Papers, 1881-1902 and n.d.

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Papers, 1881-1902 and n.d.

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Clippings, leaflets and a volume. The clippings, chiefly undated although a few are dated 1886, concern the Civil War Battle of Gettysburg and Gettysburg Battle reunions. General Daniel Edgar Sickles is mentioned in a few clippings, and a map of the battlefield is included. There is an undated Battle of Gettysburg souvenir booklet, and one concerning the Iron Brigrade, 1902. The volume, 1881-1896, is a combined scrapbook, reminiscence book, and minute book. It contains two clippings concerning twenty-fifth anniversary reunions at the Gettysburg Battlefield in July, 1888. In particular, the Association of the First Army Corps held its annual meeting and reunion there. There follow notes and reminiscences about the battle, monuments at the battlefield, the twenty-fifth reunion and activities there. The final pages of the volume are minutes of meetings of the Esther Chapel, No. 5, O.E.S. (Masonic Order); Van Deusen was chapter secretary.

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Duke University Libraries, Duke University Library; Perkins Library

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Duke University Libraries, Duke University Library; Perkins Library

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Sickles, Daniel Edgar, 1819-1914

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In 1819, Sickles was born in New York City to Susan Marsh Sickles and George Garrett Sickles, a patent lawyer and politician. (His year of birth is sometimes given as 1825, and Sickles was known to have claimed as such. Historians speculate that Sickles chose to appear younger when he married a woman half his age.) He learned the printer's trade and studied at the University of the City of New York (now New York University). He studied law in the office of Benjamin Butler, was admitted to the ba...

United States. Army. Corps, 1st

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Freemasons

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Van Deusen, Albert H.

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A Freemason in Washington, D.C., a captain, and probably a soldier who participated in the Battle of Gettysburg. From the description of Papers, 1881-1902 and n.d. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 26997299 ...

United States. Army. Iron Brigrade.

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