Papers, 1857-1910.

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Papers, 1857-1910.

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Letters by Reid, from Union Grove, Wis., to his family, 1857-58, while attending the University of Wisconsin in 1861, and while a member of Co. A, 22nd Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry Regiment, 1862-1865; scrapbooks, brief entry diaries, and account books. The college letters describe daily undergraduate life, including debate societies, going to the legislature to hear bills debated, and war preparations, including drilling with the University Guards and militia arrivals at Camp Randall. Civil War materials include three brief entry diaries for parts of 1862 and 1864-65; two account books from Reid's service as Brigade Commissary Clerk; and five scrapbooks, 1862-1907, one from wartime and four giving veterans' reminiscences and activities. Reid's diaries and letters describe daily activities, Reid's changing attitudes toward politics, slavery, and Blacks; impressions of officers and their feuding in the 22nd; and descriptions of a Black school, the battles of Nashville, Resaca, and Peach Tree Creek, the burning of Atlanta, Sherman's March to the Sea, foraging, Reid's capture in 1863, and his treatment in a Southern hospital. One letter describes the Champ Clark-Charles B. Landis debate at Clarinda, Iowa, August 21, 1900.

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Clark, Champ, 1850-1921

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Landis, Charles B. (Charles Beary), 1858-1922

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United States. Army. Wisconsin Infantry Regiment, 22nd (1862-1865). Company A.

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Reid, Harvey, 1842-1910.

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Harvey Reid joined the United States Army at Racine, Wisc., in 1862. He served with the 22nd Wisconsin Infantry Regiment through 1865, participating in the campaigns against Morgan's Confederate Cavalry in Kentucky in 1863 and later in Sherman's march through Georgia and the Carolinas. From the description of Harvey Reid papers, 1862-1865. WorldCat record id: 46378802 Harvey Reid joined the Union Army at Racine, Wisc., in 1862. He served with the 22nd Wisconsin ...