Lemuel Hazzard and six other Union soldiers having a meal

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  Lemuel H. Hazzard papers

  Manuscripts

  A collection of approximately 483 items from 1862 to 1919, which contains personal papers, Civil War diaries, notebooks, correspondence, documents, medals, and ephemera. The three pocket diaries cover the Atlanta Campaign (May to September 1864), Sherman's March to the Sea, and initial stages of the campaign in the Carolinas. Brief daily entries record military actions, camp life, and contain lists of casualties and procurement records. The notebooks contain brief records of expenses for 1864 to 1865. The letters addressed to Lemuel H. Hazzard from his friends and family in Iowa and other regiments discuss family matters and various aspects of the Civil War, including hospitals and the home front. Included is a letter from his brother William Hazzard who served with the 38th Regiment of Indiana Infantry. Lemuel H. Hazzard's letters to his wife Frances Hazzard depict social life in Salem, Missouri, 1872 to 1873. The collection also contains letters from William Hazzard, son of Lemuel and Frances, member of 2nd Regiment of Missouri Infantry of United States Veterans who, from 1899 to 1900, held a position at the Department of Posts in Havana, Cuba; also letters from son Lloyd Hazzard, Sergeant of Co. B of 115 Regiment of Engineers of American Expeditionary Corps stationed in France in 1919. The documents include Hazzard's parole issued by the Army of Kentucky on September 1, 1862, also documents relating to Hazzard's employment by the Railway Postal Service in Kansas City, Missouri, his business activities, and insurance. The Co. I of the 12th Regiment of Indiana Infantry documents consist of muster rolls, descriptive rolls, furloughs, quarterly returns of deceased soldiers; communications from various hospitals regarding patients from the company, ordnance and requisition records, and special orders.

  mssHazzard

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  Lemuel H. Hazzard papers

  Manuscripts

  A collection of approximately 483 items from 1862 to 1919, which contains personal papers, Civil War diaries, notebooks, correspondence, documents, medals, and ephemera. The three pocket diaries cover the Atlanta Campaign (May to September 1864), Sherman's March to the Sea, and initial stages of the campaign in the Carolinas. Brief daily entries record military actions, camp life, and contain lists of casualties and procurement records. The notebooks contain brief records of expenses for 1864 to 1865. The letters addressed to Lemuel H. Hazzard from his friends and family in Iowa and other regiments discuss family matters and various aspects of the Civil War, including hospitals and the home front. Included is a letter from his brother William Hazzard who served with the 38th Regiment of Indiana Infantry. Lemuel H. Hazzard's letters to his wife Frances Hazzard depict social life in Salem, Missouri, 1872 to 1873. The collection also contains letters from William Hazzard, son of Lemuel and Frances, member of 2nd Regiment of Missouri Infantry of United States Veterans who, from 1899 to 1900, held a position at the Department of Posts in Havana, Cuba; also letters from son Lloyd Hazzard, Sergeant of Co. B of 115 Regiment of Engineers of American Expeditionary Corps stationed in France in 1919. The documents include Hazzard's parole issued by the Army of Kentucky on September 1, 1862, also documents relating to Hazzard's employment by the Railway Postal Service in Kansas City, Missouri, his business activities, and insurance. The Co. I of the 12th Regiment of Indiana Infantry documents consist of muster rolls, descriptive rolls, furloughs, quarterly returns of deceased soldiers; communications from various hospitals regarding patients from the company, ordnance and requisition records, and special orders.

  mssHazzard

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  The soldiers dream of home

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  Image of a Union soldier sleeping with his bayonet by a campfire in a military camp during the American Civil War dreaming of reunion with his family; soldiers, cannons, tents and American flag in background; a decorative frame with Union shields and stars surrounds image.

  priJLC_MIL_000945

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  [Union soldiers on bank, coats and hats hanging below]

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  Image of several Union soldiers crawling up an embankment with rifles and bayonets in hand to find Confederate soldier's uniforms and clothing propped up on poles as decoys below during the American Civil War; discarded playing cards and canteens visible on ground; logs attached to wheels to look like cannons at left and in background.

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  The soldier’s dream of home

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  Image of a Union soldier sleeping with his bayonet by a campfire in a military camp during the American Civil War dreaming of reunion with his family; soldiers, cannons, tents and American flag in background.

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  The soldier’s departure

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  Image of a Union soldier saying goodbye to his wife, son (holding rifle) and dog outside their home as he departs to serve in the American Civil War; soldiers assembled in ranks at attention in background.

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