Manuscripts

Civil War research material and notes

Description: 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.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Production date: 1940-1960.
Call number: mssCleaves
Creator: Cleaves, Freeman (1904-1988)(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Gift of Freeman Cleaves, 1960.
Restrictions: Open for use by qualified researchers and by appointment. Please contact Reader Services at the Huntington Library for more information.

Richmond: Appomattox Court House research material and notes

Manuscripts

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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Freeman Cleaves research papers

Manuscripts

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.

mssCleaves

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Civil War and Mexican War research material and notes

Manuscripts

George Gordon Meade, Mexican War, Antietam, Chancellorsville, and Gettysburg.

mssCleaves

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Lowell Family of Massachusetts research material and notes

Manuscripts

The box contains research material for the book The Lowells, a New England Family (chapters V-IX); Genealogy and charts, and Abbott Lawrence.

mssCleaves

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Lowell Family of Massachusetts research material and notes

Manuscripts

The box contains research material for the book The Lowells, a New England Family (chapters I-IV)

mssCleaves

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Robert Neve Civil War memoir

Manuscripts

Robert Neve wrote this memoir of his time in the war during 1865. In it, he writes about his experience in the battles of Shiloh, Corinth, Chickamauga, and Chattanooga, and his time in the Cumberland General Hospital. The inside front cover is illustrated by clipped images from pictorial stationery. The accompanying annotated transcript was done by John A. Knight in June 1994 but was never published.

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Civil War research material and notes

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