Opening Hours
Daily: 10 A.M.–5 P.M.
Closed on Tuesdays
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108
Manuscripts
1873-1915
- Description
- 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, Abraham Lincoln, Francis W. Pickens, Philip H. Sheridan, William T. Sherman, and George H. Thomas.
- Production date
- 1781-1915.
- Call number
- mssCW
- Provenance
- The collection was assembled in 1974 from manuscripts removed from the extra-illustrated book, Battles and leaders of the Civil War (The Century Company, 1887-1888), (298000).
