Papers, 1837-1910.

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Papers, 1837-1910.

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Correspondence and other material relating to Elder's life and work, chiefly 1852-1889. Letters for 1855-1868, some from Confederate soldiers, are addressed to Elder's sister, Maggie. Includes copies of official reports on the Battle of Little Big Horn Creek, 1876, and letters relative to Elder's painting "Custer's Last Charge," 1876-1877; and many letters from William W. Corcoran regarding portraits of Robert E. Lee and Thomas J. (Stonewall) Jackson, 1876-1877.

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Duke University Libraries, Duke University Library; Perkins Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 6965500

Duke University Libraries, Duke University Library; Perkins Library

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Corcoran, William Wilson, 1798-1888

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Washington, D.C. banker and philanthropist. From the description of Note : to "Dear Madam", [18]81 Jan. 13. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 22205349 From the description of Letter : Washington City, to Dr. James Laurie, Washington City, 1843 Jan. 4. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 22205336 Banker and philanthropist, of Washington, D.C. From the description of Papers, 1838-1887. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 19405728 American banke...

Jackson, Stonewall, 1824-1863

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Stonewall Jackson (1824-1863) was a Confederate Army officer from Lexington (Rockbridge Co.), Va. From the guide to the Stonewall Jackson papers, 1855-1906, (David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Duke University) Confederate general. From the description of Stonewall Jackson papers, 1842-1898 (bulk 1861-1862) [manuscript]. WorldCat record id: 23186323 Confederate Army officer, from Lexington (Rockbridge Co.), Va. From the de...

Elder, Maggie.

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Lee, Robert Edward, 1807-1870

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Robert Edward Lee (1807-1870) served as General of the Confederate Army in the U.S. Civil War and was president of Washington College in Lexington, Virginia from 1865 to 1870. Lee spent the first twenty-three years of his military career in the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. From 1837 to 1841 he was superintending engineer for the harbor of St. Louis and the upper Mississippi and Missouri rivers. Robert E. Lee was a United States Army officer, 1829-1861; commander of Virginia forces in the ...

Custer, George Armstrong, 1839-1876

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Custer's paternal ancestors, Paulus and Gertrude Küster, came to the North American English colonies around 1693 from the Rhineland in Germany, probably among thousands of Palatines whose passage was arranged by the English government to gain settlers in New York and Pennsylvania. According to family letters, Custer was named after George Armstrong, a minister, in his devout mother's hope that her son might join the clergy. Custer was born in New Rumley, Ohio, to Emanuel Henry Custer (1806...

Elder, John Adams, 1833-1895.

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Artist, of Fredericksburg, Va. From the description of Papers, 1837-1910. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 19536461 ...