Civil War papers.

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Civil War papers.

Correspondence, amounting to 380 items between Sargent and his wife. Impressions of camp life and accounts of battles and campaigns. Mrs. Sargent's letters contain some information on New London, N.H. Also three diary volumes, 1863-1865, with daily notations on weather, troop movements.

ca. 400 items.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7118349

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Burnside, Ambrose Everett, 1824-1881

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Burnside was born in Liberty, Indiana and was the fourth of nine children of Edghill and Pamela (or Pamilia) Brown Burnside, a family of Scottish origin. His great-great-grandfather Robert Burnside (1725–1775) was born in Scotland and settled in the Province of South Carolina. His father was a native of South Carolina; he was a slave owner who freed his slaves when he relocated to Indiana. Ambrose attended Liberty Seminary as a young boy, but his education was interrupted when his mother died in...

Brownlow, William Gannaway, 1805-1877

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William G. Brownlow was a minister, newspaper publisher, and governor, who attacked the Confederacy after Tennessee seceded from the Union. He was forced to cease publishing and was imprisoned, but he was enventually freed and was escorted to Union lines in March 1862. He toured the North, stirring up support for East Tennessee Unionists and publishing books and articles, including his gubernatorial policies, which helped Tennessee become the first former Confederate state to be readmitted to th...

Sargent, Ransom F., 1837-

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Boutwell, Lauman, 1806-1882.

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Sargent, Emily Maria French, 1841-

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