John Chester White : papers, 1822-1919.

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John Chester White : papers, 1822-1919.

Papers include typed manuscript of John Chester White's "The War of the Union against Secession, 1861-1865," an unpublished month-by-month narration of the "War between the States" in five volumes (completed circa 1919). Papers also include a folder of memoranda about the manuscript (Box 1, folder 1), as well as two boxes of additional papers (boxes 14, 15) including biographical sketches of Confederate and Union officers, illustrative material, newspaper clippings and miscellaneous printed matter, including a memo from the U.S. War Department (1905) on the general officers appointed by the President in the armies of the Confederacy.

5 cubic ft.

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The Filson Historical Society

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