Correspondence, ca. 1850-1866.

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Correspondence, ca. 1850-1866.

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Letters written to Duncan from family and friends. Includes letters written to him while he was a student at Dartmouth College and while he was an officer in the Civil War. Letters refer to his experiences as an officer of the 14th Regiment of New Hampshire Volunteers, the 4th Regiment of United States Volunteers, and a regiment of black soldiers. Includes some letters written to him by Alexander Gardiner, an officer in the 14th Regiment.

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Dartmouth College Library

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Duncan, Samuel A. (Samuel Augustus), 1836-1895.

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Duncan was graduated from Dartmouth College in 1858. He was principal of the high school in Quincey, Mass. from 1858 to 1860, tutor at Dartmouth College from 1860 to 1862, and commissioner of schools in Grafton County from 1861 to 1862. In 1862 he became the major of the 14th Regiment of New Hampshire Volunteers, and in 1863 he was promoted colonel of the 4th Regiment of United States Volunteers. He commanded a brigade of black troops from Jan. 20 to Sept. 29, 1864. On Sept. 29 he was wounded at...

Gardiner, Alexander

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Dartmouth College

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The celebration of the 150th anniversary of the decision of the U.S. Supreme Court in the Dartmouth College Case was held on April 9, 1969, in the Court of Claims, Washington, D.C.; the celebration also commemorated the career of Daniel Webster, the advocate who defended the case before the Supreme Court. During the ceremony Justice Earl Warren, Senator Thomas J. MacIntyre, and Dartmouth College President John Sloan Dickey spoke before an audience of legislators, jurists, historians, and alumni....

United States. Army. New Hampshire Infantry Regiment, 14th (1862-1865)

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United States. Army. Regiment, Infantry Volunteers, 4th.

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