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Letters from Fisk to his mother, Dec. 25, 1862, and 186[2],
concerning the defense of Columbus, Ky., and Gens. John
Fremont and Henry Halleck.
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Fisk, Wilbur 2d Vermont Volunteers
Papers, 1862-65. ca. 100 items.
Transcripts.
Diary, 1863-64, and letters to the editor of the Montpelier,
Vt., Green Mountain Freeman, 1862-65, describing Fisk's service
in the 6th Corps, Army of the Potomac, during the
Fredericksburg, Wilderness, Spotsylvania, Cold Harbor, and
Petersburg campaigns, and Sheridan's Shenandoah Valley
Campaign. Includes comments on camp life, morale, military
organization, hospital care, foraging expeditions, entertainment,
the U.S. Sanitary Commission, furloughs, the performance of
black soldiers, and the attitude toward and treatment of noncombatants
in the South.
310
Flagler, Daniel Webster (1835-1899) Capt., USA
Collection, 1861-91. 14 items.
Includes three commissions for positions in the Ordnance
Department, 1861-63.
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Fleetwood, Christian Abraham Sgt. Maj., 4th
(1840-1914) U.S. Colored Infantry
Papers, 1797-1945. ca. 400 items.
Diary, 1862-64 (3 v.), concerning campaigns in Virginia
and North Carolina, Aug. 1863-Dec. 1864. Provides information
on skirmishes on Virginia's lower peninsula, the Siege of
Petersburg, Gen. Benjamin F. Butler's Fort Fisher expedition,
camp life, disease, and President Lincoln's visit to the front
lines in June 1864. Also includes orders, awards, passes,
Fleetwood's discharge, Apr. 27, 1866, a list of officers in the
4th, 5th, 6th, 36th, 38th, and 39th Colored Regiments and the
54th Massachusetts Infantry, the names and service records of
15 black officers, and photographs of black recipients of the
Congressional Medal of Honor.
Finding aid and microfilm copy (1 reel) available.
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Floyd—McAdoo Families
Papers, 1806-93.
Microfilm, 6 reels.
Includes the diary of William Gibbs McAdoo, Sr. (1820-
1894), lawyer and editor of Knoxville, Tenn., and Milledge-
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