Papers 1861-1896.

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Papers 1861-1896.

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Papers include correspondence and writings of Alfred Ayres during his service as Captain of Company H, 78th Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteers. The letters were written to his wife and describe the battles of Chickamaunga (Ga.), Chattanooga (Tenn.), his support of Gen. Rosecrans' order forbidding railroad travel of women in the South, and his impressions of the state of the Union Army while fighting in the South. Writings include two drafts of a verse poem and a prose reminiscence describing the Battle of Dallas (Ga.) in 1864, also known as New Hope Church. Also included is Ayres' discharge certificate from the 13th Regiment of the Pennsylvania Volunteers in 1861.

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Historical Society of Western Pennsylvania, Heinz History Center Detre Library and Archives

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Historical Society of Western Pennsylvania, Heinz History Center Detre Library and Archives

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Ayres, Hugh Alfred, (1839-)

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Hugh Alfred (Alf) Ayres was born in Butler, Pennsylvania and served with the 13th and 78th Regiments of Pennsylvania Volunteers during the Civil War. He married Elizabeth Kerr in 1861 and returned to Butler after the war. Ayres held political offices in Butler and worked in merchandising and the oil industry after the war. From the description of Papers 1861-1896. (Historical Society of W Pennsylvania). WorldCat record id: 30674915 ...

United States. Army. Pennsylvania Infantry. 13th Regiment.

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Ayres, Elizabeth

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United States. Army. Pennsylvania Infantry. 78th Regiment.

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Rosecrans, William S. (William Starke), 1819-1898

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General during the Civil War; congressman from California (1881-1885); U.S. Register of the Treasury (1885-1893). From the description of Papers, 1864-1895. (University of Notre Dame). WorldCat record id: 24039377 William Starke Rosecrans was an inventor, coal-oil company executive, diplomat, politician, and United States Army officer during the Civil War. He was the victor at prominent Western Theater battles such as Second Corinth, Stones River, and the Tullahoma Campaign,...