Manuscripts
Hiram Lewter correspondence
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Miller family correspondence
Manuscripts
The letters between Francis C. Miller and Agnes F. Voris, from 1861 October to 1865 October, document a budding romance between the two. His letters provide weekly updates on the war news and rumors, give very detailed accounts of the camp life and war experiences, personal feelings, religious reflections, and news about the fate of James C. Voris. The letters contain accounts of the Battle of Fredericksburg and the Gettysburg Campaign. In her letters to "Frank," Agnes describes her Presbyterian congregation, rather intense politicking in the community, and discusses war news, including General Robert E. Lee's invasion. There are two four-month gaps in the correspondence, from January to April of 1863 and 1864. The letters of James C. Voris, to his family, from 1854 to 1862, describe his time at school before the war, the minutia of camp life, his stay at the Mansion House Hospital in Alexandria, Virginia, and accounts of the military operations, especially the Battles of the South Mountain and Antietam. There is also some post-war family correspondence, including letters by the Millers to their daughter Kittie, from 1888 to 1900.
mssHM 68602-68684
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Miscellaneous correspondence to Hiram Barney
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The various hand written letters include legislative correspondence, personal letters, and business matters from such persons as Mrs. Meade Addison, Rufus F. Andrews, Avery Aspinall, and S.P. Avery.
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Barney, Hiram, Custom House correspondence (letterbook)
Manuscripts
The letterbook is a letterpress book (Henry Anstice & Co., Stationers) that contains letters written between February 5, 1871 to April 27, 1877. Formerly call no. mssHM 70910.
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Charles Steedman correspondence
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The letters discuss the naval operations off the coasts of South Carolina, Florida, and Georgia between the fall of 1861 and the spring of 1863, including the expedition to Port Royal, Steedman's operations at St. John's River, Pocotaligo Bridge, and the assault on Fort Sumter in the spring of 1863. Also included are rather spirited discussions of national politics, e.g. Abraham Lincoln's war powers and John E. Wool's alleged assistance to the "rebels" in Baltimore; news of George B. McClellan's and John Pope's operations, comings and goings at the War Department and the office of the Secretary of the Navy, etc. Correspondents include Samuel F. Dupont, C.R.P. Rodgers, Sally Steedman, William Sylvanus Godon, Edgar Brodhead, and others.
mssHM 78243-78267
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Civil War letters of Ransom Allen Perkins
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Letters that Perkins wrote home from Camp Harris, Md. (1861, Dec. 7), Hagerstown, Md. (1862, Aug. 27), Alexandria, Va. (1862, Sept. 28), Fairfax Court House, Va. (1863, Jan. 21), Stevensburg, Va. (1864, Apr. 24), Chancellorville, Va. (1864, May 14), and Bridgewater, Va. (1864, Oct. 2). The long, detailed letters describe the battles of Antietam and Spottsylvania Court House, recount news of the Union and Confederate military operations, discuss camp life, regimental news and recruiting, and depict tensions between the Union troops and local "secessionist citizens."
mssHM 36791-36792
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1861-1863
Manuscripts
The letters between Francis C. Miller and Agnes F. Voris, from 1861 October to 1865 October, document a budding romance between the two. His letters provide weekly updates on the war news and rumors, give very detailed accounts of the camp life and war experiences, personal feelings, religious reflections, and news about the fate of James C. Voris. The letters contain accounts of the Battle of Fredericksburg and the Gettysburg Campaign. In her letters to "Frank," Agnes describes her Presbyterian congregation, rather intense politicking in the community, and discusses war news, including General Robert E. Lee's invasion. There are two four-month gaps in the correspondence, from January to April of 1863 and 1864. The letters of James C. Voris, to his family, from 1854 to 1862, describe his time at school before the war, the minutia of camp life, his stay at the Mansion House Hospital in Alexandria, Virginia, and accounts of the military operations, especially the Battles of the South Mountain and Antietam. There is also some post-war family correspondence, including letters by the Millers to their daughter Kittie, from 1888 to 1900.
mssHM 68602-68684