Julian DeForest Venter collection of Stonewall Jackson papers, 1862.

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Julian DeForest Venter collection of Stonewall Jackson papers, 1862.

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Autograph signed letter and annotated envelope (1862 June 11; headquarters Valley District) from Jackson to Union General James Shields regarding Shields's request that a Union surgeon be allowed to examine the Union wounded kept in hospitals near the battlefield of Cross Keys, Va.; letter (1862 April 1; Winchester, Va.) addressed to Shields requesting that he forward to Stonewall Jackson a petition for the release of individuals arrested prior to the occupation of Winchester, with a note on the verso referring the letter and petition to Gen. Nathaniel Prentiss Banks; letter (1862 April 10; headquarters, Dept. of the Shenandoah, Va.) from Banks to Jackson concerning the petition; and letter (1862 June 24) from Shields to Capt. Louis Henry Pelouze regarding supplies for the troops.

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Banks, Nathaniel Prentice, 1816-1894

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Nathaniel Prentice (or Prentiss) Banks (January 30, 1816 – September 1, 1894) was an American politician from Massachusetts and a Union general during the Civil War. A millworker by background, Banks was prominent in local debating societies, and his oratorical skills were noted by the Democratic Party. However, his abolitionist views fitted him better for the nascent Republican Party, through which he became Speaker of the United States House of Representatives and Governor of Massachusetts ...

Venter, Julian DeForest

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United States. Army

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The United States Army is the largest branch of the United States Armed Forces and performs land-based military operations. It is one of the seven uniformed services of the United States and is designated as the Army of the United States in the United States Constitution, Article 2, Section 2, Clause 1 and United States Code, Title 10, Subtitle B, Chapter 301, Section 3001. As the largest and senior branch of the U.S. military, the modern U.S. Army has its roots in the Continental Army, which wa...

Jackson, Stonewall, 1824-1863

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Stonewall Jackson (1824-1863) was a Confederate Army officer from Lexington (Rockbridge Co.), Va. From the guide to the Stonewall Jackson papers, 1855-1906, (David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Duke University) Confederate general. From the description of Stonewall Jackson papers, 1842-1898 (bulk 1861-1862) [manuscript]. WorldCat record id: 23186323 Confederate Army officer, from Lexington (Rockbridge Co.), Va. From the de...

Pelouze, Louis Henry

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Louis H. Pelouze served during the Civil War, first on the staff of General John A. Dix, then in the Port Royal expedition, in Georgia when Fort Pulaski was captured, with General James Shields at Port Republic, and as major on the staff with II corps of the Army of Virginia in the Shenandoah campaign until he was severely wounded at Cedar Mountain, 9 August 1862. For his gallantry at Cedar Mountain he was brevetted Lieutenant Colonel and on 13 March 1865 he received the brevets of Colonel and B...

Shields, James, 1806-1879

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Born in Ireland, came to Illinois in 1823 and was admitted to the Illinois Bar in 1832 practicing in Kaskaskia. He served as Assoc. Justice of the Supreme Court; state auditor, 1841-1843; Brig. Gen. in the Mexican War; U.S. Senator from Illinois, 1858-1861 when he resigned to accept a commission as Brig. Gen, with the Illinois Volunteers. From the description of Letters, 1844-1853. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library). WorldCat record id: 54848368 Shields was an Illinois l...