Manuscripts
1862-1865
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1865-1909
Manuscripts
Box contains correspondence, photographs, and ephemera.
mssHM 50456-50507
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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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Civil War Journal of William S. Trask, 1862-1865
Manuscripts
The manuscript fills a copy of pre-printed The Daily Journal for 1861 (New York: Francis & Loutrell). The portion from July 8 to October 11 (ff. 81-129) is blank.
mssHM 48927
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Leonard T. Caplinger papers, (bulk 1862-1863)
Manuscripts
Correspondence between Leonard T. Caplinger and his wife Mary; Caplinger's pocket diary kept in 1863; miscellaneous receipts
mssHM 28385-28396
Craver, Charles F. Pocket diary. 1862-1864
Manuscripts
Pocket diary in pencil and pen. Covers a wide range of dates, and includes address, muster lists, as well as diary entries for the Months of August, September and October, 1863. There is a drawing of a dove on the inside back cover.
mssHM 76851
Craver, Charles F. Pocket diary. 1861, Dec. 21 -- 1862, Dec. 23
Manuscripts
Pocket diary in pencil and pen. One sheet folded into 4 pages, diary in pen for the days of December 16 to December 23, 1862, folded in back of diary. One sheet, December 29 to December 31, [1861?], written on recto and verso, diary, in pen, folded in back.
mssHM 76850