Papers, 1861-1910 ; (bulk 1861-1862).

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Papers, 1861-1910 ; (bulk 1861-1862).

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Primarily correspondence and papers of Scully while stationed in Nashville, Tenn., during the Civil War. The letters concern his services as clerk to Captain Alvan Cullem Gillem under General George Henry Thomas in Kentucky; the battles of Mill Springs, Kentucky, 1862, and Shiloh, Tennessee, 1862; living conditions of the times; the Germans of Pennsylvania; and the attitude of Southern women, especially those in Nashville, Tenn., toward Federal soldiers. Included also are army commissions signed by J.M. Dickinson, Andrew Johnson, J.M. Schofield, and William Howard Taft.

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Duke University Libraries, Duke University Library; Perkins Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 6997712

Duke University Libraries, Duke University Library; Perkins Library

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United States. Army

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Gillem, Alvan C. (Alvan Cullem), 1830-1875

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Thomas, George Henry, 1816-1870

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Thomas was born at Newsom's Depot, Southampton County, Virginia, five miles (8 km) from the North Carolina border. His father, John Thomas, of Welsh descent, and his mother, Elizabeth Rochelle Thomas, a descendant of French Huguenot immigrants, had six children. George had three sisters and two brothers. The family led an upper-class plantation lifestyle. By 1829, they owned 685 acres (2.77 km2) and 24 slaves. John died in a farm accident when George was 13, leaving the family in financial diffi...

Scully, James Wall, 1861-1910.

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Surveyor and Union soldier. From the description of Papers, 1861-1910 ; (bulk 1861-1862). (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 20313923 ...