Goff-Williams papers, 1859-1889 (bulk 1861-1865).

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Goff-Williams papers, 1859-1889 (bulk 1861-1865).

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122445769

Letters of Robert H. Williams to his parents and fianceeĢ Elizabeth Goff contain detailed accounts of duty at Muddy Branch, Md., military operations at Berryville Pike, Winchester, Cedar Creek, and expeditions to Danville and Petersburg, etc.; camp life, promotions, discussion of war politics, commanding officers, especially Philip Henry Sheridan and William Tecumseh Sherman, and the assassination of Abraham Lincoln.

64 pieces; also ephemera and photographs.1 case.

Huntington Library, Art Collections & Botanical Gardens

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