Regimental papers of the Civil War, 1849-1882, bulk 1861-1865 / [collected by] William Pendleton Palmer.

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Regimental papers of the Civil War, 1849-1882, bulk 1861-1865 / [collected by] William Pendleton Palmer.

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Military and personal correspondence, muster rolls, official orders, ordnance and quartermaster reports, casualty lists, memoirs, diaries, descriptions of the engagements in which various regiments took part, and papers dealing with veterans' organizations after the war. Half of the collection relates to Ohio volunteers, but there are papers from Union and Confederate regiments of thirty States. Includes material concerned with Negro regiments enlisted in the Southern States occupied by Union Armies, and a few references to the Mexican War and the 1850s.

16.0 linear ft.

Western Reserve Historical Society, Research Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 6975246

Western Reserve Historical Society, Research Library

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Palmer, William Pendleton, 1861-1927,

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William Pendleton Palmer was President of the Western Reserve Historical Society, Cleveland, Ohio (1913-1927). From the description of Regimental papers of the Civil War, 1849-1882, bulk 1861-1865 / [collected by] William Pendleton Palmer. (Rhinelander District Library). WorldCat record id: 19898789 William Pendleton Palmer was President of the Western Reserve Historical Society in Cleveland, Ohio. From the description of Medical department and hospital papers co...

Taylor, James E., 1839-1901

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William Tecumseh Sherman (1820-1891) was born in Lancaster, Ohio. Orphaned at age nine, he was raised by Thomas Ewing, a U.S. senator who also served as secretary of the treasury and secretary of the interior. He graduated sixth in his class from the United States Military Academy at West Point. Sherman served in the Mexican War, but left the army in 1853. At the outbreak of the Civil War, Sherman accepted a position as a colonel in the regular army. He became well known for his tactics of prope...