Manuscripts

Robert McMeens papers

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Description: Small collection of letters and documents related to Robert R. McMeens, his military service, and his sudden death in October 1862. There is one letter by McMeens to his wife, Ann, written six days before his death.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Production date: 1858-1864.
Call number: mssHM 37550-37561
Creator: McMeens, Robert R (1820-1862)(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Purchased from Joseph Rubinfine, November 1972.
Restrictions: Open for use by qualified researchers and by appointment. Please contact Reader Services at the Huntington Library for more information.

R. Curtis Edgerton papers

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Collection consists of 53 letters written by Reuben Curtis Edgerton between October 1861 and June 1862. Edgerton addressed 52 of the letters to his wife Lydia O. Edgerton, nee Tiffany, and one letter to his daughter Ellen Edgerton. In his letters, Edergton describes a soldier's life and medical and sanitary affairs during the American Civil War from 1861-1862. Thirty-six of the letters were written while Edgerton was stationed in Hannibal, Pleasant, and Commerce, Missouri. Other letters originated from Tennessee, Mississippi, and New York.

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R. Curtis Edgerton papers

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Letters, documents, and ephemera

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This folder contains seven letters written by Joseph R. Shugart to his parents from 1862-1864 during his Civil War service. One letter is written on pictorial letter sheet featuring: "Naval Combat off Fort Wright." The letter of May 27, 1863 describes the battle of Champion Hill, in which Joseph was slightly wounded. The last letter, dated October 17, 1864 (two days before Joseph's death), talks about the 43rd Battalion of Virginia Cavalry, better known as Mosby's Raiders. Enclosed with the letter is a swatch of fabric, described as "a piece of our old banner." This folder also contains a portion of a copy of an unknown Civil War soldier's diary, May 1864, a land indenture between Levi Shugart and his father Zachariah, September 1851, an invoice of Zachariah T. Shugart to Hope Lodge, May 1873, some ephemera, and the newspaper clipping listing the death of Joseph R. Shugart at the Battle of Cedar Creek, October 1864.

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Letters, documents, and ephemera 1851-1893

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Leonard F. Ross papers

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This collection consists of four items relating to Leonard F. Ross' Civil War career, including two communications from Ulysses S. Grant. Grant's autograph letter signed dated 1861 December 4 (HM 69444) discusses confiscations from Missouri citizens and instructions for dealing with marauding Confederates; the contemporary copy of his 1862 October 5 letter (HM 69445) recaps a dispatch from General William S. Rosecrans detailing the movement of federal troops during the pursuit of Confederate General Earl Van Dorn's forces at Corinth, Chewalla and Ripley, Mississippi on 1862 October 3-4. Also present is a receipt from Henry P. Noble to Ross for a payment for a horse, 1863 April 28 (HM 69446), and an undated copy of "Foraging Parties Instructions," with Ross' note "Please read to the guards" (HM 69447).

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Leonard F. Ross papers

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