Papers, 1769-1883.

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Papers, 1769-1883.

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Indentures, wills, bonds, accounts of settlements of estates (especially of William Smith), and a few mercantile accounts of Henry Kagey. Some of the documents are in German script. There are also personal letters, some from settlers in Ohio, which inlcude religious musings, references to weather and crop conditions, and family and local news. Civil War letters include those of Caspar C. Henkel, surgeon of the 2nd Regiment of Virginia Militia describing health, quarters, and military actions near Winchester, Va., and Martinsburg, W. Va.; a contract for a substitute for David H. Kagey dated Nov. 22, 1861; and love letters from Kagey dating from 1863. Letters between Henkel and Kagey, 1863-1864, have information on medical training in Va., on the execution of deserters, on avoidance of the draft, and on the purchase of substitutes. There are also minutes of the Association for the Relief of Maimed Soldiers in New Market, February, 1864; reports on sick and wounded on the 25th, 42nd, and 48th Regiments of Va. Infantry, July, 1864; and a fragment of Kagey's diary.

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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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Kagey, Henry.

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Resident of Shenandoah Co., Va. From the description of Papers, 1769-1883. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 42584298 ...

Kagey, David H.

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Confederate States of America. Army. Virginia Infantry Regiment, 48th

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Confederate States of America. Army. Virginia Infantry Regiment, 25th.

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The 25th Virginia Infantry was organized in 1861 to help secure the Northwestern Virginia Railroad, a branch of the Baltimore and Ohio. In 1863, the War Dept. issued orders to reorganize the 25th Infantry and consolidate it with the 9th Battalion. From the description of Records, 1861-1865, (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122700959 ...

Henkel, Caspar C.

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Confederate States of America. Army. Virginia Infantry Regiment, 2nd

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Confederate States of America. Army. Virginia Infantry Regiment, 42nd

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Smith, Will

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William Smith was a Philadelphia general merchant. From the description of Letterbook, 1771-1775. (Historical Society of Pennsylvania). WorldCat record id: 122584914 Moses Greenleaf, Jr., was a surveyor, cartographer, writer, and pioneer Maine settler. William Smith was an agent for Eastern Lands. From the description of Autograph letter, signed, to Moses Greenleaf, 1815 Feb. 15. (Maine Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 732317151 ...

Confederate states of America. Army

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The Savannah Ordnance Depot, Savannah, Georgia, was organized as a field depot during the Civil War. In April 1864, it became the Savannah Arsenal under the supervision of the Chief of Ordnance. From the description of Savannah Ordnance Depot employment roll, 1864. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 38477938 The Confederate States of America Army may have created the position of Purchasing Commissary of Subsistence to oversee the distribution of food and other supplies to the Co...

Association for the Relief of Maimed Soldiers.

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