Civil War miscellany, 1855-1891; 1855-1866.

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Civil War miscellany, 1855-1891; 1855-1866.

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Collection consists of diverse items connected in some way with the Civil War. Material concerns both Union and Confederate soldiers and has many points of origin. Predominant in the collection is a Civil War biographical file containing personal letters to and from soldiers as well as a few official letters and documents and a few papers not related to the war. Among the items included are financial records of the River and Railroad Transportation Office of the Quartermaster Department of the Union Army in Little Rock, Arkansas, including transport of troops, supplies, and refugees; diary of a Union soldier of the Fifteenth Corps; stereoviews of the siege of Port Hudson, Louisiana, May 27 to July 9, 1863; conscription and exemption documents; and Special Field Order, No. 65 (April 27, 1865), from William T. Sherman terminating the war for armies under Albert Sidney Johnston and for the country east of the Chattahoochee River. Included are correspondence, diary, military orders, requisitions, commissions, election certificates, financial records, stereoviews, and poems. Many of the items are photocopies.

7 ft., 5 in.

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SNAC Resource ID: 8075733

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