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George, Harold C. Collector
Collection, 1862-1910. ca. 50 items.
Contains notes from manuscript and printed sources on
the participation of the VI Corps, Army of the Potomac (particularly
the 139th Pennsylvania Volunteers) in the Wilderness
and Spotsylvania campaigns. Also includes details on the action
at " Bloody Angle" in the Spotsylvania Campaign, accounts of
the deaths of Gens. John Sedgwick and Alexander Hays, information
on the attitude of soldiers in the Army of the Potomac
toward Gen. Ulysses S. Grant, and miscellaneous poems and
diary extracts.
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Ghent, William James (1866-1942) Author; Journalist
Papers, 1876-1942. ca. 15,000 items.
Includes a few postwar newspaper clippings and articles
concerning emancipation, President Lincoln, generalship in the
war, various battles and skirmishes, and prisoners of war.
Finding aid available.
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Gherardi, Bancroft (1832-1903) Lt. Comdr., USN
Letters, 1864. 2 items.
Letters by Gherardi, U.S.S. Port Royal, Mobile Bay, Sept.
17, 1864, concerning the distribution of prize money for cotton
seized when he commanded the U.S.S. Chocura.
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Gibbes, Lewis Reeves (1810-1894) Educator; Scientist
Papers, 1793-1894. ca. 5,700 items.
Contains a few letters from former students at Charleston
College, S.C., concerning recommendations for military commissions
or promotions, and letters from friends and acquaintances
describing their personal losses and the burning of
Columbia, S.C.
Finding aid available.
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Gibson, S. J. Cpl., 103d Pennsylvania Volunteers
Papers, 1864. 2 items.
Diary, Jan. 1-Dec. 24,1864, concerning the capture of the
Federal garrison at Plymouth, N.C., Apr. 17-20,1864, and life
as a prisoner of war both on the march and at Andersonville,
Ga., and Florence, S.C. Also a letter from Gibson to his wife
written from Andersonville Prison, June 12, 1864.
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