Military officer correspondence, 1861-1904.

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Military officer correspondence, 1861-1904.

Correspondence during and after the Civil War from: Calvin E. Pratt to Leopold C. Newman; James K. Proudfit to Lida Perry; John F. Rathbone; Green Berry Raum to Catharine Schmehl; George M. Robeson; William B. Rochester to Horatio C. King; Theophilus F. Rodenbough to William B. Wetmore, Horatio C. King, and Charles C. Jones, Jr.; Thomas L. Rosser to Horatio C. King; and Daniel H. Rucker.

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Pratt, Calvin E. (Calvin Edward), 1828-1896.

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Rochester, William Beatty, 1826-1909

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Raum, Green B. (Green Berry), 1829-1909

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Perry, Lida, fl. 1896.

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Proudfit, James Kerr, 1831-1917.

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James Kerr Proudfit was born in Argyle (Washington County), New York on July 24, 1831, to James and Maria Amelia Jane (Kerr) Proudfit. Following the death of his father in 1839, he moved with his family to Brookfield in Wisconsin Territory, and then to Delafield (Waukesha County), Wisconsin in 1847. He married Emelie Theresa Kreug at Delafield in 1855. From April 20 to August 21, 1861, Proudfit served as second lieutenant in Wisconsin’s First Volunteer Infantry Regiment. On Septembe...

Rathbone, John F., fl. 1861.

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King, Horatio C.

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Union army officer, 1862-1865, and New York City attorney. From the description of Letterbooks, 1862 Sept.-1868 Nov. (New York University, Group Batchload). WorldCat record id: 58759159 Military man and politician. King moved to Brooklyn in 1865 and served on the Brooklyn Board of Education. From the description of Papers, [ca. 1840]-1925. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 155451560 Biographical Note ...

Rucker, Daniel Henry, 1812-1910

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Schmehl, Catharine, fl. 1894.

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Wetmore, William Boerum, 1849-1919.

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Newman, Leopold C., ca. 1839-1863.

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Rodenbough, Theophilus F. (Theophilus Francis), 1838-1912

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Brevet Brigadier General, U.S. Army. Author of From Everglade to Canon and The Army of the United States, 1789-1896. From the description of Letters 1866-1875. (Denver Public Library). WorldCat record id: 38915455 Theophilus Francis Rodenbough (1828-1912) was a soldier and author from Pennsylvania, having served in the Civil War as second lieutenant, captain, and brigadier-general. He was given the Congressional Medal of Honor in 1864 and retired from the Army in 1870, there...

Jones, Charles C. (Charles Colcock), 1831-1893

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"Known as the "Macaulay of the South," Charles C. Jones Jr. was the foremost Georgia historian of the nineteenth century. Also a noted autograph and manuscript collector and an accomplished amateur archaeologist, Jones in later years became a prominent memorialist of the Lost Cause and critic of the New South." - "Charles C. Jones Jr." New Georgia Encyclopedia. http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org (Retrieved August 21, 2008) From the description of Charles Colcock Jones letters, 1866-1...

Rosser, Thomas Lafayette, 1836-1910

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Confederate States of America general. From the description of Portrait of Thomas Lafayette Rosser [manuscript], ca. 1858. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647806656 From the description of Photograph of Thomas Lafayette Rosser, ca. 1898. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 64431642 Confederate general during Civil War; resident of Charlottesville, Va. From the description of Papers, 1861-1867. (Duke University Library). WorldCat r...

Robeson, George M. (George Maxwell), 1829-1897

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George Maxwell Robeson, lawyer, attorney-general of New Jersey, Congressman from New Jersey, and secretary of the navy was born in Warren County, NJ. He graduated with high honors from the College of New Jersey (now Princeton University) in 1847. Robeson studied law, and was appointed by Governor Newell as prosecutor of Camden County. In 1867 he was appointed attorney-general of New Jersey by Governor Marcus Ward; and in 1869 Robeson was appointed secretary of the navy by President Ulysses Grant...