outcome of the war. Some correspondence (1888-1904) was written just before and after Burns' death among family members, notably his grandchildren Lloyd Burns Magruder, who was a cadet at the United States Military Academy, and Pauline Magruder, as well as William Wallace Burns' sister Mabelle Burns, usually called A substantial group of letters to Mabelle Burns is from her suitor for marriage, B. L. Prince. A few of the family letters from Pauline Magruder to her Aunt Mabelle Burns are written in French from Paris, France. Also included are copies of military orders and official reports focused on Burns' thwarted ambitions to become Major General and lead a Division in the Army of the Cumberland under the command of General Rosecrans. A few financial records and documents from legal procedings concern disputed rights to the an invention whose patent royalties were eventually shared by Burns with Henry Hastings Sibley are present, as are a few documents concerning Texas real estate transactions.Transcripts of correspondence (1848-1889) cover all of Series 1. Military Correspondence, with a few letters (Box/Folder 1/6/doc.a-c) from Series 2. Personal Correspondence with professional colleagues, and a few (Box/Folder 1/7/doc.a-h, and k) from Series 3. Personal Correspondence with family and friends. Mab. Sibley Tent,

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http://www.lib.utexas.edu/taro/tamucush/00116/00116-P.html View

New Mexico. Governor (1851-1852 : Calhoun). Governor James S. Calhoun papers, 1851-1852.

Title: Governor James S. Calhoun papers, 1851-1852.

Summary: Collection consists of official papers of Governor Calhoun. Includes letters sent and received, two proclamations by Calhoun, and one proclamation by Col. Edwin V. Sumner, who was in charge of the executive office from May to September 1852, the period between Governor Calhoun's departure and Governor Lane's arrival in New Mexico.

ArchivalResource: .25 linear feet.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/37842169 View

Ransom, R. (Robert), 1828-1892. Robert Ransom letter, 1879.

Title: Robert Ransom letter, 1879.

In a letter (1879) to Major W. T. Walthall, Robert Ransom gives an account of a quarrel between General Joseph E. Johnston and Colonel Edwin Vose Sumner that took place at Fort Leavenworth, Kan., ca. 1855-1857.

ArchivalResource: 1 letter.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/269285295 View

Sumner Family Papers, 1836-1940, (bulk 1858-1862)

Title: Sumner Family Papers 1836-1940 (bulk 1858-1862)

Correspondence, legal documents, reports, and photographs of Edwin V. Sumner (1797-1863) and his sons, Edwin Vose Sumner (1835-1912) and Samuel Storrow Sumner (1842-1937), all military officers.

ArchivalResource: 113 items; 1 container plus 1 oversize; .5 linear feet

http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms009221 View

Robertson, B. H. (Beverly Holcombe), 1827-1910. Letter : Fort Conrad, N.M., to "Col.", 1853 Feb. 15.

Title: Letter : Fort Conrad, N.M., to "Col.", 1853 Feb. 15.

Feb. 15, 1853, letter from Lieut. Robertson, stationed at Fort Conrad, N.M., to an unidentified colonel, reporting on the true state of military affairs in New Mexico Territory in response to inaccurate statements in a recent report of the Secretary of War.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (6 p.) ; 25 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/39970815 View

Webster, Daniel, 1782-1852. Letter, [1850 Nov. 26], to Genl. Sumner.

Title: Letter, [1850 Nov. 26], to Genl. Sumner.

Courtesy note from Secretary of State Webster, who will not attend the president's reception.

ArchivalResource: [1] p. (1 leaf) ; 23 x 36 cm., folded to 23 x 18 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/242892090 View

Woodward, Ashbel, 1804-1885. Ashbel Woodward biography collection, undated.

Title: Ashbel Woodward biography collection, undated.

A collection of biographies of Civil War officers written and compiled by Ashbel Woodward of Hartford, Connecticut.

ArchivalResource: 0.5 linear foot (53 biographies).

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/435639388 View

Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States Civil War Commandery of the State of Massachusetts collection: Patriotic covers, ca. 1861-1865.

Title: Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States Civil War Commandery of the State of Massachusetts collection: Patriotic covers, ca. 1861-1865.

This is a portion of the MOLLUS Civil War collection. It includes approximately 5000 unused United States Civil War patriotic covers (envelopes) printed or embossed with images. Covers are predominantly from the Union side, but there are a few from the Confederate States of America (C.S.A.).

ArchivalResource: 10 boxes and 1 volume (9.2 linear ft.)

http://id.lib.harvard.edu/ead/hou00190/catalog View

Sumner, Edwin V. (Edwin Vose), 1797-1863. Commissions, 1820-1927.

Title: Commissions, 1820-1927.

A collection of commissions from 1820-1927 to Edwin V. Sumner (1797-1863) from 1820-63; Leonidas Jenkins from 1842-46; George S. Jenkins in 1864; Edwin V. Sumner (1835-1912) from 1857-99; Samuel S. Sumner from 1861-1927; and Edwin V. Sumner III from 1908-18. The collection also includes a few misc. certificates and appointments; however, the majority are military commissions from the U.S. Army and are signed by the current president.

ArchivalResource: 1 oversize box.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/29675023 View

Governor James S. Calhoun Papers, 1851-1852

Title: Governor James S. Calhoun Papers, 1851-1852

ArchivalResource: .25 linear feet

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Cain, Avery B., 1840-1879. Avery B. Cain letters, 1861-1865.

Title: Avery B. Cain letters, 1861-1865.

Civil war letters of Avery B. Cain of the U.S. 4th Infantry. A series of 43 letters from June 1, 1861 to April 5, 1865 from an officer in the regular army who started as a 2nd lieutenant and ended the war as a brevet major under Sykes. From Hampton, Va., the Monitor and Merrimac, he always praises McClellan, criticizes Sumner, describes 2nd Bull Run, and blames McDowell for its loss. The letters are written to his mother and father, in Rutland, Vt.

ArchivalResource: 1 folder.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/36833969 View

Davis, A. S. Letters to his sister, Angie, and brother Charlie, 1862 May 25, July 27, August 1.

Title: Letters to his sister, Angie, and brother Charlie, 1862 May 25, July 27, August 1.

On May 25 Davis discusses the popularity of McClellan, the bad roads and terrain near Richmond, Va., Confederate plans, Union hopes to be in Richmond in a day or two, and reports from a Union sympathizer that the Confederate army is discouraged. On July 27 he describes a review of Sumner's Corps with praise for his regiment. On August 1 he writes from Harrison's Landing about a Confederate shelling from across the James that killed six men.

ArchivalResource: 3 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/53965992 View

Sumner, Edwin Vose, 1797-1863. Autograph approval and signature on docketing slip of an undated application to the Governor of New York for recruits, [n.d.].

Title: Autograph approval and signature on docketing slip of an undated application to the Governor of New York for recruits, [n.d.].

ArchivalResource: 1 item (1 p.) ; (16mo)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/270574229 View

Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States Commandery of the State of Massachusetts Civil War collection, 1724-1933 (inclusive); 1861-1912 (bulk).

Title: Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States Commandery of the State of Massachusetts Civil War collection, 1724-1933 (inclusive); 1861-1912 (bulk).

A collection of images, manuscripts, and printed material, mostly relating to the Massachusetts soldiers and regiments in the American Civil War. Some material relates to other Union regiments and the Confederate States of America.

ArchivalResource: 47 linear feet (143 boxes, 2 volumes)

http://id.lib.harvard.edu/ead/hou00124/catalog View

Philip Case Lockwood memorial collection of Civil War portraits and autographs, 1862-ca. 1886.

Title: Philip Case Lockwood memorial collection of Civil War portraits and autographs, 1862-ca. 1886.

Scrapbook collection of Civil War photographs and autographs, assembled by Philip Case Lockwood.

ArchivalResource: 1 v. (.38 linear ft.)

http://id.lib.harvard.edu/ead/hou00542/catalog View

Slaughter, Montgomery. Papers of Montgomery Slaughter, 1862-1866 (bulk 1862-1863).

Title: Papers of Montgomery Slaughter, 1862-1866 (bulk 1862-1863).

Letters and communications from Rufus King, Edwin Vose Sumner, and other Union military authorities received by Montgomery Slaughter during the Union occupation of Fredericksburg in Apr. - Dec. 1862 and letters about contributions made by various communities of the Confederate States to the citizens of Fredericksburg in Jan. - Mar. 1863.

ArchivalResource: 50 pieces.1 case.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122386454 View

Burns, William Wallace. Papers, 1848-1910 (bulk 1861-1889).

Title: Papers, 1848-1910 (bulk 1861-1889).

Papers consist chiefly of correspondence (1858-1888) in which Burns gives detailed accounts of Civil War battles fought during the Peninsular Campaign (Mar.-Aug. 1862), particularly the Seven Days Battles (25 June-1 July, 1862). Burns discusses military strategy, troop movements, military surgeons, weather conditions during battles, building pontoon bridges, building defense works, and and capturing Confederate works. Correspondents include Abraham Lincoln, Edwin Stanton, Henry W. Halleck, Winfield Scott Hancock, George McClellan, William Starke Rosecrans, and Edwin Vose Sumner, as well as Emil Schalk, a war journalist. Family correspondents include Burns' grandchildren, Lloyd Burns Magruder, a cadet at the United States Military Academy and Pauline Magruder, as well as Burns' sister Mabelle Burns, usually called "Mab," as well as Mab's suitor for marriage, B.L. Prince. A few financial records and documents from legal procedings concern disputed rights to the "Sibley Tent," an invention whose patent royalties were eventually shared by Burns with Henry Hastings Sibley are present, as are a few documents concerning Texas real estate transactions.

ArchivalResource: 1 linear ft.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/50959242 View

United States. Army. Corps, 2nd. The Corps - II Corps papers, 1862-1863.

Title: The Corps - II Corps papers, 1862-1863.

Contains the following types of materials: orders, letters, oral histories. Contains information pertaining to the following war and time period: Civil War -- Eastern Theater. Contains information pertaining to the following military unit and organization: II Corps. General description of the collection: The Corps -- II Corps papers include unit's papers: book of xeroxed letters and orders sent by headquarters of Sumner's Wing (September 29 - October 7, 1862) and of II Corps (October 11, 1862 - June 11, 1863). Messages written by Joseph H. Taylor, Francis A. Walker, and Charles H. Morgan on behalf of Edwin V. Sumner, Darius N. Couch, and Winfield Scott Hancock.

ArchivalResource: 1 box.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/48069088 View

George Brinton McClellan Papers, 1783-1898, (bulk 1850-1885)

Title: George Brinton McClellan Papers 1783-1898 (bulk 1850-1885)

Army officer and governor of New Jersey. Correspondence, diaries, military papers, memoranda, telegrams, notes, writings, printed copies of speeches, articles, and books relating primarily to McClellan's Civil War service, particularly the Yorktown and Maryland campaigns.

ArchivalResource: 33,000 items; 199 containers plus 3 oversize; 82 microfilm reels

http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms010155 View

Hall, Augustus, 1814-1861. Letters to Augustus Hall, 1847-1868 (bulk 1847-1857).

Title: Letters to Augustus Hall, 1847-1868 (bulk 1847-1857).

12 ALS to Hall from various prominent Iowa, Nebraska, and Utah men, writing about politics, forwarding letters of introduction, asking for political favor. The letters include a description of the contested election in Nebraska in 1855, a copy of Samuel Ryan Curtis' military record, a note from Joseph E. Johnson about his desire to be Secretary of the Territory of Utah. Other correspondents include Thomas B. Cuming, William W. Drummond, Edwin Vose Sumner, and George W. Jones. With one seemingly unrelated letter from Maxwell & Chapman, Attorneys, Plattsmouth, Nebraska, dated Dec 21 1868 with cachet map showing railroads projected and completed in 1868 centering in Plattsmouth, 2 x 3 inches at the end of an orange envelope.

ArchivalResource: 14 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/702138011 View

Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States Commandery of the State of Massachusetts Civil War collection, 1724-1933 (inclusive); 1861-1912 (bulk).

Title: Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States Commandery of the State of Massachusetts Civil War collection, 1724-1933 (inclusive); 1861-1912 (bulk).

A collection of images, manuscripts, and printed material, mostly relating to the Massachusetts soldiers and regiments in the American Civil War. Some material relates to other Union regiments and the Confederate States of America.

ArchivalResource: 47 linear feet (143 boxes, 2 volumes)

http://id.lib.harvard.edu/ead/hou00124/catalog View

Sumner Family Papers, 1836-1940, (bulk 1858-1862)

Title: Sumner Family Papers 1836-1940 (bulk 1858-1862)

Correspondence, legal documents, reports, and photographs of Edwin V. Sumner (1797-1863) and his sons, Edwin Vose Sumner (1835-1912) and Samuel Storrow Sumner (1842-1937), all military officers.

ArchivalResource: 113 items; 1 container plus 1 oversize; .5 linear feet

http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms009221 View

Rice, Josiah M., 1832-1914. Papers, 1851-1914.

Title: Papers, 1851-1914.

Rice's vivid, detailed descriptions fill his diaries. The descriptions in the two diaries chronicle the daily life of Union troops including their food, uniforms, sleeping conditions and pay. Rice describes the appearance and attitudes of slaves and the effect of the Emancipation Proclamation. Other topics discussed include telegraphing with mirrors, encounters with the enemy, illnesses and suicides of the troops. In pencil, he also drew local scenery to illustrate his narratives. There is some indication, however, that the diaries were written later, possibly from notes that he kept at the time. Copies of military papers, especially those related to pensions, delineate his military career.

ArchivalResource: .5 linear ft. (1 box), 1 microfilm reel.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/13807113 View

Sanderson, Winslow F., d. 1853. Winslow Fuller Sanderson papers, 1846-1860.

Title: Winslow Fuller Sanderson papers, 1846-1860.

In letters to his wife and children, Sanderson writes about his family, financial affairs, his military career, critical remarks of the officers, and progress of the Mexican war. After the war, his letters tell about his commands and duties at Fort Laramie, Fort Leavenworth, on the Western Plains, at a military court in Tampa, Florida, and the Rio Grande. There is a clipping telling about the old and new Fort Laramie, the expense of maintaining forts, and the death of Indians from cholera.

ArchivalResource: 285 p. in 1 box.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/702126755 View

Slaughter, Montgomery. Papers of Montgomery Slaughter, 1862-1866 (bulk 1862-1863).

Title: Papers of Montgomery Slaughter, 1862-1866 (bulk 1862-1863).

Letters and communications from Rufus King, Edwin Vose Sumner, and other Union military authorities received by Montgomery Slaughter during the Union occupation of Fredericksburg in Apr. - Dec. 1862 and letters about contributions made by various communities of the Confederate States to the citizens of Fredericksburg in Jan. - Mar. 1863.

ArchivalResource: 50 pieces.1 case.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122386454 View

Revere, Paul Joseph, 1832-1863. Papers, 1849-1902.

Title: Papers, 1849-1902.

Officer with the 20th Regiment, Mass. Volunteer Infantry, and Assistant Inspector General under Gen. Edwin V. Sumner. Chiefly letters from Revere to his wife, Lucretia, relating to the Battle of Ball's Bluff (1861), where he was taken prisoner; his life as a hostage in Richmond, Va.; Confederate privateers held in New York; military activities at Yorktown and during the Seven Days' Battles (1862); the Battle of Antietam (1862); and marches on the way to the Battle of Gettysburg (1863). Other correspondents include Charles F. Adams Jr., Robert B. Forbes, John M. Forbes, and Theodore Lyman.

ArchivalResource: 2 boxes.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/16743969 View

Backus, Electus, 1804-1852. Diary of Electus Backus, 1851-1852.

Title: Diary of Electus Backus, 1851-1852.

The diary, which covers November 23, 1851-April 18, 1852, details Backus's experience as commander of Fort Defiance, Arizona, and particularly the army's interactions with the Navajo, the Hopi, and the Apache Indians, including the Indians coming to the fort to trade and buy supplies, Backus's relationships with various Navajo chiefs, and failed treaty negotiations with the Navajo by Edwin Sumner and Territorial Governor James S. Calhoun. Backus also describes his frustration with late supply shipments, his fear that his troops will starve, and the various problems brought on with the winter weather including the death of cattle and horses. Backus also mentions gold and "jewel" mines in the area.

ArchivalResource: 48 pages, bound volume, 20 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122332632 View

Black, James Wallace, 1825-1896,. 20th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment carte de visiet album, 1862-ca. 1865.

Title: 20th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment carte de visiet album, 1862-ca. 1865.

Forty-three carte de visite portraits of members of the 20th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment of the Civil War, taken from 1862 to ca. 1865. Subjects include Henry Livermore Abbott, Captain William Francis Bartlett, Caspar Crowninshield, Edward N. Hallowell, Norwood Penrose Hallowell, Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr., William Raymond Lee, James Jackson Lowell, George Brinton McClellan, Francis Palfrey, William Lowell Putnam, Paul Joseph Revere, John Sedgwick, and Edwin Vose Sumner, among many others. There are also a small number of cartes de visite of members of the 9th Massachusetts Artillery Battery and the 7th Michigan Infantry Regiment. Photographers include James Wallace Black, Frederick L. Lay, and John Adams Whipple of Boston, Mass., as well as Brady's National Photographic Art Gallery of Washington, D.C., among others.

ArchivalResource: 43 photographs in 1 box : cartes de visite, b&w ; 10 x 6 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/51443038 View

Newton, Noah, d. 1853. Letter: to Maj. E. V. Sumner /by Noah Newton, 1847 Feb 1.

Title: Letter: to Maj. E. V. Sumner /by Noah Newton, 1847 Feb 1.

Request for exchange of companies.

ArchivalResource: 1 p.; 25 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/702129295 View