Beauregard, G. T. (Gustave Toutant), 1818-1893. Civil War papers, 1836-1913.
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Civil War papers, 1836-1913.
Letters (chiefly 1861-1865, some in German) of Union soldiers William Fieldhouse, 95th New York Infantry, George Müller, 33rd New Jersey Infantry, Charles Ried, 3rd New Jersey Infantry, and Benjamin R. Serven, Company K, 25th New Jersey Infantry; diaries of Isaac P. Brokaw, Company K, 30th New Jersey Infantry (1862-1865), D. Judson Cook, Company C, 27th New Jersey Infantry (1862-1863), John D. Polhemus (1837-1923), Company K, 30th New Jersey Infantry (1862-1863), Lewis C. Rappleyea, Company I, 1st New Jersey Cavalry (1864-1865), and Edward Sill, New York officer imprisoned at Macon, Ga., and Charleston, S.C. (1864-1865); reminiscences of Rev. Josiah J. Brown (completed 1885) and of Charles Crowell, both serving with New Jersey and New York regiments in Virginia campaigns; scrapbook (1911-1913) of Civil War remembrances, kept by James Madison Drake, historian of Army and Navy Medal of Honor Legion of the United States of America; miscellaneous papers of William D. Harned, 20th Pennsylvania Infantry (1865-1912), Theodore Pierson, Springfield enrollment officer for New Jersey militia in 1863 (1856-1882), and Jacob J. Van Riper, 6th New Jersey Infantry (1836-1863); and verse (1865) composed at Camp Parole, Annapolis, Md., by a New Hampshire poet. Also includes transcripts of letters and narratives (1861) concerning 1st Battle of Bull Run by Pierre G.T. Beauregard, James Chesnut, Jr., and Jefferson Davis; receipt books (1864) listing volunteers mustered from Newark, N.J., by Army recruiting agent David Collins; discharge certificates (1863-1865) issued by 9th New Jersey Infantry, commanded by Col. Gilliam Van Houten; clothing account book (1863-1864) of Veteran Reserve Corps; and record book (1885-1887) kept by Gen John Charles Black, U.S. commissioner of pensions, of applications of New Jersey Civil War veterans or their widows for pensions.
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