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Manley Ebenezer Rice papers, (bulk 1863-1865)
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John P. Staples correspondence, (bulk 1863-1865)
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The majority of the letters were written by John P. Staples from his enlistment in August 1862 to his discharge in June 1865. In the letters, Staples writes in detail about the surrender at Harper's Ferry in 1862, life in the parole camps in Annapolis and Chicago, prisoner exchange, soldier duty in Virginia and South Carolina, the capture of Fort Fisher, the 1863 expedition in Jacksonville, the 1864 Overland Campaign, the Campaign of the Carolinas, and the surrender of Joseph E. Johnston. He also comments on African American soldiers including the survivors of the 54th Massachusetts's Regiment's assault on Fort Wagner. Also included are miscellaneous family letters documenting Staples' post-war life in California from 1878 to 1902, several undated photographs including one daguerreotype, and a newspaper clipping announcing Staple's death in 1918.
mssStaples
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William B. Rice letterbook
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This letterbook contains about 75 letters written by William B. Rice while doing business in Hawaii. He makes references to various aspects of Hawaiian life; an outbreak of smallpox; possible annexation by the United States; Hawaiian royalty; Judge William Little Lee; whaling; finances; ships arriving in Honolulu; and business and commerce in the islands. Note: Many of the letters are almost illegible; much of the ink has faded, and the volume is in fragile condition.
mssHM 75981
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Ebenezer Huntington papers
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This collection contains letters, with a few manuscripts and documents, by the Huntington Family of Norwich, Connecticut. Letters from Ebenezer Huntington to Jabez and Andrew Huntington describe his experience in the Revolutionary War and his political and social activities from 1810-1830s. The correspondence of Samuel and Benjamin Huntington reflect their legal practice and public service, and concern procurement for the Continental Army, work of the Continental Congress, political and military news, including the Revolutionary War and Whiskey Rebellion and War of 1812. Correspondents include Jabez Huntington, Andrew Adams, Alexander McDougal, Thomas Mumford, Thomas Simm Lee, Samuel Johnston, Caesar Rodney, Joseph Reed, Benjamin Lincoln, and Jonathan Trumbull. This portion of the collection also contains Samuel Huntington's Masonic certificate (1786).There are also individual letters by William Reed Huntington, Ulysses S. Grant, Daniel Huntington, and Collis Potter Huntington.
mssHunte
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Saxton family papers
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In 1860, William Carroll traveled from Oswego Co., N.Y. to California where he taught school and was engaged in a "medical business." D. Carroll served with a New York regiment and worked at the defenses of Fort Merriam, near City Point, Va. in 1864-1865. His daughter Clarissa married Gates Saxton, a New York farmer, in 1864
mssHM 19802-19813, HM 27863-27911
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Charles Lee Civil War diary
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Diary that Charles Lee kept from January 1 to November 10, 1864. In addition to camp life and multiple vows to lay off whiskey, the diary covers visits to the regiment by Ulysses S. Grant and Joshua Thomas Owen, and gives brief accounts of the battles at Morton's Ford (1864, Feb. 6 - 7), Po River, (May 10, 1864), and the Petersburg campaign, including Jerusalem Plank Road (June 22 - 23), Strawberry Plains (Aug. 14), Ream''s Station (Aug. 25), Weldon Railroad (Aug. 25), and Fort Sedgwick (Oct. 27) and describes Finley hospital which Lee described as "a singular place" with the "Band playing at one End of the Ward outside and the Doctors performing an operation at the other."
mssHM 30476
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1861-1863
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The letters between Francis C. Miller and Agnes F. Voris, from 1861 October to 1865 October, document a budding romance between the two. His letters provide weekly updates on the war news and rumors, give very detailed accounts of the camp life and war experiences, personal feelings, religious reflections, and news about the fate of James C. Voris. The letters contain accounts of the Battle of Fredericksburg and the Gettysburg Campaign. In her letters to "Frank," Agnes describes her Presbyterian congregation, rather intense politicking in the community, and discusses war news, including General Robert E. Lee's invasion. There are two four-month gaps in the correspondence, from January to April of 1863 and 1864. The letters of James C. Voris, to his family, from 1854 to 1862, describe his time at school before the war, the minutia of camp life, his stay at the Mansion House Hospital in Alexandria, Virginia, and accounts of the military operations, especially the Battles of the South Mountain and Antietam. There is also some post-war family correspondence, including letters by the Millers to their daughter Kittie, from 1888 to 1900.
mssHM 68602-68684