Civil War letters [manuscript], 1861-1863.

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Civil War letters [manuscript], 1861-1863.

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Letters of seven Union and two Confederate soldiers mention Federal occupation of Winchester, Va., Stuart's October 1862, Chambersburg, Pa. raid, the 1863 bombardment of Charleston, S.C. camp life including picket duty and the guarding of Negro homes, the duty of men to enlist and save the Union, and the Elmira prison.

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Stuart, Jeb, 1833-1864

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James Ewell Brown (Jeb) Stuart, soldier, was born 6 February 1833, on "Laurel Hill" plantation, Patrick County, Virginia. He died 12 May 1864 and is buried in Richmond, Virginia. Stuart graduated from the U.S. Military Academy (1850); received his commission (1854); and transferred to the Cavalry (1855). He married Flora Cooke, a colonel's daughter, in 1855, and the couple had three children. Stuart became Robert E. Lee's aide (1859) and resigned from the U.S. Army to be commissioned a lieutenan...

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Mathie, George H.

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Coalter, Henry T.

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Elmira Prison (Elmira, N.Y.)

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Townsend, William.

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Baker, Jo.

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