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Daniel Kellogg Southwick letter to Abijah Southwick
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Daniel Horn papers
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Letters from Daniel Horn to his wife Geles posted in various places in Tennessee, Mississippi, and Georgia. Also, letters of Horn's comrades and the regimental chaplain informing Geles Horn of the death of her husband. The letters discuss camp life, payments, Horn's concern over his family back in Ohio, war news, the Union commanders, including Ulysses S. Grant, and his fellow Confederate soldiers. He also writes about several military operations including Fort Donelson, the siege of Vicksburg, Morgan's Ohio raid, and operations near Atlanta and Marietta, Georgia.
mssHM 49539-49610
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William Henry Harrison, headquarters Camp Seneca, letter to Brigadier General Green Clay, Fort Meigs :
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Harrison describes the aftermath of the Battle of Fort Stephenson during the War of 1812, including number of prisoners taken; he also provides information on current military operations in the area, and beef supplies for Fort Meigs. He mentions reports of the presence of Tecumseh and Native American warriors in the area of Fort Meigs.
mssHM 23025
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Daniel Webster fragment of letter to unknown addressee
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This is a fragment (bottom half) of a letter by Daniel Webster. The addressee is unknown as is the date and place of the letter. He mentions "Judge Sprague."
mssHM 79099
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1863 May-1864
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Letters from Daniel Horn to his wife Geles posted in various places in Tennessee, Mississippi, and Georgia. Also, letters of Horn's comrades and the regimental chaplain informing Geles Horn of the death of her husband. The letters discuss camp life, payments, Horn's concern over his family back in Ohio, war news, the Union commanders, including Ulysses S. Grant, and his fellow Confederate soldiers. He also writes about several military operations including Fort Donelson, the siege of Vicksburg, Morgan's Ohio raid, and operations near Atlanta and Marietta, Georgia.
mssHM 49539-49610
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1862-1863 April
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Letters from Daniel Horn to his wife Geles posted in various places in Tennessee, Mississippi, and Georgia. Also, letters of Horn's comrades and the regimental chaplain informing Geles Horn of the death of her husband. The letters discuss camp life, payments, Horn's concern over his family back in Ohio, war news, the Union commanders, including Ulysses S. Grant, and his fellow Confederate soldiers. He also writes about several military operations including Fort Donelson, the siege of Vicksburg, Morgan's Ohio raid, and operations near Atlanta and Marietta, Georgia.
mssHM 49539-49610
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Merritt Starr letter to the family describing the 1964 Alaska Earthquake
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Dr. Merritt Starr and his friend were hunting around Resurrection Bay when the 1964 Good Friday Alaska Earthquake hit. In this letter to his family, he recounts story of surviving the earthquake, landslide and resulting tsunami. The letter further recounts the immediate aftermath and the reconstruction in the weeks after the disaster.
mssHM 27959