Manuscripts
Civil War and Mexican War research material and notes
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Richmond: Appomattox Court House research material and notes
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The papers contain approximately 3,000 items and include the research notes about George Henry Thomas for the book Rock of Chickamauga (1948), notes about George Gordon Meade for Meade of Gettysburg (1960), and notes about the Lowell family of Massachusetts. Also included are notes about Daniel Webster, Thomas William Sweeny and the Fenians, and Abbott Lawrence. Also included is a manuscript entitled "Lowells, A New England family" and the related notes.
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Civil War research material and notes
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The box contains research material related to Thomas William Sweeny and the Fenians, George Henry Thomas, Chickamauga and Chattanooga Campaigns, Atlanta Campaign, Battles of Nashville, Franklin, Post War Years, and Daniel Webster.
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Freeman Cleaves research papers
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The papers contain approximately 3,000 items and includes the research notes about George Henry Thomas for the book Rock of Chickamauga (1948), notes about George Gordon Meade for Meade of Gettysburg (1960), and notes about the Lowell family of Massachusetts. Also included are notes about Daniel Webster, Thomas William Sweeny and the Fenians, and Abbott Lawrence. Also included is a manuscript entitled "Lowells, A New England family" and the related notes.
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Lowell Family of Massachusetts research material and notes
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The box contains research material for the book The Lowells, a New England Family (chapters V-IX); Genealogy and charts, and Abbott Lawrence.
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Lowell Family of Massachusetts research material and notes
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The box contains research material for the book The Lowells, a New England Family (chapters I-IV)
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Civil War collection
Manuscripts
A collection of 546 items containing chiefly letters written by prominent military figures during the American Civil War (1781-1915, bulk 1861-1865); also included are some documents, a diary, manuscript maps, and battle plans. The collection focus is upon the land forces with a few pieces related to the Union navy. Significant persons represented in the collection, among others: Pierre G. T. Beauregard, Benjamin F. Butler, Jefferson Davis, David G. Farragut, Ulysses S. Grant, Henry W. Halleck, Edward Hatch, Joseph E. Johnston, Robert E. Lee, Francis W. Pickens, Philip H. Sheridan, William T. Sherman, and George H. Thomas.Material created by U.S. presidents in this collection include: James Buchanan autograph note, 1861 February 28, added to Winfield Scott letter to Joseph Holt, 1861 February 26 (CW 388); James A. Garfield, Chattanooga, autograph letter signed to "Brother Evrett," Detroit, 1863 October 5 (CW 133); Andrew Johnson, Washington, D.C., autograph letter signed to Edwin M. Stanton, 1867 February 11 (CW 215). Also present are the following Ulysses S. Grant items: autograph note signed to unidentified recipient, 1862 February 26 (CW 144); autograph letter signed, Pittsburg Landing, to Henry Halleck, 1862 April 28 (CW 146); autograph order no. 111, 1863 April 21 (CW 154); autograph letter signed, Culpeper, to Edward Davis Townsend, 1864 March 30 (CW 153); autograph letter signed, Washington, D.C., to Lorenzo Thomas, 1864 April 4 (CW 152); autograph letter signed, City Point, to Benjamin Butler, 1864 November 30 (CW 145); autograph letters signed to George Henry Thomas sent from Chattanooga, 1863 November 7 (CW 149); Nashville, 1864 January 19 (CW 150); and City Point, 1865 January 31 (CW 151); and autograph letters signed, City Point, to George Gordon Meade, 1864 July 14 (CW 147) and 1865 March 27 (CW 148).
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