Walsh Civil War diary, 1861-1907 (bulk 1861-1865).

United States. Army. Rhode Island Cavalry Regiment, 1st (1861-1865)

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Custer, George Armstrong, 1839-1876

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Custer's paternal ancestors, Paulus and Gertrude Küster, came to the North American English colonies around 1693 from the Rhineland in Germany, probably among thousands of Palatines whose passage was arranged by the English government to gain settlers in New York and Pennsylvania. According to family letters, Custer was named after George Armstrong, a minister, in his devout mother's hope that her son might join the clergy. Custer was born in New Rumley, Ohio, to Emanuel Henry Custer (1806...

Walsh, William E., 1832-1907

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Irish American soldier, of Rhode Island. From the description of Walsh Civil War diary, 1861-1907 (bulk 1861-1865). (Providence College, Phillips Memorial Library). WorldCat record id: 70925260 Enlisting in Providence, Rhode Island on December 2, 1861, as a private and mustering out on August 3, 1865, as a corporal, William E. Walsh's "Notes in Brief' is the centerpiece of the collection. Dated May 17, 1865, and based on memory and notes, this is th...

Libby Prison

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