Manuscripts

John P. Staples correspondence, (bulk 1863-1865)

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Description: 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.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Production date: 1857-1918.
Call number: mssStaples

1863 November-1865 May

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Chiefly letters, including three letter books, with documents, manuscripts, 38 Civil War maps, nine photographs, newspaper clippings, and other ephemera relating to Buckner's service in the Civil War, Reconstruction, Kentucky and national politics, and Buckner's business and personal affairs. The papers deal with various aspects of the Civil War: Buckner-Bragg controversy, Chickamauga campaign, battle of Perryville, siege of Fort Donelson, various Confederate armies, departments, and districts. Included are military maps, especially for Louisiana, Alabama, Tennessee, and the Chickamauga Campaign. Also included are papers of Joseph Walker Taylor, nephew of Zachary Taylor, scout for Buckner and a major in Adam Johnson's Partisan Rangers (10th Kentucky). The portion of the collection covering Reconstruction includes a group of letters by Buckner's sister Mary Buckner Tooke, written from Texas, and letters from various other people. Also included are materials related to Buckner's political affairs, including his gubernatorial campaign and various state governmental and political questions. Buckner's business affairs are represented by the materials of the litigation involving his Kentucky and Chicago property (Kingsbury suit), his insurance activities as regional manager of the Globe Mutual Life Insurance Co., and interest in railroads. The collection also contains poetry written by Buckner; letters of Buckner's sister, Mary Buckner Tooke; letters of his first wife, Mary Kingsbury Buckner; and letters of his daughter, Lily Buckner Belknap.

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Letters, reports, memorials, returns, etc., cover the 1758 campaign of the British army in North America during the Seven Years' War, specifically: the embargo on colonial shipping, the fall of Fort William Henry, the surrender of Louisburg, the expedition against Fort Ticonderoga, the conquest of Fort Frontenac (Cadaraqui), John Forbes's expedition against Fort Duquesne, British use of and relations with the Indians, the internal affairs of the British army, and the recall of Abercromby.

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John P. Staples correspondence, (bulk 1863-1865)

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