Manuscripts

Alexander Williams papers

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Description: Correspondence, military documents, and pocket diary relating to the U.S. Civil War.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Production date: 1861-1864.
Call number: mssHM 29098-29102
Creator: Williams, Alexander(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Purchased from Dawson's Book Shop, May 30, 1955.
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William K. Anthony papers

Manuscripts

Primarily U.S. Army pay records, correspondence, and pension documents relating to the U.S. Civil War.

mssHM 39404-39423

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Includes Allen's pocket diary that he kept from Sept. 4, 1863 to Apr. 9, 1864, a fair copy of his Civil War diary probably created in the 1870s, and his correspondence that covers the period of his military service.

mssHM 72226-72266

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Jeptha S. Dillon papers

Manuscripts

A collection containing a diary, correspondence, photographs, and ephemera. The letters from Jeptha S. Dillon to his wife discuss camp life, military operations, war and political news and rumors, and religious life. There is also a pocket diary kept by Dillon from December 1862 to May 1863. Also included are a few letters from other family members, photographs, printed pamphlets of the 1908 and 1909 reunions of the 118th Regiment, and a blank book "Personal military and civil history" presented to Dillon by Soldiers' and Sailors' Benevolent Society.

mssHM 50456-50507

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John White Geary papers, (bulk 1863-1865)

Manuscripts

Primarily correspondence and military reports relating to the U.S. Civil War, especially the 2nd Battalion, 12th Army Corps.

mssHM 30549-30559

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William E. Carpenter papers

Manuscripts

Contains the Army Record of William E. Carpenter. Fair copy of the Civil War diary kept in Aug. 1862 to July 1865, preceded by an 1871 account book (100 leaves). Both manuscripts fill approximately a half of a blank account book. The diary deals chiefly with camp life: foraging, rations, typhoid fever, hospitals, furloughs, elections of officers, inspections, encounters with Confederate prisoners, war news and rumors; desertions; news about other regiments including newly organized colored troops; "chat" with Ulysses S. Grant. There is also infomration on operations of Grant's Central Mississippi Campaign, including siege and surrender of Vicksburg. Also included are William E. Carpenter's insignia of the Grand Army of the Republic, Civil War leaflets with the texts of "The Veterans are Coming!," by L. Grennan, and "Triumphal March of General Grant's Grand Army", two copies of a leaflet "History of Regimental Colors of the 124th Regiment Ill. Vol. Infantry," by J.H. Howe. (Republican Print: Galbsburg, Ill, s.d.), newspaper clippings, and postcards. Accompanied by the following manuscripts: discharge certificate of William E. Carpenter (HM 60954), "Statistics of the 124th Regt. From Sept. 10 1862 to Aug. 11, 1863) (HM 60955), and the reply to a questionnaire distributed by the U.S. Bureau of Pensions (1904) (HM 60952).

mssHM 60952-60955

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Charles Pickering Carman papers

Manuscripts

Letters, documents, and reminiscences relating to the U.S. Civil War.

mssHM 29185-29189

Alexander Williams papers

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