Civil War letters collection, 1861-1902 (bulk 1861-1865).

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Civil War letters collection, 1861-1902 (bulk 1861-1865).

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/58781660

Collection of letters written during the Civil War or related to it, with a few miscellaneous military papers. It also includes the war reminiscences of Anthony S. Chambers, a reporter for the Daily Gazette in Baltimore, written as a 145-page letter to David E. Cronin in 1902. Chambers comments on anti-Union activities in Baltimore, the attitude of Governor Thomas Holliday Hicks towards secession, the attitude of Mayor George William Brown, the rioting against the 6th Massachusetts Regiment, and General Robert E. Lee's army en route to and from Gettysburg.

2.7 linear feet.

New-York Historical Society

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SNAC Resource ID: 7771352

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Brown, George William, 1812-1890

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Baltimore, Md. resident. From the description of Letter, 1874. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 38247202 ...

Hicks, Thomas Holliday, 1798-1865

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U.S. senator from Maryland and governor of Maryland. From the description of Papers of Thomas Holliday Hicks, circa 1846-1860. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79450887 ...

Cronin, David Edward, 1839-1925

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David Edward Cronin was a member of 1st N.Y. Mounted Rifles and served as provost marshal of Williamsburg, Va. From the description of The Vest Mansion: Its Historical and Romantic Associations as Confederate and Union Headquarters (1862-1865) in the American Civil War. (Colonial Williamsburg Foundation). WorldCat record id: 19931740 David Edward Cronin was born in Greenwich, New York, in 1839. After studying art in Troy, NY, with Alban Conant, he arrived in New...

Chambers, Anthony S.

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