Civil War manuscripts collection, 1859-1900 (inclusive).

Dana, Charles A. (Charles Anderson), 1819-1897

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Charles Anderson Dana (August 8, 1819 – October 17, 1897) was an American journalist, author, and senior government official. He was a top aide to Horace Greeley as the managing editor of the powerful Republican newspaper New-York Tribune until 1862. During the American Civil War, he served as Assistant Secretary of War, playing especially the role of the liaison between the War Department and General Ulysses S. Grant. In 1868 he became the editor and part-owner of the New York Sun. He at first ...

Hancock, Celenda.

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Morgan, Edwin D. (Edwin Denison), 1811-1883

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New York governor, 1859-1863. From the description of Letter : Albany, [N.Y.], to Abraham Lincoln, Washington, D.C., 1862 Jan. 10. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library). WorldCat record id: 30798399 Governor of New York, U.S. Senator, major general, merchant. From the description of Letter, 1867 November 71. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122458844 U.S. senator from New York, U.S. army officer, governor of New York, and businessman. From the...

Winder, John H. (John Henry), 1800-1865

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Confederate general. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Richmond, to Gen. H. A. Wise, 1864 Feb. 5. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270588263 U.S. Receiver of public lands at Detroit, Michigan, 1826-1828; bookkeeper, American Fur Company, Mackinac Island, Michigan, 1828-1829; and clerk of the Michigan Territorial Supreme Court, 1829. From the description of John Winder papers, 1825-1834. (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 34423131 ...

Beebe, Lydia T.

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Shaler, Alexander, 1827-1911

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Army officer. From the description of Papers of Alexander Shaler, 1863-1864. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79455956 Brigadier General in the Union Army; formerly Lieutenant Colonel in the 65th New York regiment. From the description of Diary, 1864 May 6-1864 Aug. 9. (New York University, Group Batchload). WorldCat record id: 58776237 ...

Ingalls, Truman, 1804-1867.

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Ingalls, William Henry Harrison, b. 1841.

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James, Edward Christopher, 1841-1901.

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Lusk, William Thompson, 1838-1897

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Ingalls family.

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Gile family.

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Willard, Lovell F., 1832-1864.

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Paddock, Elbridge E.

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Baldwin, Neilson Abeel, 1839-1906.

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Davis, Jefferson, 1808-1889

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Mary Ann Lamar Cobb (1818-1889), wife of Gen. Howell Cobb (1815-1868). From the description of Letter to Mary Ann Lamar Cobb, 1888 Oct. 2. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 38476494 Jefferson Davis (1808-1889) was born in Kentucky. He attended Transylvania University for a short time before enrolling at West Point in 1824, at the age of 16. He graduated in 1828 and immediately joined the First Infantry. His regiment was engaged in the Blackhawk War of 1831. In 1833, he became a...

Porter, Thomas W.

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Gile, David Herrick, 1836-1898.

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Eldridge, Milo D.

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Bartlett, Charles Griswold

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Resident of Old Lyme, Conn. From the description of Papers, 1771-1892 (bulk 1771-1792). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70954096 ...

Blaisdell, William M.

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Vermont school teacher. From the description of Cyphering book, 1808. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 84355930 ...

Blaisdell, Roxanna.

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Norman, William F.

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Waters, Albertus Aretius.

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Press, A. A. (Aleksi︠e︡ĭ Aleksandrovich)

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Jarvis, George Cyprian, 1834-1901.

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Sharpe, George Henry, 1828-1900

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Born February 26, 1828, in Kingston, New York, Sharpe attended Yale University and graduated from Rutgers University in 1847. He entered private practice in New York City, New York from 1848 to 1851, with the firm of Bidwell & Strong (now known as Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft). He was Secretary of the United States Legation in Vienna, Austrian Empire for the United States Department of State from 1851 to 1852. He resumed private practice in Kingston from 1854 to 1861. He served in the United St...

Carpenter, Arthur B.

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Forbes, Ira Emory, 1843-1911.

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Blaisdell, Betsy A.

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Hubbard, Robert, 1826-1898.

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Rhodes, William Barnard, 1807-1878.

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Briggs, Henry Shaw, 1824-1887

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Briggs was born to George Nixon Briggs, (governor of Massachusetts from 1844–1851) on August 1, 1824 in Lanesborough, Massachusetts. Henry Briggs graduated from Williams College in 1844 and was admitted to the Massachusetts Bar in 1848. On August 6, 1849, Briggs married Mary Elizabeth Talcott, daughter of Nathianiel P. Talcott of Lanesborough, Massachusetts. Shortly before the war, Briggs established a law practice in Pittsfield, Massachusetts. He took an interest in military affairs as we...

Warren, William Henry, 1852-1926

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Engineer and academic. Designed many bridges in Britain before migrating to Australia in 1882. Challis Professor of Engineering, University of Sydney, 1890-1925. From the description of Papers [manuscript]. (Libraries Australia). WorldCat record id: 225788412 ...

Blaisdell family.

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Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865

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Abraham Lincoln (born February 12, 1809, Sinking Spring Farm near Hodgenville, Kentucky-died April 15, 1865, Washington, D.C.) was the sixteenth President of the United States from 1861 until his death by assassination. He was the son of a Kentucky frontiersman, Thomas Lincoln, and Nancy Hanks. In 1816, Lincoln moved to Pigeon Creek, Indiana, where he worked on his family's farm. Following his mother's death two years later, he continued working on farms until moving with his father to New Sa...

Blaisdell, Hiram.

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Humphreys, A. A. (Andrew Atkinson), 1810-1883

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Chief of U.S. army engineers, 1866-1879, from Pennsylvania. From the description of A. A. Humphreys papers, 1846-1875; 1908 [manuscript]. WorldCat record id: 25327462 Andrew Atkinson Humphreys (1810-1883) of Pennsylvania was chief of the United States Army Corps of Engineers, 1866-1879. He was educated at the United States Military Academy and began his military service in 1831. From the guide to the A. A. Humphreys Papers, ., 1846-1875; 1908, (University of Nort...

Foote, Merrill.

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Gay, John O.

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Gill family.

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Seymour, Thomas D. (Thomas Day), 1848-1907

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Blaisdell, Melino.

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Parmalee, Henry Spencer, 1843-1902.

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