Manuscripts
Alexander William Conlee papers
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Richard Edwards May papers
Manuscripts
Consists of letters from Corporal Richard E. May written to family while serving in the 20th Regiment Connecticut Volunteers from Virginia, Tennessee, and the South, 1862 to 1865; May's daily pocket diaries, 1864 to 1865; and his memoir of Civil War experiences, written in 1903. Also present are two essays by school girl Elizabeth May, "The effect of foreign emigration to the United States upon the morals and prosperity of the American people" (1852) and "The past - the present - the future" (1855).
mssHM 20725-20751
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Charles Dieterichs letters
Manuscripts
Letters sent from Virginia, Tennessee, and North Carolina while serving during the U.S. Civil War; some are written on letterhead of the 26th Regiment, Wisconsin Volunteers.
mssHM 46337-46346
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Joseph Hanshew papers
Manuscripts
Letters from a soldier written while serving in the 40th Regiment, Army of the Potomac, during the U.S. Civil War. Also present is a biographical sketch of Hanshew written by his granddaughter Margaret Leffel, 1974.
mssHM 40044-40060
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William Krauss papers
Manuscripts
Includes letters, 1863 to 1865; journals kept while working in military hospitals in Memphis, Tennessee, 1864 to 1866; journal of a trip to Europe, 1868.
mssHM 42454-42485
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Daniel Horn papers
Manuscripts
Letters from Daniel Horn to his wife Geles posted in various places in Tennessee, Mississippi, and Georgia. Also, letters of Horn's comrades and the regimental chaplain informing Geles Horn of the death of her husband. The letters discuss camp life, payments, Horn's concern over his family back in Ohio, war news, the Union commanders, including Ulysses S. Grant, and his fellow Confederate soldiers. He also writes about several military operations including Fort Donelson, the siege of Vicksburg, Morgan's Ohio raid, and operations near Atlanta and Marietta, Georgia.
mssHM 49539-49610
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Jonathan B. Labrant papers
Manuscripts
Correspondence between Jonathan Labrant and his wife Mary Melissa and his parents and siblings (chiefly between 1862 and 1864), miscellaneous letters addressed to the Labrants, photographs and documents. One letter is in German. Jonathan Labrant's Civil War letters cover his service in Illinois, Kentucky, Louisiana, Tennessee, Mississippi, and Arkansas, including encouters with fugitive slaves, "black rebels," and Confederacy sympathizers, and discuss military actions, camp life - rations, inspections, drills, etc., recruiting in Illinois in 1863, and war news. His correspondence with other veterans of the 58th Regiment includes discussions of the history of the regiment and current political affairs. His wife's letters give updates on friends and family, local news, and describe challenges faced by a young mother running a household.
mssHM 73100-73223