Civil War letters received from family and friends, 1861 May 23-1869 November 10.

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Civil War letters received from family and friends, 1861 May 23-1869 November 10.

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At the Agricultural College of Pennsylvania, Evan Williams received letters from his brothers William and Thomas; and his wife, Margaret, received letters from her brothers Griffith and Isaac Lytle and cousin G.D. McCormick while all the brothers served in the Union army during the Civil War in Virginia. They mention the battles of Bristoe Station, Bull Run, Chancellorsville, Cold Harbor, Fredericksburg, Petersburg, Trevilian Station, The Wilderness, Yorktown, and Gettysburg, Pa. Units mentioned include the 49th, 51st, and 148th Pennsylvania volunteers. Other correspondents include Daniel Webster Baker, Joseph Holdeman, and J.M. Williams. Post-war letters from D.F. Taylor discuss the oil industry in western Pennsylvania. Also, includes a tax receipt allowing William Williams to vote in 1864, Evan Williams's 1864 draft notice, loose envelopes, and a souvenir folder of the U.S. Army Cantonment, Camp Lee, Petersburg, Va. (mailed 8 July 1918).

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Williams, Thomas E.

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Colonel Thomas E. Williams had a Marine Corps career that stretched from 1941-1962. He was in the Pacific during World War II, and then he was assigned to Europe. He assumed his first major Cold War command of the Camp Matthews weapons training regiment in 1956. He was posted to China, Europe, and the Army War College. He was involved in intelligence and worked with the CIA. From the description of Thomas E. Williams papers, 1940-1985. (University of Wyoming, American Heritage Center...

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Lytle family.

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Williams, J. Melvin (James Melvin), 1910-

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Merchant, broker. J.M. Williams, judging by the content of his letter, was a merchant and a broker, as he writes in the same letter on the subject of the cotton and tobacco markets and about shipping. From the description of Letter, 1846. (Florida State University). WorldCat record id: 50693813 ...

Holdeman, Joseph,

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Williams, William, d. 1864.

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Lytle, Isaac.

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Baker, Daniel Webster,

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Williams family.

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Taylor, D. F.,

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Williams, Evan Williams

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