The Donald H. Couchman collection, 1833-1867.

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Couchman, Donald Howard, 1936-. The Donald H. Couchman collection, 1833-1867.

The Donald H. Couchman collection, 1833-1867.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/47816073

Contains the following types of materials: correspondence, documents. Contains information pertaining to the following wars and time periods: 1815-1846; Civil War -- Eastern Theater; Civil War -- Western Theater; Civil War -- Northern Interior; Civil War -- Gulf; Civil War -- Trans-Mississippi; Reconstruction. Contains information pertaining to the following military units and organizations: 30th New York State Militia Artillery Regiment; 2nd United States (U.S.) Sharpshooter Regiment; 11th Iowa Infantry Regiment; 9th U.S. Colored Infantry Regiment; U.S. Pension Office; 1st Brigade, 2nd Division, XIX Corps; numerous Union Army units; Confederate District of North Alabama. General description of the collection: The Donald H. Couchman collection includes petition to raise militia, 1833; 2nd (January 23, 1862), failure of Massachusetts to support soldiers' families; Confederate and 11th (February-March and July 27, 1862), Shiloh, Corninth, telegraph line problems; pension (November 16, 1864), high price in District of Columbia; 9th (January 31, 1967), New Orleans and Texas, 9th's officers, muster out, search for post-Army jobs; Neal Dow; William Marcy; and Daniel Buggles.

1 box.

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