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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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
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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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Goff-Williams papers, (bulk 1859-1889)
Manuscripts
The letters from Robert H. Williams to his parents and fiancée Elizabeth Goff contain detailed accounts of duty at Muddy Branch, Maryland; military operations at Berryville Pike, Winchester, Cedar Creek, and expeditions to Danville and Petersburg, Virginia; camp life, promotions; discussion of war politics and commanding officers, especially Philip Henry Sheridan and William Tecumseh Sherman; and the assassination of Abraham Lincoln. The collection also contains a letter to Robert H. Williams from his father regarding the Pike's Peak gold rush, a letter to him from Elizabeth Goff, and a letter from his brother Richard describing Tennessee at the end of the war. James M. Goff's letters to his father and younger brother Oscar in Delavan, Wisconsin describe camp life, the march from Kentucky to Tennessee, and life in Libby prison. There is also one photograph album, loose photographs, ephemera, and newspaper clippings.
mssHM 28864-28884