Horace Cecil Fisher papers, 1859-1962.

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Horace Cecil Fisher papers, 1859-1962.

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Contains the following types of materials: memoirs, maps, personal items. Contains information pertaining to the following war and time period: 1848-1860; Civil War -- Western Theater; 1950s; 1960s. Contains information pertaining to the following military units and organizations: volunteer aide-de-camp, 4th Division, Army of the Ohio; volunteer aide-de-camp and topographical engineering officer, XX Corps; inspector general, XX Corps; acting inspector general, Army of the Cumberland. General description of the collection: The Horace Cecil Fisher papers include officer's excerpts of letters and memoirs of Horace Newton Fisher, 1862-1863 compiled with narrative and maps by his son. Memoirs detail daily life, officers, U.S. Grant, Rosecrans, William Nelson, Alexander McCook, and Don C. Buell; battles and campaigns in Shiloh, Corinth, Perryville, Murfreesboro, Tullahoma, Chickamauga and Chattanooga.

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