The Jay Luvaas collection, 1861-1877.

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The Jay Luvaas collection, 1861-1877.

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Contains photocopies and typed transcriptions of: diaries of Robert Taggart who served with the 38th Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment (1861-1862) and Alfred Thompson who served with the 49th Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment (1862-1864); and correspondence of Samuel P. Bates (1863-1877), Abner Doubleday (1874-1877), Joseph Hooker (1876), Abraham Lincoln (1863), O.O. Howard (1874-1875), Charles S. Brown who served in the 21st Michigan Infantry Regiment (1864-1865), Steve R. Clark who served in the 13th Ohio Cavalry Regiment (1863-1865), Robert M. Erwin who served in the 28th Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment (1861-1865), Alfred Thompson who served in the 49th Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment (1862-1864) and George H. Wilson who served in the 58th Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment (1863).

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Howard, Oliver Otis, 1830-1909

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Oliver Howard was born in Leeds, Maine, the son of Rowland Bailey Howard and Eliza Otis Howard. Rowland, a farmer, died when Oliver was 9 years old. Oliver attended Monmouth Academy in Monmouth, North Yarmouth Academy in Yarmouth, Kents Hill School in Readfield, and graduated from Bowdoin College in 1850 at the age of 19. He then attended the United States Military Academy, graduating in 1854, fourth in his class of 46 cadets, as a brevet second lieutenant of ordnance. He served at the Watervlie...

Doubleday, Abner, 1819-1893

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Doubleday, the son of Ulysses F. Doubleday and Hester Donnelly, was born in Ballston Spa, New York, in a small house on the corner of Washington and Fenwick streets. As a child, Abner was very short. The family all slept in the attic loft of the one-room house. His paternal grandfather, also named Abner, had fought in the American Revolutionary War. His maternal grandfather Thomas Donnelly joined the army at 14 and was a mounted messenger for George Washington. His great grandfather Peter Donnel...

Hooker, Joseph, 1814-1879

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Hooker was born in Hadley, Massachusetts, the grandson of a captain in the American Revolutionary War. He was of entirely English ancestry, all of which had been in New England since the early 1600s. His initial schooling was at the local Hopkins Academy. He graduated from the United States Military Academy in 1837, ranked 29th out of a class of 50, and was commissioned a second lieutenant in the 1st U.S. Artillery. His initial assignment was in Florida fighting in the second of the Seminole War...

Erwin, Robert M.

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United States. Army. Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment, 38th (1861-1865)

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Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865

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Abraham Lincoln (born February 12, 1809, Sinking Spring Farm near Hodgenville, Kentucky-died April 15, 1865, Washington, D.C.) was the sixteenth President of the United States from 1861 until his death by assassination. He was the son of a Kentucky frontiersman, Thomas Lincoln, and Nancy Hanks. In 1816, Lincoln moved to Pigeon Creek, Indiana, where he worked on his family's farm. Following his mother's death two years later, he continued working on farms until moving with his father to New Sa...

Luvaas, Jay.

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Military historian. From the description of The Jay Luvaas collection, 1861-1877. (US Army, Mil Hist Institute). WorldCat record id: 22768074 ...

Thompson, Alfred A., 1918-

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United States. Army. Ohio Cavalry Regiment, 13th (1864-1865)

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United States. Army. Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment, 58th (1861-1866)

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United States. Army. Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment, 28th (1861-1865)

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United States. Army. Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment, 49th (1861-1865)

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Clark, Steve R.

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United States. Army. Michigan Infantry Regiment, 21st (1862-1865).

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Brown, Charles S. (Charles Samuel), 1940-

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Clerk, 21st Michigan Volunteers; resident of Flint, Michigan. From the description of Papers / 1864-1865. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 19277351 ...

Taggart, Robert Thomas

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Wilson, George H., -1907

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Bates, Samuel P. (Samuel Penniman), 1827-1902

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Penna. educator. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Harrisburg, PA, to President Grant, 1869 Mar. 16. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270622350 Educator and historical writer, of Pennsylvania. From the description of Family papers, 1850-1934. (Allegheny College). WorldCat record id: 44935227 ...